There is a significant drop in the number of undocumented immigrants in America. It is for the first time in decades, that the number of undocumented immigrants from Mexico to the United States, has been dropped. A new study shows the significant drop in the number of undocumented Mexican immigrants living in the United States. [...]

Immigrant entrepreneurs create employment opportunities which strengthen the US economy. America’s prosperity depends on the dreams of the immigrants as they are contributing in some way or the other to the economic growth of America. Most successful immigrants evolve into millionaires and it is mainly because the immigrants make good use of the available opportunities. [...]

Saturday March 10, 2012 is Passport Day in USA! Persons who want to apply for a U.S. passport may do so at a Regional Passport Agency without an appointment on March 10, 2012 only. A person applying for a U.S. passport on Passport Day in the USA can opt for standard processing or for expedited [...]

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will not be processing petitions for adoption of Vietnamese children by U.S. parents. USCIS made this announcement recently after the Department of State determined that Vietnam was not capable of fulfilling its requirements under The Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Inter-country Adoption (Hague [...]

Once the USCIS approves your citizenship application, it is mandatory you attend a ceremony and take the Oath of Allegiance to the United States. You will receive notification from the USCIS regarding the time and date of your ceremony. You will receive the “Notice of Naturalization Oath Ceremony” (Form N-445). At times, you can take [...]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) along with the Department of State (DoS) has finalized a list of 58 countries that will be eligible for participation in the H-2A and H-2B program. Apart from the 53 countries already on the list, Haiti, Iceland, Montenegro, Spain and Switzerland have been added for the first time. U.S. [...]

Beginning January 1, 2012, Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative has to mailed to either the Chicago or Phoenix Lockbox facility depending on the place of residence of the applicant. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently made this announcement regarding stand-alone I-130 forms. Information regarding the states and the corresponding Lockbox facility will be [...]

Electronic Immigration System (ELIS) is the new system that the USCIS is planning to implement in order to convert their current paper-based system into an electronic one. ELIS has been developed and is in the testing stage. There has been a delay in coming up with this system. USCIS says that once it completes all [...]

The Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011, introduced on Jan 5 amends the INA to clarify a person born in the US “subject to the jurisdiction” of the US for citizenship at birth if the person is born in the US of parents, one of whom is: 1.a US citizen or national, 2.a lawful permanent resident [...]

The registration period for the 2013 Diversity Visa Lottery (2013) program was between October 4, 2011, Tuesday noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) and November 5, 2011, Saturday noon, EDT. Entrants in the DV lottery program may check their status starting May 1, 2012 on the E-DV website. The last few days of the registration period [...]