USCIS announced that, as of 4/9/25, it will begin considering noncitizens’ antisemitic activity on social media and the physical harassment of Jewish individuals as grounds for denying immigration benefit requests. This will immediately affect noncitizens …
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Please find here an interesting article in THE NPR.
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One of the first Executive Orders Donald Trump issued, was an executive order aimed at limiting birthright citizenship in the United States. This order challenges the traditional interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause, and …
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What is the Diversity Visa Lottery? The Diversity Immigrant Visa program—a.k.a. the green card lottery—is a government lottery program for obtaining U.S. Permanent Residence (green card). The program makes 55,000 visas available every year to …
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The Department will accept applications the week of January 29, 2024 via https://travel.state.gov/content/tra…c-renewal.html. For full details on the pilot program, please visit the Federal Register via this link. For the first time in nearly two decades, the …
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As part of the larger Simplified Arrival program, an enhanced international arrival recording program that is aimed toward a paperless system, CBP stopped placing ink stamps in passports to document entry into the United States. …
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced a final rule that will increase the filing fee for Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing, to adjust for inflation. The USCIS Stabilization Act established the current premium processing fees …
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What is the Diversity Visa Lottery? The Diversity Immigrant Visa program—a.k.a. the green card lottery—is a government lottery program for obtaining U.S. Permanent Residence (green card). The program makes 50,000 visas available every year to …
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced the exemption of the biometric services fee as part of the application requirements for Form I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status, beginning Oct. 1. Background On April …
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DHS and DOS announced that by November 30, 2023, ESTA will be updated to allow citizens and nationals of Israel to apply to travel to the United States for tourism or business purposes for up …
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