This is continuation of serious of articles providing AILA's (American Immigration Lawyers Association) on various tops as contained in Senate Bill S. 744 passed by the Senate, action or inaction in the House and AILA's position of these issues.

Border

The U.S. border is safer and more secure than it has ever been, and in recent...

 

Immigration & Nationality Act makes available up to 55,000 permanent resident immigrant visas each year by random selection through a Diversity Visa lottery (DV). The annual DV program makes permanent residence visas available to persons meeting the simple, but strict, eligibility requirements. Diversity Visa...

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.

Q: Can a Foreign National Petition for U Nonimmigrant...

Ridgewood, N.J. - One of the major reasons that Citizenship is denied to applicants is because they have made a "false claim to U.S. Citizenship".

Nachman Phulwani Zimovcak Law Group, P.C., an international Immigration Law Firm (with Offices in NY, NJ and affiliated offices in Canada and Mumbai) recently heard that the U.S. Department of...

Important Notice: Only immigrant visa applicants applying at certain U.S. embassies and consulates where NVC requested fees or documents in October 2010 or later may use the DS-260, Online Immigrant Visa Application. Review Online Immigrant Visa Forms to learn whether you should use the online DS-260 form, as well as more important information.

Review the...

RIDGEWOOD, NJ - SEPTEMBER 9th, 2013 - Beginning September 9, 2013, USCIS will employ a new verification tool called Customer Identity Verification (CIV) in its field offices. Customers will now submit biometric data, specifically fingerprints and photographs, when appearing at USCIS offices for interviews or to receive evidence of an immigration benefit. CIV will...

This is continuation of serious of articles providing AILA's (American Immigration Lawyers Association) on various tops as contained in Senate Bill S. 744 passed by the Senate, action or inaction in the House and AILA's position of these issues.

The Legal Immigration System

America's legal immigration system must be reformed to provide a flexible and...

AILA (American Immigration Lawyers Association) has provided its Take on "House Immigration Reform" which covers various topics including Legalization of undocumented aliens, provisions in Senate Bill S.744 passed by the Senate, what is happening in the House on Immigration Reform, the Legal Immigration System - Family and Business, Employment Immigration, Skills Act, Agricultural Guest...

The following information is provided by the Visa Office regarding the cut-off dates for the month of September 2013.

FAMILY PREFERENCES

F1-Family first preference: Unmarried sons and daughters over the age of 21 years of U.S. Citizens. The cut-off date has moved forward by two (2) weeks for most of the countries including India to...