What You Should Know Before Traveling Abroad for Summer Vacation
Nearly 260 million people will be flying during the summer. If you’re one of them, traveling abroad to visit friends and family—and you also hold a visa or green card—there…
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Which Presidential Candidates Have an Immigration Plan?
President Donald Trump has made restricting legal immigration and imposing harsher penalties on immigrants hallmarks of his administration. Do any of the 24 presidential candidates—23 Democrats and one Republican—looking to…
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Wait Times Shorten for Select Visas and Green Cards
Late last year, founding partner Sophie Alcorn wrote about the dramatic rise processing times for some forms by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Since then, the processing times have…
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Expert Predicts EB-5 Green Card Wait Times Will Continue to Rise
The chief of the Department of State’s Visa Control and Reporting Division provided an estimate of the final action dates over the next several months and the estimated wait times…
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What You Should Do to Build Your Credit Score
For immigrants, establishing a strong credit score may prove necessary for more than just qualifying for a mortgage or auto loan. Last year, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed…
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Trump Unveils New Merit-Based Immigration Plan
President Trump announced a new immigration plan last week that seeks to increase high-skilled immigration, overhaul and limit asylum and the diversity visa (green card “lottery”) programs, and restrict family-based…
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Trump Pushes for New Restrictions for Visa Holders
President Trump issued a memorandum aimed at placing new immigration restrictions on individuals who hold nonimmigrant (temporary stay) visas. The “Presidential Memorandum on Combating High Nonimmigrant Overstay Rates” orders the…
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Marijuana Hurts Your Immigration, Citizenship Chances
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently clarified that violating the federal controlled substance law, including violations involving marijuana, will make it difficult to establish a good moral character for…
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Israelis Now Eligible for E-2 Treaty Investor Visas
After a seven-year wait, Israel citizens became eligible to apply for an E-2 visa at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv as of May 1. Both the E-1 Visa for…
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Mercury News Covers Founder Sophie Alcorn’s Talk on Immigration
Founding partner Sophie Alcorn recently spoke about the current state of U.S. immigration—and the Mercury News published a story on what she had to say. At a program hosted by…
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