USCIS 2019 Review

Each year U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) receives millions of immigration application and petition forms.  In 2019, 7,636,073 applications were filed with USCIS and a total of 6,477,470 applications were approved. These applications range from...

Becoming a U.S. Citizen through Naturalization

Every year, an estimated 680,000 people become U.S. citizens through Naturalization. Naturalization is the process of applying with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to become a citizen of the United States. Once Naturalized, the individual will trade...

How Trump’s Immigration Executive Order Might Affect You

On Friday January 27, 2017, President Trump issued an executive order temporarily banning travel from seven countries (Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Iran, Somalia, Libya, and Yemen). The order has caused much anxiety and confusion among the immigrant community. Stories on the...

Adjustment of Status through Marriage to a U.S. Citizen

Adjustment of Status is the process used to change, or adjust, a nonimmigrant’s status to that of an immigrant. For example, someone may enter the United States on an F-1 Student Visa and after entry decide that they would like to remain in the United States...