The US Department of State is responsible for granting immigrant visas to the applicants abroad through overseas US Consulates and Embassies. After the approval of the applications and after the immigrant visa interviews, visa applicants will receive their stamped passports in a package that also includes documents related to their immigrant visa applications. These foreign […]
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President Obama argued that the Senate immigration reform bill would improve America’s immigration system and urged the US Congress to pass the bill by this summer. He is confident about the Gang of Eight’s immigration reform bill and he stated that the bill has gone through a very long process but it will soon become
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The Senate Judiciary Committee considered around 300 amendments that were filed to the Senate immigration reform bill and passed the bill after approving some amendments. The Committee strengthened the bill and passed it and the US Senate began the debate on the bill that is expected to fix the country’s broken immigration system. This bill
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Foreign nationals can become US citizens and the process that helps foreign nationals to become citizens of the United States is known as naturalization. Form N-400, is the American citizen application and immigrants who seek to apply for US citizenship must file this form with the USCIS. Applications for US citizenship filed by the immigrants
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E-verify is an internet-based verification system that is currently being used by more than 409,000 US employers and the US employers use E-verify to confirm the eligibility of the employees they have hired, to work in America. Many people illegally cross the border and enter into the country. Most of them enter into the country
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is a blanket status that the United States grants the citizens of certain designated foreign countries. The Secretary of Homeland Security designates certain countries that have experienced major disruptions, for TPS and grants the citizens of such countries temporary immigration status. Haiti, El Salvador, Honduras, Somalia, Syria and Sudan are some
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Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is nothing but the temporary immigration status that the Secretary of Homeland Security grants the citizens of certain designated foreign countries. The Secretary will designate foreign countries that have suffered and that suffer major disruptions such as civil wars or natural disasters, for TPS and citizens of such countries will be
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The Senate immigration reform bill includes a legalization provision and it would grant the country’s undocumented residents provisional residency. This bill would create a new status, the Registered Provisional Immigrant (RPI) status and after the legislation of the Gang of Eight is signed into law, undocumented immigrants could apply for this status. This status would
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President Obama in 2012, started a new policy known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, for the undocumented youth. Undocumented youth who entered America as children and who hold high school degrees can apply for this deferred action status that will permit them to stay in the country for two years. This status is renewable
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There are more than 11 million people in the United States who are currently out of status and who are living in shadows. Most of them illegally crossed the borders of the country and some overstayed their non-immigrant visas and settled in the country. Nevertheless, there are some young undocumented immigrants who crossed the borders
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