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I became a US citizen earlier this month, and now I'm waiting on my passport application to be processed. I only applied for the passport book, but I intend to apply for the passport card at a later date, sometime after I have the passport book in my hand. Do they tie the expiration date of...

She moved to the US as a child, and thought she was a US citizen until asked for proof when she was applying for government benefits in 1999. She had a Social Security card, but never had a driver's license or passport or physical green card, and didn't know if any of her parents obtained US...

I understand that you put the Captcha image verification in place to deter the spammers. However, it serves no purpose other than annoyance for genuine users that have been on the site for months or years. It is not very beneficial to just replace one annoyance (spammers) with another...

Full story at http://www.techworld.com.au/article/400379/woman_sentenced_selling_counterfeit_cisco_equipment/ An earlier article, after the conviction but before the sentence was decided: http://www.justice.gov/usao/vae/news/2011/05/20110526zhaonr.html

The poverty line numbers have increased slightly, and if you're filing an I-864 you'll need to comply with the higher amounts. Download the latest I-864P at www.uscis.gov/files/form/I-864p.pdf

Most of you are probably already aware of the fee changes, but for those who aren't, see the new fee schedule: http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=92c5e116de9eb210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD They will reject your application if the amount...

No K3 involved if you choose the K1 option. After marrying in the US, she would file for adjustment of status to complete the green card process in the US. Don't bother with K3. After she gets the K3, she still has to go through the adjustment of status process in the US. Whereas with an...

USCIS has published statistics of pending employment-based I-485 cases, broken down by priority date year, month, preference category, and country (all countries except India, China, Mexico, and the Philippines are lumped into Rest of the World). On the page linked below, on the right there...

Was your child's derivative I-485 still pending when you naturalized? In another thread, this person's child's I-485 was still pending when she became a US citizen. Her green card was via EB2, with the child as a derivative beneficiary. The child's I-485 was filed after her own I-485 was...

Some of you think that because you have done nothing illegal, you have nothing to hide. Nothing to worry about if the government snoops around in your life ... reading your emails, recording your phone conversations, tracking your movements, seeing which books you borrowed from the library or...

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-30095.htm SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) established the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology Program (US-VISIT) in 2003 to verify the identities and travel documents of aliens. Aliens subject to US-VISIT may...

http://lofgren.house.gov/PRArticle.aspx?NewsID=1909 Removing the per-country cap definitely makes sense for EB1, and is not really a bad idea for EB2. The best and brightest should not be blocked out because of the per-country limit. But for EB3, it could turn into a nightmare. Remember...

Many of us thought that the only way legal immigrants like us would get some meaningful legislative relief is to be joined up with legislation that benefits the illegal workers. We were wrong. Any bill that legalizes them can be killed with one word. Anybody shouts "AMNESTY!" and the bill...

Those who are visitors or workers without a green card, they are supposed to hand in the I-94 upon leaving the US. But what about green card holders? What does a green card holder do to signal temporary departure from the US? Nothing? And upon returning, is there a different form to fill...

Those who got the first indication of approval on July 3rd or later via email (but obviously not counting those who just got the magic email today), whether it was "card ordered" or "card mailed" or "approval notice sent" or whatever, have any of you received your card or paper approval notice...

I hope I am not dreaming! Application Type: I485, APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS Current Status: Card production ordered. On July 13, 2007, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you. If we need...

I got the magic email this morning! Apparently I was one of the lucky 60,000. I am very interested in seeing what the actual approval date is on the card or approval notice. Application Type: I485 , APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS Current Status: Card...

The USCIS really worked hard towards the goal of screwing over lots of people. Within a day or two after the "all current" bulletin was published, they simply could have explained to the DOS that the load of pending cases did not justify "all current" and asked them to immediately adjust the...

I am from the West Indies, and while my own country is in bad shape, there are others that are doing well and the legislation in recent years has made it relatively easy for a skilled citizen of one West Indian country to self-sponsor to live permanently in another. I have asked my family to...

For those who have PD in 2003 or earlier, and were current in May or June but are still not approved, retrogression might be a good thing when October comes and visa numbers are available again (provided that they don't retrogress behind our dates, of course). It would force them to pay more...