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Our blog offers up-to-date summaries on USCIS forms, monthly Visa Bulletin updates, as well as insights on U.S. immigration policy.

Marriage Green Card Guide: Living Abroad and Married to a U.S. Citizen

Consular processing for foreign spouses is a more lengthy process that U.S. based adjustments. Follow these steps to ensure a smooth process and no surprises when it comes to submitting forms and payments online.

December 31, 2020

Marriage Green Card Guide: Living in the U.S. and Married to a U.S. Citizen

This guide is meant to address all of the procedural elements and technical details for green card applicant spouses who are currently living in the U.S. and married to a U.S. citizen.

December 31, 2020

The Implications of a new U.S. Citizenship Test

The new U.S. citizenship test has 128 questions, slightly different from the 2008 version which had 100 total questions. While the passing rate remains the same at a needed 60 percent, the nature of the test has also remained the same.

December 30, 2020

What is the EB-5 Path to a Green Card?

The EB-5 Visa Program is a relatively new type of visa for alien investors looking to come to the United States with their immediate family. It is an alternative path for one to also file their I-485 Adjustment of Status application too.

December 30, 2020

Considerations for Taking an Extended Trip as a Green Card Holder

Returning to the U.S. as a green card holder should be a no-hassle process as long as you did not extend your international trip. If so, you may need to apply for a Returning Resident visa to present to CBP.

December 29, 2020

A Possible Alternative to the I-130 Petition

The I-130 is a popular way for close relatives of a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident to become eligible for a visa to the United States. However, per country quotas and long wait times are a common issue that plagues the USCIS. The new Biden administration, however, is looking to alter this process by providing an entirely new class of visa that can expedite such a process through a new way of petitioning.

December 28, 2020

Resources on the Civics Portion of the Naturalization Test

Taking a practice test is a good idea in the immediacy leading up to one's naturalization interview, but other methods might prove to be more effective in the long run.

December 28, 2020

Adjusting Status under new Employment-Based Visa Rules

New policies might have an effect on green card processing time. The current system has an average adjustment of status wait time between 6-18 months.

December 25, 2020

Will Adjusting My Status in the U.S. Give me Access To Affordable Healthcare?

Questions around healthcare and healthcare coverage answered for green card holders in the marketplace.

December 25, 2020

Understanding Deportations During a Transfer of Power

The current rules and systems in place for deportation is the most strict in terms of putting immigrants in removal proceedings. A transfer of power might help ease the immigration process and the ways forms and procedures are conducted, including green card interviews.

December 24, 2020

What is the Green Card Through LIFE Act?

This provision in the Immigration and Nationality Act helps those who were not inspected or paroled upon entry to the U.S., or those who have since fallen out of legal status, qualify for a green card based on an old petition rule.

December 24, 2020

A Possible Reversal of the “Remain in Mexico” Policy

The Remain in Mexico, also known as the MPP, was enacted in 2018 as an extension of the Immigration and Nationality Act. The policy is meant to stop asylees from skipping their court dates and instead of processing their applications while applicants have to often wait in unsafe conditions in Mexico.

December 23, 2020

How does the NPNA help with the Citizenship Application?

Working to advance immigrant integration and active citizenship among new citizens, the National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA) represents 41 regional immigrant and refugee rights organizations in 35 states across the United States.

December 23, 2020

USCIS Updates their Interview Determination Policy for Refugees Seeking to Adjust Status

The intent of expanding interview criteria for the admissibility of refugees or asylees for legal permanent resident status is for the purpose of ensuring program integrity.

December 23, 2020

Using Social Media to Track Green Card Holders: Is it Ethical?

In recent years, it has become a policy of the Department of Homeland Security to peruse individual applicant’s social media profiles in an attempt to gain more information on them.

December 22, 2020
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