On Tuesday, July 16th, the USCIS issued policy guidance on some new provisions in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). These provisions cover the consequences for noncompliance with the EB-5 Regional Center program, such as sanctions, terminations, debarments and suspensions!
For further details please review the USCIS News Alert, “New Policy Guidance on Noncompliance with EB-5 Regional Center Program“.
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The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin.
Click the link to view the August 2024 Visa Bulletin
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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This is a very interesting Factsheet, Eligible to Naturalize Factsheet: Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY , published by USCIS using Office of Homeland Security Statistics data from June 5, 2024! This well put together Factsheet provides information on selected characteristics of people with Lawful Permanent Residence (LPR) status in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY area. There are 21,120 (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: Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY“!
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On Monday, July 8, 2024, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that they were extending the designation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for the country of Yemen for 18 months, beginning on September 4, 2024 and ending on March 3, 2026! The announcement states that TPS would be given to due to conditions in the country Yemen that prevent individuals from safely returning! Secretary of DHS, Alejandro Mayorkas stated, “The steps the Department of Homeland Security has taken today will allow certain Yemenis currently residing in the United States to remain and work here until conditions in their home country improve.”!
For further details please review the DHS Press Release, “Secretary Mayorkas Announces Extension and Redesignation of Yemen for Temporary Protected Status“
Background:
The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin.
Click the link to view the August 2024 Visa Bulletin
The monthly Visa Bulletin has changed. The bulletin now summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers during the reported month for: “Application Final Action Dates” (consistent with prior Visa Bulletins) and “Dates for Filing Applications,” indicating when immigrant visa applicants should be notified to assemble and submit required documentation to the National Visa Center using Consular Processing (outside of the US) or file on their own with USCIS Form I-485 (within the US).
List of some of the Top News Stories related to the US deporting 116 Chinese migrants:
ABC News (abcnews.go.com), 7/2/24:
US deports 116 Chinese migrants in first ‘large’ flight in 5 years
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“Immigrants signed their names to our Declaration and helped win our independence. Immigrants helped lay the railroads and build our cities, calloused hand by calloused hand. Immigrants took up arms to preserve our union, to defeat fascism, and to win a Cold War. Immigrants and their descendants helped pioneer new industries and fuel our Information Age, from Google to the iPhone. So the story of immigrants in America isn’t a story of “them,” it’s a story of “us.” It’s who we are. And now, all of you get to write the next chapter.” – President Barack Obama
(Part of Speech given during military naturalization ceremony for active duty service members in the East Room of the White House, July 4, 2012)
Video of President Biden, last 4th of July (7/4/22) – YouTube Video (Global News)
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