Foreign nationals who receive their immigrant visas will need to pay a fee to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) called the USCIS immigrant fee must be paid online through the USCIS ELIS (Electronic Immigration System). Immigrant visa recipients need to remember that they can get their green cards only after they pay this fee to […]
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OPT, Optional Practical Training, is the temporary employment directly related to an international student’s field of study. F-1 OPT will work for international students who have been full-time students for at least one academic year. This program is meant for students who are currently maintaining F-1 status. During OPT there will be no change in
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Citizens of foreign countries who become US citizens will be issued naturalization certificates. To become US citizens and to get these certificates, foreign nationals must first become permanent residents of the United States. And then they need to go through the naturalization process, to obtain US citizenship. Green Card holders who successfully go through this
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United States grants a special temporary immigration status to the citizens of certain foreign countries that have experienced major disruptions, known as Temporary Protected Status (TPS). Due to civil wars, natural disasters or other general threats, the government of the United States designates certain foreign countries for TPS. People who belong to such designated countries,
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The bipartisan Gang of Eight that includes four Republican and four Democratic senators, in April unveiled an immigration reform bill and this bill was passed by the Senate Judiciary committee after a few changes were made to the bill. The aim of this bill is to fix the immigration system of America. This bill would
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Non-immigrant visas are meant for foreign nationals who seek to stay temporarily in the United States. These non-immigrant visas are not permanent visas and the foreign nationals who enter into America as non-immigrants will have to leave the country before the expiration of their authorized period of stay and it is illegal to overstay the
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An individual who seeks to obtain US citizenship must know about the citizenship process and about the USCIS forms that he must file. US citizenship process is quite lengthy and tiresome and everyone who files the US citizenship application may not be granted US citizenship and only the individuals who are eligible will be granted
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Foreign nationals who get married to US citizens will be granted US Green Cards and this is the easiest way to get Green Cards in the United States. That is the reason why people who wish to settle in the United States get married to US citizens solely for immigration purposes. But to get a Green
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First thing that the undocumented immigrants who are eligible and who are applying for DACA must understand is that deferred action is not the DREAM Act that would confer lawful status upon the people who apply for it. People who receive deferred action status will only be permitted to live and work in America of
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Family based immigration is considered to be one of the easiest ways to immigrate to the United States. Many foreign nationals who seek to immigrate to America, feel that they can easily get Green Cards if they get married to US citizens. But that is not so easy as the immigration officers have found that many
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