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 August 19, 2024!
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On Monday, August 19, 2024, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced they will be publishing a notice on the Federal Register that they are now implementing “Keeping Families Together”! This process is for certain noncitizen spouses and stepchildren of U.S. citizens who qualify for the program to Parole in Place (PIP). The Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Ur M. Jaddou stated, “This process to keep U.S. families together will remove these undue barriers for those who would otherwise qualify to live and work lawfully in the U.S., while also creating greater efficiencies in the immigration system, conducting effective screening and vetting, and focusing on noncitizens who contribute to and have longstanding connections within American communities across the country.” For details and to see if you qualify, please review the USCIS News Release, “DHS Implements Keeping Families Together“.
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USCIS (USCIS.gov), 8/19/24, News Release:
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 sheets highlight the demographic and economic impact of Immigrants in each state.
With national immigration policy being discussed, we thought that it would be a good time to provide some statistics on the Immigrant population in the United States as provided by this AIC research. Once a week we will be posting a blog with information on three states at a time. This week we will highlight; Florida, Georgia and Hawaii!
List of some of the Top News Stories related to the US Presidential Election and Immigration, one Associated Press (AP) article each, one for the Democratic Candidate Kamala Harris and one for the Republican Candidate Donald Trump:
AP News (apnews.com), 8/10/24:
Trump is putting mass deportations at the heart of his campaign. Some Republicans are worried
The USCIS California Service Center is moving to a new location as of August 12th. The new location will streamline their processing by all being in one central location. The new address is listed below:
California Service Center
2642 Michelle Drive
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 July 31, 2024 and August 1, 2024!
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On June 18th, President Biden announced that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will take action to ensure that U.S. citizens with noncitizen spouses and children can keep their families together, using Parole in Place. They will begin accepting applications on August 19th and this will allow certain noncitizen spouses of U.S. citizens and their children to apply for lawful permanent residence. They are already eligible to apply for lawful permanent residence but would have to leave the United States to do so. Using Parole in Place, they would not have to return to their country of origin.
On July 17th, USCIS released a News Alert, “Reminders on the Process to Promote the Unity and Stability of Families“.This News Alert contains details about: Eligibility, a Timeline, What You Can Do Now listing and warning about SCAMS! Please review it for the latest information!
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This is a very interesting Factsheet, Eligible to Naturalize Factsheet: Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO , published by USCIS using Office of Homeland Security Statistics data from July 2, 2024! This well put together Factsheet provides information on selected characteristics of people with Lawful Permanent Residence (LPR) status in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO area. There are 73,670 (Green Card holders) in this area of the country that are eligible to be naturalized U.S. citizen after meeting the requirements!
For more information, please review the USCIS Factsheet, “Eligible to Naturalize Factsheet: Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO“!
Source of Information:
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 sheets highlight the demographic and economic impact of Immigrants in each state.
With national immigration policy being discussed, we thought that it would be a good time to provide some statistics on the Immigrant population in the United States as provided by this AIC research. Once a week we will be posting a blog with information on three states at a time. This week we will highlight; Connecticut, Delaware and District of Columbia!
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 July 10, 2024!
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