Quanto tempo demora para se obter asilo político?Milhões de pessoas mundo afora são vítimas de perseguição em seus países de origem. Os Estados Unidos criaram leis de asilo para oferecer proteção a indivíduos que sofrem perseguição ou vivem sob medo iminente de serem perseguidos devido a fatores como raça, opinião política, religião ou por...
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Por questões técnicas, inscrições feitas para a loteria do green card entre 3 e 10 de outubro foram canceladas
Recentemente, o Departamento de Estado (DOS, na sigla em inglês) divulgou um comunicado afirmando que, devido a questões técnicas, as inscrições feitas entre os dias 3 e 10 de outubro para o Programa Loteria de Diversidade de Vistos 2019 (DV-2019), conhecido como loteria para o green card, não são válidas e foram excluídas do...
DHS to Store Immigrant Social Media Activity
How can immigrants protect themselves on social media?Recently, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted a notice that garnered national attention: It intends to keep files on the social media activity of immigrants, including green card holders, foreigners applying for travel visas, and lawful permanent residents. Immigrants across the country have reacted with understandable...
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U Visas for Victims of Crime (Part 2)
This is the continuation of a series of articles on U nonimmigrant visas which can be granted to individuals and their families who may fall victim to many types of crime in the U.s., such as rape, murder, manslaughter, domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, etc.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE (DOS) POSTS ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING THE 2019 DIVERSITY VISA LOTTERY
Recently DOS issued a notice stating that due to a technical issue, the DV-2019 entry period that began on October 3 has been closed. Entries submitted during October 3 to October 10 are not valid and have been excluded from the system. All this entries will not count as a duplicate entry. The technical...
EUA começam a monitorar redes sociais de imigrantes, inclusive dos naturalizados americanos
A partir desta quarta-feira, 18 de outubro, o Departamento de Segurança Interna (DHS) vai coletar e armazenar “nomes e pseudônimos em redes sociais, informações associadas identificáveis e resultados de busca” de todos os imigrantes nos Estados Unidos — inclusive os detentores do green card e cidadãos imigrantes naturalizados.
Isso constitui uma tremenda violação de privacidade...
HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY OVERCOME USCIS’ WAGE LEVEL I AND SPECIALTY OCCUPATION REQUEST FOR EVIDENCE.
The first time Wage Level I RFEs were reported were in early June 2017 and targeted H-1B petitions filed in April 2017 under the annual H-1B cap. Initially, most of the RFEs were issued by the Vermont Service Center although it appears that California is also catching up and issuing their own version of...
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The US announces new social media screening for immigrants; included are permanent residents and naturalized U.S. citizens.
Beginning October 18, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will collect and store “social-media handles and aliases, associated identifiable information and search results” of all immigrants in the country – even green card holders and naturalized U.S. Citizens. This constitutes a tremendous violation of privacy not only for the foreign-born but for any...
Entenda as diferenças entre os vistos de trabalho disponíveis
Imigrar para os Estados Unidos pode ser particularmente difícil e o atual clima político aparentemente não tornará as coisas mais fáceis no curto prazo. Para as pessoas que querem se mudar para os EUA devido a trabalho ou negócios ainda há várias opções disponíveis — e saber a diferença entre elas é extremamente importante...
Illegal Immigration Declines in California, Increases in Texas
Why are more illegal immigrants coming to Texas instead of California?
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New data has emerged showing a shift in areas in which immigrants enter the United States illegally. Undocumented immigrants today are heading to Texas instead of California. In 2014, about 2.9 million illegal immigrants lived in California. The undocumented immigrant population...
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