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In recent years, California employers have had the benefit of more relaxed rules around the physical verification of I-9 forms. Recognizing and utilizing overseas talent has been a more streamlined process as a result, reducing workloads across California. That being...
As a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident, you want to bring your child to the U.S. There’s just one problem. There’s no official documentation that you’re their parent. This can happen (predominantly to men) for any number of reasons. Maybe you weren’t married...
If you meet and marry a foreign national, U.S. laws allow you to bring them into the country through a marriage-based green card. Unfortunately, some people abuse the system and innocent people who married for the right reasons could be investigated by the authorities...
On May 31, 2023, the Biden Administration eliminated the 60-day requirement of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record (Form I-693) signed by civil surgeons (the USCIS calls them surgeons, but they are medical doctors who handle the exams). These forms establish...
The immigration process is often defined by one word – complicated. For many applicants, the steps necessary can be outright discouraging. Add to those obstacles a set of continually-changing laws, which only make the challenges much more significant, if not...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on January 3, 2023, that would increase the cost of benefit request fees for immigration and naturalization benefits. It states that these fees would enable USCIS to provide...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it updated its policy to allow for the automatic extension of Legal Permanent Residence Cards (known as Green Cards) for lawful permanent residents who apply for naturalization. This hugely impactful...
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services provides all of its paperwork online, allowing applicants worldwide easy access. Moreover, much of the application work is processed electronically. Nevertheless, those providing information, evidence and...
In March, we wrote about the start of the H1-B application season. The good news is you heard back from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), but instead of an approval letter and the okay to move forward, it is a Request for Evidence (RFE)....
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced in July of 2022 that it created the citizenship ambassador initiative, which is the first of its kind in the U.S. It features eight ambassadors from around the country who are well-established community leaders. In...