On March 18, USCIS extended the suspension of all routine face-to-face services with applicants at all of its offices through May 3, to protect its workforce and to help mitigate
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Naturalization
USCIS Fees Increasing on Dec. 23, 2016 – Citizenship, Adjustment, Nonimmigrant visas all affected
By Alka Bahal on
On October 24, 2016, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) published a final rule confirming an increase to the processing fees for most of the applications and petitions…
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New Form for Naturalization
By Robert S. Whitehill on
Some things don’t change, others do. The debate rages over immigration reform. Speaker of the House John Boehner expressed doubt today that immigration reform will happen in 2014. This has…
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The Importance of US Citizenship
By Catherine V. Wadhwani on
Earlier this week, President Barack Obama presented the State of the Union Address. The State of the Union Address is meant to inform the American people of the direction in…
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Priority Dates: Visa Office Information on demand and predictions
By Alka Bahal on
Recently, Charlie Oppenheim of the Department of State’s Visa Office shared his impressions at this time regarding visa demand in preference categories and predictions for the remainder of FY2013 with…
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Priority Dates: The Department of State’s predictions
By Alka Bahal on
The Department of State’s Visa Office’s predictions as to how the priority dates will move for the next several months appear in the March Visa Bulletin:
VISA AVAILABILITY IN …
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U.S. Citizenship. Now may be the time to apply.
By Catherine V. Wadhwani on
USCIS proposes changes to the N-400 application that could make the form more-than double in length.
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