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Two Helpful Policy Changes Announced Today
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US Immigration News
U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 Introduced
Today, Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Congresswoman Linda Sánchez (Calif.-38) introduced President Biden’s plans for immigration reform. To be clear, this is a plan, nothing is law yet and we still need to wait before we can move forward with applications and relief, but now we know what this Administration’s goals are. Here are some
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Upcoming Changes to Naturalization Exam
February 2021 UPDATE: USCIS announced that this new version of the test will NOT be used. Please be sure to study the 2008 version of the exam! USCIS recently announced changes to the Naturalization Exam. They aren’t changing the language requirements, but for anyone filing on or after December 1, 2020, they’ll have to take
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The Insanity of “N/A”
“N/A” stands for “Not Applicable,” but when USCIS uses it, I feel like it stands for “New Aggravation.” Earlier this year, USCIS started rejecting humanitarian applications – asylum, U visas (for victims of crime) and T visas (for trafficking victims) because not every single question was answered on the applicable forms. USCIS did this without
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The Shocking News from Irwin County Detention Center
I thought I couldn’t be shocked by bad news in immigration any more. After nearly four years of this administration finding new ways to make the legal immigration system more difficult – 400 changes and counting – and implementing strategies designed for no reason other than to inflict pain and cruelty, I honestly thought we’d
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Waiting to Work…and Waiting…and Waiting…
** September 14 Update:Â USCIS admitted the timelines below were a mistake. Their website has been updated to reflect a more “reasonable” processing time of 5-7 months. ** How long is too long to wait for a work card? It used to be 90 days. Under former administrations, people could file for their work cards based
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What About My Biometrics Appointment?
With the the Application Support Centers (ASCs) being reopened for just over a month, we’ve had a lot of questions about when people can expect to have their appointments scheduled and rescheduled. Here’s what we know… If you had biometrics taken in a previous filing, USCIS is trying to reuse them and run new background
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Is It Time to Become a U.S. Citizen?
I know a lot of people aren’t thinking about applying for Naturalization right now because they won’t be processed quickly enough to vote this November, or because it could take USCIS a year or longer to process the case, or because they just want to hold tight to their money in uncertain times. But, I
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Busy Week:
DACA, Fee Increases and Public Charge
What a difference a single week makes. Last Monday, we were talking about filing new DACA applications, about I-944s and we definitely weren’t thinking about fee increases. This Monday, the exact opposite is true. Let’s break down the big news of the week… DACA USCIS announced some pretty major changes to the Deferred Action for
Busy Week:
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USCIS Cutting Staff – Processing Times to Increase Dramatically
What happens when you make applying for immigration benefits much more difficult, spend more and more time looking for reasons to deny applications, make the consequences of denial go from having the option to reapply to going straight into deportation proceedings, and stop taking applications for certain types of applications? Oh – and add a
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