UPDATE: As of February 24, 2020, the public charge rule has been implemented nationwide after the Supreme Court stayed the limited state-wide injunction in Illinois against the Department of Homeland Security. At the same time, the Department of State also began implementing its amended public charge rule, and visa applicants from abroad should prepare Form …
The Military Accessions Vital to National Interest (MAVNI) is a small, exclusive program that allows foreign nationals to gain expedited citizenship in exchange for military service. Typically, all of the United States military branches require enlistees to be permanent residents of the United States, green card holders, but the MAVNI program allows certain non-immigrants with …
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In November of last year, President Obama announced a series of immigration policy changes. Many of the changes, relating primarily to employment-based immigration, were uncontroversial and are going forward as planned. For example, the administrative process for granting permanent residency (“green cards”) for certain workers is being streamlined to avoid backlogs in processing these applications. …
