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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To obtain immigration benefits, required forms must be filed with the USCIS. Earlier, all the applicants were required to file paper forms but now USCIS permits the customers to electronically file applications to obtain immigration benefits. Hence, you need not worry if your Green Card is set to expire as the Green Card renewal process
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An immigration reform bill was recently introduced by the Gang of Eight, that comprises of four Democratic and four Republican Senators. This bill would create a new provisional status called the Registered Provisional Immigrant Status and the undocumented immigrants living in the country could apply for this status after the President signs this bill into
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Senator Chuck Schumer believes that the immigration bill will pass the Senate by the 4th of July. The full Senate will begin voting on the Gang of Eight’s immigration reform bill, next week and the bill will be introduced in the Senate on 10th June. Senator Schumer stated that he and the other members of
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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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The Senate Judiciary Committee passed S.744, the Senate immigration reform bill and this bill will soon be voted by the full Senate. This bill includes a proposal that would boost immigrant entrepreneurship and the bill would create a new visa program called the INVEST (Investing in New Venture, Entrepreneurial Startups, and Technologies) visa program, meant for
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The Gang of Eight’s immigration reform bill cleared the first major hurdle and passed the Senate Judiciary Committee. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman, Patrick Leahy, wanted to add an amendment that would allow the US citizens to sponsor their same sex foreign spouses for US Green Cards. He did not introduce that amendment in the Committee
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A union of more than 12,000 immigration enforcement officers, on Monday, stated that the union would not support the Senate immigration reform bill. Members of this union deal with immigration and they represent a large number of employees in the US Department of Homeland Security. These immigration enforcement officers would play a major role in
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The immigration reform bill of the “Gang of Eight” does not include provisions for same-sex couples. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), one of the members of the “Gang of Eight” stated that the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act”, will fail if an amendment that would allow the same sex couples to sponsor their
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The Senate immigration reform bill will create a new visa program for the low-skilled workers and the bill includes provisions to legalize agricultural workers. This bill will grant blue card status to the immigrants who have worked in agriculture for at least 100 days and the immediate relatives of these workers will also be permitted
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