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COLUMBUS, Ohio – A United States District Court jury convicted Maqsood Haroon, 41, of Columbus, Ohio, of unlawful procurement of citizenship or naturalization.
A federal grand jury in Providence, R.I., returned a 26-count indictment on Tuesday charging Nimon Naphaeng, 34, a native and citizen of Thailand, who currently resides in Wakefield, R.I., with allegedly running an immigration fraud scheme which allegedly included the filing of false asylum applications on behalf of individuals who did not request nor authorize the applications.
To apply for a re-entry permit, refugee travel document or advance parole travel document, to include parole into the U.S. for humanitarian reasons.
WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) amended its regulations today to improve the programs serving the H-1B1, E-3 and CW-1 nonimmigrant classifications and the EB-1 immigrant classification, and remove unnecessary hurdles that place such workers at a disadvantage when compared to similarly situated workers in other visa classifications.
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Glenn Sorge, Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) announced today the arrest of Gnoleba Seri for immigration fraud and aggravated identity theft.
After assessing its capacity and monthly quotas, the Haitian Central Authority, L’Institut du Bien-Etre Social et de Researches (IBESR) announced it will stop accepting U.S. transition case dossiers on February 12, 2016. This cut-off date will allow IBESR to match as many transition “non-Convention” cases as possible by April 1, 2016. U.S. families that have an eligible U.S.
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114-113), signed into law by President Obama on December 18, 2015, increases fees for certain H-1B and L-1 petitioners.
On November 3, 2015, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) met with USCIS’s National Benefits Center (NBC) to discuss new NBC initiatives, staffing updates and follow up items.
USCIS is seeking public comments on a proposed rule that would modernize and improve certain aspects of employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visa programs.
USCIS offers immigration relief measures that may help people affected by unforeseen circumstances, such as the recent severe weather and flooding in areas of the Southern and Midwestern United States.These measures may be available upon request: