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What Do Immigration Lawyers Do?

In early 2022, prior to the start of the Australian Open tennis tournament, the work of immigration lawyers representing Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic was the focus of many international news headlines. Upon arriving in Melbourne, Djokovic was detained and denied a visa over COVID-19 concerns. His immigration legal team challenged the merits of the …Read More

Can I Immigrate to the United States during the Coronavirus Pandemic?

Shortly after taking office in January 2021, United States President Joe Biden signed executive orders reversing many of the anti-immigration policies enacted by his predecessor. However, he also made the unusual move of directly addressing migrants amassing at the southern border with Mexico, and he urged them to stay put because of the COVID-19 pandemic. …Read More

Common Reasons People Immigrate to the U.S. Nowadays

In November 2021, a truck loaded with migrants headed toward the United States flipped over while traveling on a highway in southern Mexico. The accident resulted in the deaths of 55 migrants who were mostly from Central America. Some of them had planned to apply for asylum, while others had probably intended to make an …Read More

Forecast for U.S. Immigration in 2022

As the second year of the coronavirus pandemic comes to an end, immigration continues to be a controversial and uncertain issue in the United States. Most of the extreme, and in some cases unconstitutional, executive orders signed by former President Donald Trump against immigration are gone, but the controversial “Remain in Mexico” practice related to …Read More

What Number of Questions Are Immigrants Required to Answer?

Answering questions is something immigrants to the United States get used to as they go through the process of gaining legal status and accessing benefits such as residency and naturalization. Visa applications and petitions filed with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services are basically long questionnaires. By the time immigrants petition for naturalization to become American …Read More

Who Qualifies to Immigrate to the United States?

Despite various anti-immigration measures implemented during the administration of former U.S. President Donald Trump, national demographics for 2018 showed 44.8 million foreign-born people residing in the country. This record-high statistic also shows the number of immigrants has quadrupled since quotas were established in 1965, which underscores the often-quoted expression about the U.S. being a nation …Read More

When Does USCIS Visit Your Home?

Foreigners who apply for visas or residency status in the United States shouldn’t usually expect a visit from immigration agents, investigators, or case adjudicators. This will never happen if the application or petition is filed outside the US because applicants are instructed to visit their embassy or consulate offices. In the United States, however, there …Read More

Ways to Avoid Scams Targeting Immigrants

With immigration policy and regulations returning to normal under the administration of United States President Joe Biden, the diversity visa lottery program, more commonly referred to as the “green card lottery,” kicked off in October 2021. During the previous administration, the program suffered from the so-called “Muslim ban” and the coronavirus pandemic. This time, US …Read More

Do Unemployment Rates Rise because of Immigration?

With all the spending that has been a staple of the administration under United States President Joe Biden, legislative proposals to fund and balance the federal budget will likely be very contentious later this year. The factors that have forced this spending include benefits paid to mitigate the coronavirus pandemic, the infrastructure bill, and the …Read More

How to Know if You’re Eligible to Immigrate to the U.S.

Shortly after taking office in January 2021, President Joe Biden introduced a legislative proposal many analysts see as an effort to overhaul American immigration policy. Previous attempts at immigration reform have fizzled ever since the Patriot Act of 2001 complicated things, so the chances of Biden’s proposal passing in its entirety are limited. However, legal …Read More

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