What is USCIS?
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) It is the federal agency that oversees legal immigration to the United States and is part of the Department of Homeland Security. Functions: Naturalization or Citizenship process: Consists of interested persons submitting their applications and the USCIS determines their eligibility, processes the applications […]
How to check processings times for my case?
https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/ Select FORM in drop down box Select FIELD OFFICE OR SERVICE CENTER in drop down boxThis can be located at the bottom of your USCIS notification Select Processing time This will load an ESTIMATED TIME RANGE followed by a list like this: Estimated time rangeForm typeReceipt date for a […]
WHAT IS ICE (U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT)?
ICE was created in 2003 by a merger between parts of the U.S. Customs Service and the Immigration and Naturalization Service. It is responsible for enforcing federal laws related to border control, customs and immigration, and is the internal immigration police. It has more than 20,000 employees with more than […]
New Expedited Immigration Court Process
President Joseph Biden recently announced a new expedited immigration court process for asylum applicants that were apprehended “between ports of entry on or after Friday, May 28, 2021, placed in removal proceedings, and enrolled in Alternatives to Detention (ATD),” Ten immigration courts including the immigration court in El Paso, Texas […]
ASC Appointment Notice
What is an ASC Notice? Commonly known as your Biometrics Appointment, where USCIS will collect your fingerprints, photographs, and/or signature. This appointment allows USCIS to confirm your identity and run required background and security checks. What do I need to do? Read your notice carefully. The notice will include date, […]
Is ICE a rogue agency?
Recent claims have demonstrated that the Federal Agency Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has defied President Biden’s orders by continuing the deportations, according to several immigration rights groups published affidavits by Cameroonians claiming that they were forced to approve their deportation despite the 100 day suspension of deportation of flights […]
Biden’s Immigration Bill: Changing the word “alien” to “noncitizen”
The new president wants to modernize the Immigration System of the United States by establishing a new system to responsibly manage and secure the border, and better manage migration. According to the Bill, it will give the opportunity to people who have lived in the US for years to obtain […]
What is a Request for Evidence?
What is a Request for Evidence? Requests for Evidence commonly known as a RFE are issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to the petitioners when it determines that it needs extra information to make a decision in your immigration case. What should I do? Read the RFE […]
Migrating in the middle of a pandemic
As of January 20, 2021 the government has made a Proclamation on the Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Non-Immigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting Coronavirus Disease, meaning the entry of people coming from the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the Federative Republic of […]
NOTICE OF ONE YEAR FILING DEADLINE FOR ASYLUM APPLICATIONS
On November 4, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security issued a notice explaining that due to the “Mendez Rojas” agreement, individuals who were not notified of the one-year period to file their asylum applications after their arrival in the United States may file their applications until April 22, 2022. This […]