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No Deadline for H1B Visa Applicants: USCIS
The US citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have started accepting the H1B Visa applications for the next fiscal year from Wednesday. An overall 65,000 applications are offered excluding 20,000 H1B visas for applicants of US masters’ or higher degree. In 2009, due to the downturn the filed applications were fewer and to meet the... »
Laschenova, Lawyer Renew Immigration Quest
Coaching in the U.S. for the past 10 years, Olympic gold medalist Natalia Laschenova said she will continue her quest to earn a green card despite the denial letter she recently received from immigration officials. “I am not going anywhere,” Laschenova told IG. In January, Laschenova’s employer, Integrity Gymnastics in Plain City, Ohio, received a notice... »
STOKES INTEVIEW IN MARRIAGE BASED IMMIGRATION CASES
A stokes interview happens primarily in marriage based immigration cases. Very often, U.S. Citizens sponsor their spouses for Permanent Residence to the United States. Upon submission of the documents, the USCIS office forwards an interview notice to the parties to come in for an interview. The interview letter from Immigration clearly describes the documents... »
RENEWING YOUR GREENCARD? WHY NOT NATURALIZE TOO?
Q:I’ve been a US legal permanent resident for almost ten years, and my green card visa is expiring soon. What is the current procedure for renewing it? A: Immigrants filing applications to renew permanent resident cards, commonly known as “greencards,” need to file Form I-90 (which can be downloaded at www.uscis.gov) with US Citizenship and... »
16 immigrants sworn in as U.S. citizens at Redding ceremony
Clutching a rolled-up American flag in one hand, Mahmoud Saad couldn’t stop grinning today as he sat beside 15 other immigrants in a jury box inside a Redding courtroom. After all, the 26-year-old Egyptian Chico State University electrical engineering student had been waiting for much his life to recite the words that would make him... »
Apply for naturalization at Association House of Chicago’s citizenship workshop
Association House of Chicago will kick off its first of a series of monthly citizenship workshops on Nov. 21. The event will assist qualifying lawful permanent residents (Greencard) with everything they need to fill out the application for naturalization. Bilingual volunteers will be on hand to assist in filling out the application. Lawyers will... »
The I-485 Inventory Numbers Require Attention
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released the most recent inventory numbers of employment-based green card applications on its newly-designed website1 in late September of 2009. These statistics are released in a comprehensive manner, categorized by country of chargeability and preference category. Although visa backlog has been a known problem for many years,... »