A new type of telephone scam targeting migrants, requesting an electronic transfer of money to resolve some aspect of their familys’ immigration cases in the United States, is now on the radar of the Department of Homeland Security’s Joint Task Force-West South Texas Corridor (JTF-W STC) and consular officials from several neighboring countries.

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposes to adjust fees charged by the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) to individuals and organizations. DHS proposes to raise the fee for Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) Form I-901, Fee Remittance for Certain F, J, and M Nonimmigrants, for nonimmigrants seeking to become academic...

What will happen to the Haitians living in American on Temporary Protected Status?

The Trump Administration and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security DHS recently decided to end temporary protected status (TPS) for the approximately 60,000 Haitian immigrants who had been allowed to legally remain in the country following a deadly earthquake....

 

Por que muitos diplomatas se opõem à deportação de beneficiários do TPS?

O presidente dos Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, continua com a sua aparente meta de deportação de milhares de pessoas que detêm o Status de Proteção Temporária (TPS na sigla em inglês). O governo Trump continua com essas ações,...

Did the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services lose 1,500 immigrant children?

An alarming report of 1,500 immigrant children supposedly lost by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHSS) has top government officials on the defensive. Earlier this month, the Trump Administration announced that it would refer anyone...

What to do about getting 2 years conditional permanent resident status when there is divorce or divorce case is still pending? You can file Form I-751 at "any time" if you have a final order of divorce or annulment. That's true even if your conditional green card is not close to its expiration date....

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued updated guidance that aligns its policy for issuing Form I-862, Notice to Appear, with the immigration enforcement priorities of the Department of Homeland Security.

A Notice to Appear (NTA) is a document given to an alien that instructs them to appear before an immigration judge...

O EB-1 China e o EB-1 Índia continuam estáveis em 1 de Janeiro de 2012 e o Departamento de Estado dos Estados Unidos (DOS) prevê que essa data deve permanecer ao longo do resto do ano fiscal. Espera-se que essas categorias voltem a ser atualizadas em 1 de outubro de 2018, mas a tendência...

Como a CSPA protege as crianças contra a perda da elegibilidade à residência permanente conforme os anos passam à espera da aprovação do processo?Devido à longa fila de espera de aplicações para visto, o então presidente George Bush assinou em 2002 a Lei de Proteção ao Status da Criança (Child Status Protection Act, ou...

Why are so many U.S. diplomats in opposition to deportation of TPS recipients?

President Trump continues his seeming quest to deport hundreds of thousands of temporary protected status or TPS recipients. The Trump administration persists in taking such action, despite opposition by several career diplomats. In fact, evidence has now emerged as...