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On September 5, 2017, Jeff Sessions announced the USCIS will be rescinding Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program better known as DACA. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will have a 6-month window to determine the future of DACA. USCIS will adjudicate, on a case by case basis, all properly filed DACA applications. According to DHS, […]

Certain green card applicants will soon be required to undergo in-person interviews. This new policy will go into effect on October 1, 2017. This step could further slow down the green card process that is already slow. The requirement is a part of President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 13780, “Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist

President Donald Trump is expected to announce plans to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program implemented by the Obama administration. This program gives young undocumented immigrants a temporary reprieve from deportation. Under this DACA program, more than 800,000 undocumented youth who came here as children have received work permits and a temporary

I Have a Conditional Green Card, Am I Eligible to Apply for US Citizenship? You may not be able to apply for U.S. citizenship when you are still a conditional resident. Conditional green cards are valid only for two years. To apply for U.S. citizenship, you must have lived as a green card holder in

Who Doesn’t Need to Separately Get a Work Permit? Green card holders and U.S. citizens do not need a work permit, also known as an Employment Authorization Document, to work in the U.S. They automatically have permission to work here. Green card holders just need to show their green cards to their employers to show

President Donald Trump backed the RAISE Act that would overhaul America’s immigration system, proposed by Republican Senators Tom Cotton of Arkansas and David Perdue of Georgia. RAISE stands for Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment Act. This act would reduce the number of legal immigrants to the U.S. by 50 percent over the next decade and would make many

Which is the Best Country to be an Immigrant in 2017? According to ‘U.S. News & World Reports,’ Sweden is now the best country to be an immigrant. Canada, Switzerland, Australia and Germany are the other countries that top the list after Sweden. Despite being home to the world’s largest immigrant population, due to Trump’s

It is well-known that the easiest way to get a green card in the U.S. is through marriage to a U.S. citizen. When you get married to a U.S. citizen,you will become eligible for a family based green card. Marriage based green card applications are scrutinized to make sure that the marriage is legitimate. These

The Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to implement few parts of President Donald Trump’s executive order that bans the entry of individuals from certain Muslim-majority countries to the U.S. His executive order also bans refugees from gaining entry into the U.S. for 120 days. The Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. government can

President Donald Trump doesn’t want immigrants to go on welfare programs during their first five years in the U.S. He is calling for a new policy that would prevent immigrants from using welfare for five years. He said that foreigners seeking permanent resident status in the U.S. must be able to financially support themselves. According