After USCIS approves your immigrant visa petition, your case is transferred to the Department of State's National Visa Center (“NVC”) for pre-processing if your case strategy requires you to attend an interview at the Embassy/Consulate. Once we submit your fees,...
On May 31, 2019, the Department of State updated its nonimmigrant and immigrant visa applications, Form DS-160 and DS-260 respectively, to include questions related to social media identifiers. This update to the forms was initially announced in the Federal Register...
When a foreign national applies for an immigrant or nonimmigrant visa to the United States, he or she must attend an interview at the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in their home country. During the interview, a consular officer will review...
Obtaining permanent residency is not as easy as just marrying a U.S. citizen or having U.S. citizen parents. Many such individuals still are not eligible to apply for residency inside the U.S. For example, many individuals who unlawfully entered the...
Foreign nationals who are not eligible to adjust their status to permanent resident in the United States must travel abroad to obtain an immigrant visa. This includes individuals who have unlawfully entered the United States or have remained in the...
U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) has released new numbers on its approvals, denials, and applications under review for Form I-601A, Application for a Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver. The provisional waiver allows those who are eligible for residency but require...
Since March 4, 2013, certain immediate relatives of U.S. citizens have been eligible to apply for an I-601A Application for a Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver with the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) prior to going abroad to apply for...
The I-601A, Application for Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver, allows certain eligible individuals to apply for a waiver in the United States prior to departing for an immigrant visa interview at a U.S. embassy or consulate abroad. This differs from a...