Battle over VAWA Continues The U.S. Congress remains deadlocked over the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which provides immigration relief to victims of domestic violence, as the battle continues over reconciling [...]
Asylum Statistics On July 26, 2012, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Asylum Division has released asylum statistics by applicants’ countries, gender, asylum offices, types, etc. In fiscal year 2011, top ten [...]
USCIS Begins Accepting Requests for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals On August 15, 2012, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has begun accepting requests for consideration of deferred action for childhood arrivals. Effective immediately, [...]
Supreme Court Rules on Arizona Immigration Law On Monday, June 25, 2012, the United States Supreme Court issued a mixed decision in the case of Arizona Et Al. v. United States, Arizona’s controversial immigration law [...]
US Takes Steps to Keep Talented Foreign Students in the Country Immigration Impact published the following opinion with regard to the recent expansion of the Department of Homeland Security's List of STEM Degree Programs.Current U.S. immigration law [...]
3 Myths about Adjustment of Status Process The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has published useful information to dispel some myths about the adjustment of status, also known as the Green [...]
DV Lottery-2013 Results Announced May 1, 2012 The results of Diversity Visa Lottery-2013 will be available starting at noon (Eastern Daylight Time) on Tuesday, May 1, 2012. If you applied for DV Lottery-2013, [...]
H-1 B Count FY2013 The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) continues to accept H-1B petitions for the fiscal year 2013 cap season. U.S. businesses use the H-1B program to employ foreign workers in [...]
Asylum for a Pro-Democracy Activist from Azerbaijan I.S. Law Firm secured a grant of asylum through the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for a political activist from Azerbaijan, whose family had [...]
USCIS Designates Syria for Temporary Protected Status Due to the violent upheaval and deteriorating situation in the Syrian Arab Republic (Syria), United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on March 29, 2012, that eligible Syrian nationals, [...]
