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US Citizenship is an important status, conferring the right to vote, hold public office, and the right to live and work in the US. Millions of Americans have risked their lives so that US citizens today can enjoy these rights and now the USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services) wants to help raise public awareness […]

US immigration Form I-130 (Petition for an Alien Relative) allows US citizens and green card holders to sponsor a relative to come and live in the US. This US immigration form makes it possible to arrange for a green card for family members, such as children, spouses, parents, and siblings. The aim is to ensure

Many travelers from the US have noticed that traveling has become far more complicated in recent years. Due to security concerns, travelers are scrutinized more carefully than ever before, which sometimes lead to travel delays. Even green card holders and those with US citizenship sometimes face long delays and close inspection. Those who are just

When viewed from the outside, the USCIS can seem like a large and impersonal organization. Many immigrants send in applications and petitions and hope for the best answer, without really considering how the organization itself works. However, the USCIS is not as impersonal as it seems; it does work hard to engage with immigrants and

If you are applying for US citizenship, you will need to learn the English language as well as US civics. US civics includes information about the US politics and government system as well as US history. You do not need to know this for most US immigration applications but US civics is considered important for

According to the USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) many immigrants looking for US immigration services still mistakenly look for INS. Part of the confusion may stem from the outdated information out there. Older books about immigration, well-intentioned friends who were themselves an immigrant decades ago, and even the Internet can all suggest that

Staying on top of US immigration news is vital if you are going through any immigration process. In May 2011, the USCIS released two pieces of news which are of interest to all immigrants in the US. The first news item has to do with the I-9 form. All employers must file an I-9 form

Before 2003, most administrative tasks related to US immigration were handled by the INS (the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service). After the attacks of September 11, 2001, in New York, the INS came under some criticism after it was revealed that many of the attackers were in the US on legal visas and had

In immigration news, the USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services) has finished rolling out its Secure Mail Initiative (SMI) as of May 2011 and that program is now fully implemented. The program allows for better and faster delivery of immigration documents by using the USPS (U.S. Postal Service) Priority Mail service, which also features Delivery

There can be some confusion about the INS and the USCIS, largely due to outdated online information and some outdated US immigration documents available out there. However, the two agencies are not the same. The INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service) used to be the US immigration agency in charge of immigration forms and applications. However,

The E-Verify System is a system which allows employers to verify the employment authorization of their employees and to keep track of employment authorization. In the past year, the USCIS has made changes to the E-Verify system to make it more effective and to address issues of illegal immigration. The E-Verify System was developed in