Spouses of Green Card Holders Should File for F2A Green Card Now
For several years, the spouses and children of green-card holders faced a three- to five-year wait to receive an F2A green card based on the Visa Bulletin posted monthly by…
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TechCrunch Taps Founder Sophie Alcorn as Expert Contributor
TechCrunch has selected Alcorn Immigration Law founder Sophie Alcorn as an expert contributor. She will write regular columns on immigration matters for TechCrunch and ExtraCrunch, which offers exclusive articles, resources,…
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New Details Emerge on H-1B Lottery Changes
We’re very excited to better understand how U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is shaping the H-1B lottery for the future, starting next year. It published two different proposals for…
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USCIS Offers Online Filing for Some Student and Visitor Visas
Individuals looking to extend their student visa or visitor visa for business or pleasure can now file online through the eProcessing system. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently launched…
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Canadians with L-1 Visa Renewals Being Turned Away at the Border
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents are turning away some Canadian workers at the border. Without notice, CBP abandoned a decades-long policy of allowing Canadians to apply for L-1…
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Nova Credit Helps Newcomers Transfer Their Credit Histories to the U.S.
Last month we wrote about how to build your credit score if you recently immigrated to the U.S. We wrote that your credit history and credit score in another country…
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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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