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This Friday (August 15, 2014) marks the second anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. According to the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), only 55 percent of the 1.2 million youth who are eligible for deferred action have applied for this status. Around half of the eligible undocumented youth have not yet filed […]

America remains the world’s leading destination for international students. Many choose to study in Texas, California and New York and they also prefer to study in universities with high standards of teaching. Most of the American universities are recognized for their flexibility, facilities, excellence and top quality teachers. One of the reasons they seek to study

Some Honduran youth may be classified as refugees by the Obama administration. In order to deal with the surge of illegal Central American immigrants crossing the border illegally, the Obama administration is considering classifying some of them as refugees. According to the New York Times, some federal agencies are working on proposals that would help

President Obama recently announced that he is planning to take executive action to change the U.S. deportation policies as the House has failed to act on immigration reform. He stated that he will act on his own and look into changes he can make to the deportation policy. The U.S. Senate passed an immigration reform

The Partnership for a New American Economy, the Business Roundtable, and the National Association of Manufacturers recently released the findings of a national survey and of 26 state surveys. Findings show that voters across the U.S. recognize that the immigration system of our country is broken. 86 percent of Republicans and 79 percent of Independents

Every year, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) conducts special naturalization ceremonies to commemorate America’s Independence Day. This year, the agency is celebrating the nation’s birthday by welcoming 9,000 new U.S. citizens during more than 100 special naturalization ceremonies across the U.S. USCIS Acting Director Lori Scialabba stated that the USCIS is honored to

If you lose your U.S. citizenship certificate, you can get it replaced by filing Form N-565, Application for Replacement Naturalization/Citizenship Document. You can also file this form for the following reasons: To request a replacement certificate, if the USCIS committed a clerical error in preparing your citizenship certificate. To correct your date of birth on

The White House will honor young immigrants who have received deferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Ten young DACA recipients from Mexico, Colombia, Taiwan, Morocco, the Philippines and India will be recognized by the White House as “Champions of Change”. These young immigrants were brought to the U.S. as

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) renewal process. If you are a deferred action recipient and if your status is about to expire, you can start the DACA renewal process by filing the new version of Form I-821D, Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. If

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) uses Form I-94, Arrival/Departure Record, to record the arrival and departure dates of people visiting the U.S. The information on the I-94 includes the name, nationality, visa status, date of birth, arrival date and the assigned date of departure. Earlier, all the visitors were required to complete the paper