If you are a United States citizen and you fall in love with someone who is not a U.S. citizen nor lives in the United States, the fear of not being together is at the forefront of your mind. The K-1 visa is the solution for such a situation. This is a nonimmigrant...
Year: 2014
DACA Program and Tuition Spikes
Obama introduced DACA during the 2012 election cycle, responding not only to an upcoming election day, but also to undocumented youth who camped out in his campaign offices urging the president to take executive action to defend them from detention and deportation....
An Overview: Petitions to Remove Conditions on Permanent Residence (I-751)
Due to large amounts of sham marriages and investment visas, USCIS developed another way to screen immigrants to determine whether they are really eligible for their permanent resident status. Therefore, all conditional residents who obtained green cards with 2 year...
Visa Bulletin: What Does It Mean?
When immigrant visas are not yet available to be distributed to immigrants, the United States State Department (DOS) issues a monthly Visa Bulletin to allocate the available immigrant visa numbers based on the usage each month. This is a type of tracking mechanism...
Delays in processing I-130 (Family Based Petitions)
Recently USCIS started sending letters to applicants explaining that their case would be further delayed by approximately six months. In the past, normal processing times were approximately 5 months. Some applicants have also received transfer notices without much...