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The U.S. Senate passed a comprehensive immigration reform bill in June named Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 and it is now awaiting action in the House. This legislation would secure the border and offer the undocumented immigrants a road map to earned citizenship. Apart from that, it would create new […]

The Veterans Day is celebrated every year on 11th November, in the United States. USCIS celebrates this day by conducting special naturalization ceremonies and honors the past and the present members of the US Armed Forces. The Veterans Day Parade was held on 11th November and Americans celebrated this day with parades and wreath-laying ceremonies. USCIS has granted

Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for the nationals of Somalia has been extended by the acting Secretary of Homeland Security, Rand Beers. TPS has been extended for an additional 18 months from 18th March, 2014 through 17th September, 2015. Beneficiaries of TPS who belong to Somalia, who wish to extend their status, need to file their

November is recognized as the National Adoption Month and this is the right time to celebrate families. USCIS spreads awareness of adoption and seeks to unite adoptive children with families in the United States. There are many in the United States who are willing to adopt children from abroad and provide them permanent homes and,

Though the Green Card lottery or the Diversity Visa (DV) lottery program, is supported by many, there are some lawmakers who are looking forward to abolish this program. This lottery program was created in the year 1995 and it aims at diversifying the population of the United States. Through this program, 50,000 foreign nationals receive Green

“Resident Alien” is the term that is used to refer to the non-US citizens living in the United States. Permanent residents, returning residents and the conditional residents are also referred to as resident aliens. Permanent resident aliens are the foreign nationals who get into the United States as lawful permanent residents. These permanent residents are

Many DREAMers are still unaware of the age restrictions for deferred action status. To become eligible for deferred action status, a DREAMer must be above age 15 and below 31. The ones who were above age 31 as of 15th June, 2012, are ineligible for this status. Individuals who were born after June 15, 1981,

Many believe that a minor sibling of a US citizen can get a Green Card through his/her parents’ petition, which is not true. Parents of US citizens belong to the immediate relative category just like the spouses and children of US citizens. Unlike parents, spouses and children of US citizens, siblings of US citizens belong to the

According to the Obama administration, information that the applicants provide while applying for Obamacare or the Affordable Care Act (ACA), will not be used to enforce immigration laws. The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) memo states that the information that is obtained to determine eligibility of the applicants for Obamacare will not be used by

While filing applications for immigration benefits with the USCIS, applicants must write down their permanent address. That is because the USCIS will send all the mails to them to the address they have provided. Applicants are likely to miss all the important letters the USCIS sends if they provide a wrong address and this is