A green card holder will have to renew his/her green card every ten years, to maintain his or her legal permanent resident status. Currently, they will have to pay $455 as application filing fee and $85 as biometrics fee to the USCIS to get a green card renewed. Assuming a green card holder is of age 25, […]
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Mexico helping undocumented African immigrants get to U.S. Many from Africa who wish to gain asylum status in the U.S., enter Mexico aiming to get to Texas and California. Mexico has now given special passes to the asylum seekers from Africa that allow them to freely move around the country for 20 days and reach
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U.S. citizens need to be registered to vote in a federal election. This is a requirement in most of the American states. Only U.S. citizens have the right to vote. This privilege is not meant for green card holders and other nonimmigrants. One can register to vote, if he or she is a U.S. citizen,
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FSM officials shift immigration responsibility to the US Two officials from the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) say that it is the responsibility of the U.S. government to remove FSM citizens from Guam. Read more. Trump does not want all immigrants deported, says aide Rudy Giuliani, the former Mayor of New York and one of
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After an application is filed with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a biometrics services appointment will be scheduled at a local Application Support Center (ASC). USCIS conducts checks on every applicant to make sure they are eligible for the benefit they are applying for. Applicants will receive the fingerprinting appointment notice, Form I-797C,
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Trump vows to crack down on US visa cheats Donald Trump recently revealed how he wants to deal with illegal immigration. He said he will crack down on those overstaying their nonimmigrant visas. He wants to install a tracking system that would help immigration authorities to remove people overstaying their visa. He also wants an
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Is Trump softening on immigration? A recent interview with Donal Trump’s new campaign manager reveals that Trump is softening his stance on immigration. Trump recently hinted that he is willing to work with the undocumented immigrants and find an efficient and humane solution to the immigration difficulties the country is facing. He said that he
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Non-U.S. citizens are not allowed to vote in the federal elections. Non-U.S. citizens include Green Card holders, those in the U.S. on nonimmigrant visas, undocumented immigrants, refugees and asylees. These categories of immigrants do not have the right to vote for the President of the U.S. Natural born U.S. citizens and naturalized citizens can vote
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Few undocumented immigrants in New Jersey apply to stay Out of the 53,000 undocumented youth in New Jersey who are eligible for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, only 23,000 have applied for it. This shows that only 43 percent of those eligible have applied for a temporary relief from deportation. This is one of
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has expanded the existing provisional waiver process. The program will now allow certain family members of U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents (green card holders) and who are eligible for immigrant visas, to easily navigate the U.S. immigration process. This provisional unlawful presence waiver is meant for those in
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