Foreign nationals applying for a visa or green card in the UK may be in for a treat. The US Department of State has initiated the planning stage for a new US Embassy in London and recently sponsored a contest for the design of the building. US taxpayer watchdogs are up in arms over the [...]
The newest foreign national celebrity to meet US citizenship requirements is David Feherty, a TV commentator from Northern Ireland. Immigration officials administered the citizenship oath to the 51-year-old former golf pro recently at the USCIS office in Irving, Texas. Feherty, who had been a green hard holder for over 10 years, began applying for US [...]
The US Department of State recently announced a change to the way they process K-3 Visa applications. In the past, US citizens or lawful permanent resident spouses would use a K-3 visa to bring their husband or wife to the US. Unlike normal spousal visa processing abroad (via form I-130), a K-3 visa only granted [...]
Foreign nationals who seek admission to the United States as a non-immigrant, such as pursuant to a non-immigrant visa or through the Visa Waiver Program (VWP), and are found to be inadmissible under section 212 of the Immigration & Nationality Act (INA) may be allowed to file a non-immigrant waiver pursuant to INA 212(d)(3). If [...]
Q: How long do I have to wait before applying for citizenship? A: Ok, so you have the green card. Now...when can you start applying for citizenship? The answer will vary depending on how you obtained the green card. Once you have submitted your US citizenship application, however, the rest of the citizenship process is [...]
In response to the deadly earthquake that recently hit Haiti, immigration TPS has been approved by United States immigration officials for Haitians who were physically present in the US before the day of the earthquake. What is Temporary Protected Status (TPS)? When used in the US immigration field, temporary protected status (or TPS) is a [...]
US Immigration officials announced on January 13, 2010 that Haitian deportation would be halted in recognition of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated the country of Haiti the day before. For nationals of most countries, US immigration deports or removes them to their home country either upon attempting to enter the US or after deportation [...]
A US citizenship ceremony was held at the JFK Library in Boston today for 215 new US citizens. The US citizenship candidates were nationals of Australia, Barbados, Cape Verde, China, India, Lebanon, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Sri Lanka, Ukraine, Vietnam and Zaire. Before arriving at the ceremony today, these individuals successfully completed the American citizenship process [...]
Q: How long is the American Citizenship process? A: Once you have been a US permanent resident green card holder for the requisite number of years, the American naturalization process, or American citizenship process, begins when the naturalization attorney files of the citizenship application (N-400) at the proper citizenship application lock box facility. See American [...]
Q: How do I get US citizenship through marriage? A: Certain permanent resident green card holders can get US citizenship through marriage to a US citizen via a process called naturalization. US naturalization requirements for an applicant applying for citizenship through marriage differ from those applying through the normal route in the number of years [...]
