A technical glitch has resulted in the loss of all US Diversity Immigrant Visa Program entries submitted between the dates 3 – 10 October. People who submitted applications between those dates are encouraged to put in another application for their US visas. The US State Department website now carries a message telling applicants that all […]

Defense Secretary, Jim Mattis is revamping a program that fast-tracks recruits born overseas to gain US citizenship in return for serving in the military as doctors, language experts, and nurses. Mattis announced the MAVNI (Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest) program on Friday. The program was halted in 2016, after the Pentagon concluded that

President Donald Trump’s ongoing crackdown on US visas continues to cause trouble for overseas immigrants who want to come to the US, with an array of executive orders targeting both L1 and H-1B US visas, along with a variety of others. Although Australians have been fortunate, compared to nationals from other nations, due to the

Four cities and one county in the US were singled out by the Justice Department on Thursday as having sanctuary policies that could be violating a federal law stating that information cannot be withheld from US immigration officers by local governments. The department says preliminary findings show that Chicago, Cook County in Illinois, New Orleans,

This week in Vermont, federal agents broke up an immigrant smuggling operation on the border of the US and Canada, revealing the increasing options used by undocumented immigrants desperate to enter the US but fearful of the stronger security on the nation’s southwestern border. Analysts say that illegal immigration from over the northern border usually

While Congress is being asked by the Trump administration to give approval to a stricter overhaul of immigration laws in the US, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is looking at options that would allow it to transform the nation’s immigration system without the need for Congressional approval. The DHS has been exploring various subtle

Haiti has formally requested the US government to extend the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian nationals currently living in the US for a further 18 months. Over 50,000 Haitian immigrants are registered on the humanitarian aid program, which is set to end on 22 January 2018. Temporary Protected Status was given to Haitian nationals

On Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump defended his demands for hard-line immigration reform in return for allowing recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to remain in the US. He slammed the Democratic Party as being weak on border security, accusing them of not caring about the nation’s safety. Trump used his Twitter

According to the findings of a new poll, only one in five Americans would like to see the deportation of young undocumented immigrants who came to the US as minors. The ‘Dreamers’ are the focus of a contentious political argument between Congress and the White House, with President Donald Trump telling lawmakers at the weekend

On Sunday, the US announced the placement of a temporary halt on all US visa applications for non-immigrants from Turkey, in a decision that Turkey was quick to mirror. The US Embassy in Ankara released a statement saying that recent events have meant the US government has to reconsider the Turkish government’s dedication to the

President Donald Trump has demanded drastic changes to border policy and funding provided for his much-discussed border wall by Congress, in return for allowing young undocumented immigrants who came to the US as minors to remain in the country. US officials have outlined the proposal of the Trump administration, delivered to the nation’s lawmakers on