Asylum from Russia for an Ethnic Korean
Asylum from Russia for an Ethnic Korean I.S. Law Firm recently secured a grant of asylum through asylum office for an ethnic Korean woman who was persecuted in Russia because of her ethnicity. [...]
USCIS Announces Final Rule to Support Family Unity During Waiver Process
USCIS Announces Final Rule to Support Family Unity During Waiver Process On January 2nd, 2013, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that certain immediate relatives of U.S. citizens present in the United [...]
USCIS Asylum Office Customer Satisfaction Survey Results
USCIS Asylum Office Customer Satisfaction Survey Results The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Refugee, Asylum and International Operations Directorate and the Office of Policy and Strategy’s Research and Evaluation Division recently conducted a [...]
New Appointment System at US Embassy in Baku
New Appointment System at US Embassy in Baku The U.S. Embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan, has announced that it will implement new, improved visa application and appointment scheduling procedures as of December 27, 2012. As part of [...]
Foreign Students Boost US Economy
Foreign Students Boost US Economy In November 2012, NAFSA, Association of International Educators, published a report, “The Economic Benefits of International Students to the U.S. Economy: Academic Year 2011-2012”. According to the report, international students and their [...]
Republican Senators Counter DREAM Act with ACHIEVE Act
Republican Senators Counter DREAM Act with ACHIEVE Act W-1 Status W-2 Status W-3 Status On November 27, 2012, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) introduced the ACHIEVE Act, co-sponsored [...]
November 24 is Small Business Saturday
November 24 is Small Business Saturday Saturday, November 24, 2012, is Small Business Saturday, a day dedicated to supporting small businesses and all they do for their communities. Small Business Saturday comes the weekend after [...]
Estimating US Resident Nonimmigrant Population
Estimating US Resident Nonimmigrant Population In November of 2012, the Department of Homeland Security released data on the resident nonimmigrant population in the United States for 2010-2011. The report presents estimates of the [...]
Maryland Voters Approve Dream Act Law
Maryland Voters Approve Dream Act Law On November 6, 2012, a Maryland law that grants an in-state tuition discount to undocumented college students won voter approval in a referendum that set a precedent [...]
Immigrants Play Key Role in Virginia Economy
Immigrants Play Key Role in Virginia Economy In October 2012, The Commonwealth Institute of Virginia released a new report titled “Critical Assets: The State of Immigrants in Virginia’s Economy”. The study finds that [...]