US Immigration

The US Immigration Fund (USIF) has entered into a partnership with the educational company, The Chopras Group, to promote the EB-5 US visa in India. It wants to raise as much as $125 million by 2018 from 250 Indian investors wanting to use the route to gain entry into the US. The US Immigration Fund […]

Indians who go to university in the United States should not be forced to leave after graduation as they are the kind of “very smart people” that the country needs, Donald Trump says. The often controversial Republican Presidential candidate nominee, who is often touted as being entirely anti-immigrant, told Fox News that he had no

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has reported getting a number of questions about applicants interested in changing or amending their I-129CW applications for CNMI-only transitional CW employees. According to the USCIS, the employer submitting the application only needs to submit an amended petition if there is a significant change in the terms of work. This might include:

Immigration officials have sent letters to dozens of Burmese refugees living in Iowa, requesting them for interviews, and to provide information validating their immigration status in the US. Refugees from Burma are a group that has grown in number over the last five years, with over 8000 now living in Iowa. Abigail Sui, the program

People who are thinking about moving to the United States or Canada might be interested to know that there are a number of pathways to permanent residency and investment available in the 21st century, which can be of great help to get them living and working in another country. Investors and businesspeople who want to settle

A green card, referred to as the U visa, enables immigrants to legally remain in the U.S. and even eventually gain citizenship. Legal and undocumented immigrants alike can submit an application for this U.S. visa if they have been the victim of a particular type of crime, such as domestic violence and stalking, and if they

On Monday, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (UCIS) announced that 8,543 individuals will have to send back their green cards, which are also known as Permanent Resident Cards, due to an error that occurred during the production process. The federal agency revealed that the cards, sent out between February and April this year, were printed

Tens of thousands of Texas residents are caught in a growing backlog of applications for US citizenship. The amount of time it takes to gain citizenship in Texas has more than doubled in some cases. During the last Presidential election, thousands of legal permanent Texas residents applied for US citizenship, an increase not uncommon during election

An immigration lawyer in the US says that, with the long wait for H-1B employment US visa applicants, sometimes lasting over ten years, and the unsettled nature of the visa, Indian families wanting a green card would be better advised to apply for EB-5 US visas. Vaughan de Kirby, a US investment immigration attorney, whose

In some US immigration processes, an immigration biometrics test will be needed. This is not a new requirement. Even in the days of the INS, biometrics was required and the USCIS also requires biometrics for a number of applications. You do not need biometrics for every application – when you download the latest immigration form you will