On Tuesday, April 9th President Biden was interviewed by Enrique Acevedo a Reporter working for Univision, a Spanish language channel. The interview took place in the Oval Office and covered immigration along with many other subjects important to the region and the world. This article includes the Video of the…
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Immigrants in each State (fact sheets): Oklahoma, Oregon and Pennsylvania – Update
UPDATE: Explore American Immigration Council’ interactive map to get more comprehensive information on U.S. immigration data and its impact! The American Immigration Council (AIC) has released all fifty states and the District of Columbia, for a total of fifty-one updated state-by-state fact sheets highlighting immigration data and facts. These fact…
2024 USCIS Forms Updates – 4/1/24
Review the USCIS Forms Updates web page for important updates! Many of the USCIS forms were updated on April 1st because of the USCIS fee schedule changes which went into effect on the same date. There are more then 70 update notices on their webpage for April 1st! The Forms Updates web…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Fee Schedule – New Fees started April 1st
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Fee Schedule has changed as of April 1st. These are the fees that USCIS charges applicants to file and they use them to operate, 96% of their budget comes from these charged fees. USCIS says they are trying to avoid future backlogs in service…
An Overview of Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is a temporary immigration status provided to nationals of designated countries experiencing difficult or unsafe conditions which makes returning to their home country onerous! The TPS for a country is designated by the Secretory of DHS, which is Alejandro Mayorkas. TPS recipients are not eligible for any…
Immigrants in each State (fact sheets): North Carolina, North Dakota and Ohio – Update
UPDATE: Explore American Immigration Council’ interactive map to get more comprehensive information on U.S. immigration data and its impact! The American Immigration Council (AIC) has released all fifty states and the District of Columbia, for a total of fifty-one updated state-by-state fact sheets highlighting immigration data and facts. These fact…
Congress Announces a Deal to Avoid a Shutdown!
Tuesday, March 19th, Congressional leaders and President Biden announced a deal to fund the federal government and avoid a shutdown! The last major problem, the funding of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was resolved with the GOP house leader, Mike Johnson! Speaker Johnson, R-La., announced the DHS deal in a statement,…
2024 USCIS Forms Updates – 3/7/24
The USCIS Forms Updates web page lists their most recently updated forms. The list includes forms as they publish them and includes a brief explanation for the update. The updated form listed below is their most recent addition to the list, dated February 26, 2024 and March 7, 2024! ______…
Certain USCIS Updated Forms Take Effect on April 1 with No Grace Period
The USCIS updated forms listed below will take effect April 1, 2024. A new USCIS rule which also goes into effect April 1st, normally would allow a grace period but because of the new fee structure there will be none and the new 04/1/24 editions for certain forms must be…
USCIS Electronic Reading Room
USCIS has an online Electronic Reading Room with access to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requested documents. The Reading Room is really a Web-based searchable database of public requested FOIA documents; mixed with USCIS documents that the government decided may have a larger public demand. You can use pull-downs to…