U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released their fourth quarter, Fiscal Year 2024 (FY2024) performance data for all Application and Petition Form Types as a statistical table. They have divided the forms by category: Family Based, Employment Based, Humanitarian, Lawful Permanent Residence (LPR) , Citizenship and Naturalization, Other, and…
From Inauguration Day, January 20, 2025, until today, President Trump has signed many Executive Orders! One of the orders signed on the first day was, “Securing Our Borders“! It deals with his objective and layouts out his plan related to U.S. immigration. For more details and to read the Executive…
On the USCIS webpage, “Citizenship Resource Center”, they have published the U.S. Naturalization Statistics for Fiscal Year 2024! This web-based report is made up of graphs and charts explaining U.S. naturalization patterns in statistical forms! In the last ten years, we as a country have welcomed more than 7.9 million…
On Saturday, January 25, 2025, the United States Senate voted to confirm Kristi Noem as the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)! Secretary Noem served as South Dakota’s Governor from January 5, 2019, to January 25, 2025, and was the first female governor of that state. For more information, please…
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that effective January 22nd that they are waiving all requirements that applicants for adjustment of status to a lawful permanent resident (often called a green card), that they received the COVID-19 vaccination. The USCIS has waived the requirement to prove you received…
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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 January 6 & 13, 2025! Update to…
We wanted to find a new way to engage our reader base. Every other Friday, we will post the ten (10) best/most frequently asked questions received during the week from our h1bvisalawyerblog, Facebook, and Twitter readers. We will answer those questions and provide the Q&A on our H-1B Visa Lawyer…
“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.” I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of…
On December 18, 2024, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a new H-2 final rule and it will take effect on January 17th, this Friday! USCIS Alert stated, “The H-2 final rule significantly strengthens worker protections by, among other things, imposing new consequences on companies that charge prohibited fees…
