The Department of State's National Visa Center scheduled more interviews for those who filed green card documentation from New Jersey and other locations during September than in the previous month. That is excellent news for those wanting to become U.S. citizens. The...
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ICE used a fake college to rob and deport foreign students
Some New Jersey residents are still reeling over the news that Immigration and Customs Enforcement created a fake school for the purpose of deporting as many foreign students as they could. In the process, they robbed and deported hundreds of college-bound immigrants....
USCIS waiving interviews for some conditional residents
You may not need to have an interview if you are a conditional resident of the U.S. Residents of New Jersey may want to learn more about President Biden's administration's efforts to make the immigration system more efficient. Mandatory interviews were clogging up the...
Facts about fiancé(e) visas in New Jersey
The U.S. government makes it relatively easy for U.S. citizens to bring their foreign-born fiancé(e)s to the United States. A fiancé(e) visa, or K-visa, is a nonimmigrant visa that allows the holder to enter the United States temporarily with the intention of marrying...
The costs of crossing the Mexican border legally
Residents and families of Woodland Park and other areas of New Jersey may want to learn more about legal immigration and crossing into the U.S. from Mexico. People often ask how much it costs to become a U.S. citizen. The current cost of becoming a U.S. citizen is...
K-1 visa attributes
It is a long and difficult process to get approved for a K-1 visa, sometimes known as the "fiancé" visa. The K-1 visa is a means for a New Jersey resident to get citizenship for their partner by marrying them, but it is a highly complex process, and there is always a...
Travel bans cannot stop issuing of visas
The State Department can no longer prevent international travelers from coming to New Jersey just because of a travel ban. Under the previous presidential administration, a travel ban to prevent the promulgation of a global pandemic applied collectively to noncitizens...
Racially discriminatory immigration policies
Many of the former president's immigration policies are now being revoked under the current administration. The latest in a series of immigration policy walls tumbling down is a reversal of a ruling that has implications for deportees who returned to New Jersey...
DHS approves new work visas
The Biden team campaigned on the issue that there would be a change in immigration policy after being elected, and those changes are beginning to occur. There is a shortage of manpower in the United States economy in the current emergency situation, and workers of all...
Common mistakes that trigger deportation for lawful immigrants
The tough stance that President Trump took on immigration continues to affect the lives of many immigrant families living in New Jersey. One promise made by the former president was to deport more than 3 million undocumented immigrants found guilty of criminal...
