Over the last year or so, there has been much uncertainty surrounding the United States H-1B foreign worker Visa program. The H-1B Visa program is the largest guest worker program in the US. It

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began issuing redesigned Certificates of Citizenship and Naturalization, following a successful pilot in four USCIS field offices and one service center. The redesign of these eight certificates is one of the many ways USCIS is working to combat fraud and safeguard the legal immigration system.

USCIS piloted the...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announces that current beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) under Honduras’ designation who want to maintain their status through the effective termination date of Jan. 5, 2020, must re-register between June 5, 2018, and Aug. 6, 2018.

Re-registration procedures, including how to renew employment authorization documents, have been published...

O veto migratório do presidente Donald Trump é legal?

A Suprema Corte dos Estados Unidos está atualmente ouvindo argumentações sobre a legalidade do mais recente veto migratório do presidente Donald Trump. O veto afeta residentes de vários países muçulmanos que desejam visitar os EUA. Atualmente, afeta pessoas do Irã, Síria, Somália e Iêmen. O veto...

Due to a processing error on May 4, 2018, USCIS mailed a number of biometric services appointment notices with incorrect Application Support Center (ASC) locations to petitioners who filed Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence.

The affected notices have a date of 05/04/2018 and a case type of “I-751 – PETITION TO...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced the launch of our Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Immigration Records SysTem (FIRST), which will eventually allow users to submit, manage, and receive FOIA requests entirely online. Before this change, USCIS only accepted FOIA requests by mail, fax, and email, and requesters typically received their...

 

Milhares de imigrantes de Honduras e do Nepal que vivem nos Estados Unidos devem se preparar para deixar o país, segundo anunciou recentemente o governo do presidente Donald Trump, que suspendeu o chamado TPS (Status de Proteção Temporária em inglês).

São mais de 50.000 cidadãos de Honduras que desde 1999...

USCIS reminds F-1 students on Optional Practical Training (OPT) that transferring to another school or beginning study at another educational level (for example, beginning a master’s program after completing a bachelor’s degree) automatically terminates their OPT as well as their corresponding employment authorization document (EAD).

Although authorization to engage in OPT ends upon transferring...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that Form N-565, Application for Replacement of Naturalization/Citizenship Document, and Form N-336, Request for a Hearing on a Decision in Naturalization Proceedings (Under Section 336 of the INA), can be filed online.

Applicants use Form N-565 to replace a naturalization certificate, certificate of citizenship, or a repatriation...

Is President Trump’s ban on Muslim immigrants legal?The United States Supreme Court is currently hearing argument as to the legality of President Trump’s most recent travel ban.  The ban impacts residents of several Muslim countries who desire to visit the United...