Category: Green Cards

The USCIS International Operations Division has recently granted blanket authorization for consular posts to accept and process Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, from certain active duty U.S. military personnel. The Department of State will now accept and process an I-130 petition filed by an active duty member of the U.S. military stationed overseas in […]

USCIS places a biometrics notice code in the upper right corner of the ASC notice to tell the ASC what data they need. Here is what those codes mean:   1 – 10 Prints Only     USCIS will take a scan of your fingerprints     2 – Photo, Signature, Index Finger Print   […]

Filing your name change in court is not required in most states; changing your name through usage alone will suffice. However, government and financial agencies may require legal name change documents in order to help provide protection against identity theft and credit card fraud. You may be wondering how then do I legally change my name? […]

After you’ve prepared all of the necessary documents and have everything signed, sealed and delivered to USCIS for your marriage-based green card application, you may be wondering what’s next. For Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status applicants, USCIS generally takes five to six months in total to process your application. It should be noted, however, that processing […]

USCIS has recently updated its immigration guide which includes information to help new immigrants navigate everyday life in the U.S. “Welcome to the United States: A Guide for New Immigrants” is free and available in 14 languages. In the revised guide, USCIS has updated general information on policies, programs and resources. There are also two […]

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has recently simplified the process for paying the USCIS Immigrant Fee online in its electronic immigration system. The revised immigrant fee payment process reduces the amount of information necessary for an immigrant to provide to USCIS. In response to customer feedback, anyone can now pay the USCIS Immigrant Fee […]

As many of you may know, foreign nationals who marry U.S. citizens are entitled to apply for a U.S. green card. However, if a foreign national has been married to the U.S. citizen for less than two years, he or she will only be granted a “conditional” green card from the U.S. government. A conditional […]

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has recently released a series of promotional materials as part of the Citizenship Public Education and Awareness Initiative. This media campaign builds on a similar effort from 2011 and is being launched under the Task Force on New Americans. The initiative to “promote the naturalization process” was also […]

Typically, a green card (permanent resident card) must bear a beneficiary’s signature. This signature is captured at the beneficiary’s biometrics appointment and electronically transferred onto the card. However, USCIS released a statement last week explaining that not all green cards must bear the holder’s signature. When a green card holder is physically unable to provide […]