The process of becoming a US citizen is known as naturalization and to obtain US citizenship, a foreign national must successfully go through this legal process. To go through this naturalization process, you will have to file the USA citizenship application, Form N-400. These applications are managed by the USCIS and first step in the […]
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Citizens of foreign countries who become US citizens will be issued naturalization certificates. To become US citizens and to get these certificates, foreign nationals must first become permanent residents of the United States. And then they need to go through the naturalization process, to obtain US citizenship. Green Card holders who successfully go through this
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Green Cards are generally issued by the USCIS to the immigrants as a proof of permanent residency. But all the Green Cards issued by the USCIS are not permanent as the USCIS also issues conditional Green Cards. Permanent resident cards are the ten year Green Cards issued to the foreign nationals who have been granted
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https://d1q9fbkwhm71k2.cloudfront.net/AIC/Blog/us-immigration.com/HowtoFileYourI-539FormOnline.mp4?_=1 Form I-539, Application To Extend/Change Non-immigrant Status, is the USCIS form that must be filed by a non-immigrant who seeks to extend his stay in America. Generally, non-immigrant visas are valid only for a certain period of time and the foreign nationals who hold these temporary non-immigrant visas will have to leave the country
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There are around 2 million DREAMers in America and the DREAMers are the young undocumented immigrants who were smuggled into the country or who were brought to the country illegally by their parents. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is a program that was introduced by President Obama in 2012 and this program has now turned
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Opponents of immigration reform are now comparing the Gang of Eight’s immigration reform legislation to Obamacare. Many conservatives were against Obamacare that is also known as the Affordable Care Act and Obamacare aims at reforming the health care system of America. Senator Mike Lee, stated that the Senate immigration reform bill is an immigration version
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Visas are official documents that the citizens of foreign countries must obtain in order to travel to the United States. Visas show that the foreign nationals who hold these documents are authorized to travel to the United States. Nevertheless, a US visa will not permit you to enter into the United States and with a
The immigration reform bill that was recently passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee has now cleared its first hurdle in the Senate, by a vote of 82 to 15. This is only the first step and the bill has to overcome several hurdles, to pass. The Senate might pass the bill by the 4th of
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The Senate Judiciary Committee strengthened and passed the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 (S.744), last month. Several amendments were filed to this bill and the bill was passed by the Committee after it was strengthened. The Senate opened floor debate on the bill, last Friday and the Senate is expected
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United States grants a special temporary immigration status to the citizens of certain foreign countries that have experienced major disruptions, known as Temporary Protected Status (TPS). Due to civil wars, natural disasters or other general threats, the government of the United States designates certain foreign countries for TPS. People who belong to such designated countries,
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