The Senate immigration reform bill would eliminate the backlog for family-based immigrants and repeal the availability of immigrant visas for the brothers/sisters of US citizens. At present, US citizens can sponsor their relatives under four family preference categories and 480,000 immigrant visas are allocated per year to such immigrants and the US citizens can sponsor […]
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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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Citizens of foreign countries who were brought to the United States as minors and those who have been living in the United States right from their childhood as undocumented immigrants are the DREAMers and the DREAMers always wanted the country to pass the DREAM Act that would give them a chance to obtain US citizenship
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The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, states that the undocumented immigrants will be permitted to apply for Registered Provisional Immigrant (RPI) status and that they will be given one year from the date of implementing border security measures to apply for this legal status. Registered Provisional Immigrant (RPI) status will permit the
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The long-awaited Senate immigration reform bill, “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013”, that was unveiled on Wednesday is likely to change various aspects of the country’s immigration laws. Key provisions of the bill are border security, path to US citizenship and immigration overhaul. You can read the full 844 page immigration
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The Senate immigration bill contains a pathway to US citizenship but obtaining US citizenship may not be so easy and the undocumented immigrants will have to wait for years to obtain citizenship status in America. Foreign nationals who entered into the country illegally prior to 31st December, 2011, alone will be permitted to apply for
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While traveling to the United States as a visitor, it is advisable to buy visitor medical insurance prior to traveling to the country as the health care costs in the United States are very high and at times, uninsured visitors may be refused service. Even if you are healthy and if you do not have
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Losing travel documents and passports can be a stressful situation and if you lose your US passport while in America, you must immediately report the loss of your passport to the US Department of State and prevent your passport from being misused. Followed by that, you will have to start the process of applying for
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Travelers who are unaware of the standard baggage limitations tend to pay excess baggage fees and the excess baggage fees may be the same as the flight ticket or higher than the flight ticket and if you do not want to pay extra, you need to carefully pack your luggage and do few simple things.
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Form I-94, Arrival/Departure Record is the form that the US Department of Homeland Security, uses to record the arrival and departure of foreign nationals. It is a small white card and it will contain a unique identification number. The date of your arrival and the date on which you will have to return to your
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