When you submit petitions and applications for immigration benefits, you also need to submit fees for immigration forms. Forms are not processed without these fees being paid in full. From time to time, these fees will increase. USCIS has announced a fee increase in 2016 and more may follow in 2017. Often, these increases in costs are due to increasing …
Guide to Naturalization in Florida Jump to: When Can You Apply | How Can You Apply | Process | Legal Help | Reasons for Denial | Cost | USCIS Office Info Immigrants from all over the world are welcomed into the United States and have been over the course of history. During the last 10 years, there were over six …
Immigration worries are abounding in response to recent executive orders from President Trump. People across the country, including Dreamers and many others, are living in fear of deportation. Here is some information on what we know so far and how these orders may affect you and your family. Who Can You Trust? The first thing we need to stress …
Knowing what questions to ask when hiring an immigration lawyer is one of the most important parts of the selection process. Asking these questions will not only help ensure that you are completely confident in your choice, it will also address your most pressing concerns. Write your questions down if necessary so that you can be as well prepared as …
Do-It-Yourself Immigration – Penny Wise, Pound Foolish At Shane & Shane, we often help distraught clients who first tried to tackle the complex world of immigration law on their own. Novices in this complicated area, the average person may understandably make costly and even irreversible errors. Many people do individual research and file something on their own. After it is …
If you received a visa denial under section 214(b), don’t panic. We have answers and you still have options. What Does a 214(b) Visa Denial Mean? If you are refused a visa under this category, it means one of two things. Either: Your application and interview did not sufficiently demonstrate to the consular officer that you qualify for the non-immigrant …
The Visa Bulletin is a monthly publication by the Bureau of Consular Affairs, which is a part of the Department of State. The Visa Bulletin is the ONLY document that can be used to determine when a visa number is available for a person to immigrate to, or adjust status in, the United States. What Changed on the Visa Bulletin? In October 2015, …
In recent months, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a new version of Form N-400, Application for Naturalization. What has changed on the new N-400 form? While your N-400 checklist is still mostly the same, there are some very important changes to note on this newly updated form. One of the most important revisions is that preparers …
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced recently that it has now returned all fiscal year 2017 H-1B cap-subject petitions which were not previously selected in the lottery. (Petitions selected in the random selection process were previously announced as completed on May 2, 2016.) What does this mean? This latest news means that anyone who submitted the petition …