INS or the Immigration and Naturalization Service was the federal agency that was administering all the issues related to immigration and naturalization. USCIS, US Citizenship and Immigration Services, is the agency that now deals with issues related to immigration and naturalization. However, both the agencies are not the same and the INS does not exist […]
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USCIS InfoPass is a free service that permits USCIS customers to schedule appointments with USCIS officers. If you have issues related to immigration and if you need to speak to an immigration officer, you can make an InfoPass appointment at any time, using the internet. You can schedule an appointment while at home and you
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A Green Card gives a foreign national permission to live, study and work in America and he can remain in the country as long as he wishes and as long as he maintains his lawful status in America. This Green Card is a document issued by the government of the United States and permanent resident
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Petitioners who file applications to sponsor their family members will have to sponsor those beneficiaries financially. Many such applicants are unaware of the Affidavit of Support forms and they are confused about which form they need to submit as there are two Affidavit of Support forms, Form I-134 and Form I-864. When you sponsor your
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US citizens and Green Card holders can both sponsor their family members for lawful status in America and the US citizens can sponsor their parents, spouses, children and their siblings but the Green Card holders can only sponsor their immediate relatives for lawful status in America. US citizens and Green Card holders who wish to
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Millions of people seek to travel to the U.S. every year and such individuals will have to obtain U.S. visas to travel to the country. But the U.S. does not grant visas to all the applicants and it only issues a certain number of visas every year. It also assigns every visa, a unique visa
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Post Decision Activity is something that happens after the USCIS adjudicates a petition. USCIS is the federal agency that takes care of issues related to immigration. To receive immigration benefits, appropriate USCIS forms must be filed and the USCIS will adjudicate the petitions after checking the petitions. USCIS must first accept the petition that you
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A person who needs to obtain a certificate of citizenship may file Form N-600, Application for Certificate of Citizenship. But individuals who automatically become U.S. citizens and children of U.S. citizens born on foreign soil alone can file petitions for citizenship certificates. Hence, this form is meant for the individuals who have acquired citizenship at birth
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Being a foreign national, to get into the United States, you must obtain a visa and you need to get a visa, based on the purpose of your travel. If you wish to visit someone in the United States, you may go for tourist visas and student visas to study in the country. Likewise, if
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Your employment status will not affect your naturalization application and you may change jobs after filing your naturalization application and it is perfectly fine to do so. Nevertheless, all the other requirements remain the same and you need to prove that you meet those requirements. The adjudication of your naturalization application will depend on your
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