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“In the U.S., while private sponsorship programs and humanitarian parole should continue to be options available to people seeking safety, they cannot replace a functioning asylum system.” – International Rescue Committee, Press Rel… Read More

On October 6, 2022, President Biden pardoned all offenses of simple possession of marijuana in violation of Federal or D.C. Law for current United States citizens and lawful permanent residents. In a statement released by the White House, President B… Read More

The Diversity Immigrant Visa (DV) Program registration period opened at 12:00pm EST on October 5, 2022 and will close at 12:00pm EST on November 8, 2022. Each year, the DV Program offers up to 55,000 immigrant visas to individuals randomly selected f… Read More

November Visa Bulletin Available U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently released the November 2022 Visa Bulletin. Understanding the Visa Backlogs There are a limited number of employment-based immigrant visas (“green cards”) a… Read More

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently finalized its rule on the public charge ground of inadmissibility. All individuals applying for admission to or lawful permanent residence within the United States risk denial should USCIS de… Read More

Introduced by the Obama Administration on June 15, 2022, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program provides essential legal protections to undocumented individuals who entered the United States as children prior to June 15, 2007. Toda… Read More

On September 15, USCIS began accepting Form I-907 Requests for Premium Processing Service for two additional categories of I-140 petitions: E13 multinational executive and manager petitions filed by January 1, 2022 E21 NIW petitions filed by February… Read More

As part of its Constitution Week celebrations, USCIS published the Eligible to Naturalize Dashboard, providing data such as country of birth and state of residence for the millions of lawful permanent residents who may be eligible to naturalize but h… Read More