To reduce processing times for naturalization and green card applications at its busiest field offices, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced it will transfer cases and USCIS interviews to less-busy offices. That means if you file either Form N-400, Application for Naturalization or Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status…
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 the naturalization process. Marijuana can create other immigration difficulties as well. Founding partner Sophie Alcorn wrote about cannabis and immigration law last year. Even if…
A little-known tool helped Jakub* finally gain citizenship after waiting for more than two years for a decision on his naturalization petition. More than two years ago, Jakub filed an N-400 Citizenship through Naturalization petition with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Once he became a U.S. citizen, Jakub planned to sponsor his wife Mei…
Mary Grilli Jacobs has been part of our team almost since the beginning when I started Alcorn Immigration Law in 2015. An expert in business and family immigration law, Mary has helped hundreds of individuals, families, startups, small businesses, and corporations with immigrant and nonimmigrant visas, requests for evidence, employment authorization documents (work permits), and…
Nine nonprofits from across the country filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) seeking an explanation for the skyrocketing naturalization backlog. The FOIA request asks for information and documents to assess the agency’s costs, budget allocations, policies and practices related to processing N-400 naturalization applications. The group…
Sophie Alcorn, founder of Alcorn Immigration Law, encourages all US citizens to vote in the November 8, 2016 general election in this video. Because everybody on the North American continent came from immigrants at some point in time. #vote2016