Life is unpredictable. If you are a noncitizen and were in the United States illegally, you were most likely already nervous about your citizenship status and what will happen in the future. Unfortunately, if something happens in your native country and you believed you were obligated to return home, you may not be allowed back […]

Recently, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced it will terminate two categorical parole programs to help ensure parole is only used on a case-by-case basis, consistent with the law. The programs to be terminated are the Filipino World War II Veterans Parole program and the Haitian Family Reunification Parole program. Parole programs are designed […]

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has recently published the U Visa Law Enforcement Resource Guide. The goal of the resource guide is to give law enforcement and other certifying agencies access to helpful information regarding the best practices for the U visa certification process. The Guide will also help these agencies ensure they have […]

On July 24, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published a final rule that marks the first significant revision of the program’s regulations since 1993.  Perhaps the most notable aspect of this rule is that now, under the new EB-5 program, individuals are eligible to apply for conditional lawful permanent residence in the United States […]

Each year, America accepts more immigrants than anywhere else in the world. In Fiscal Year 2018, USCIS naturalized about 757,000 people–a five-year high. As of last week, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced it will be revising the current naturalization test. The USCIS says the goal is to create a “meaningful, uniform, and efficient […]