The recent February 2010 Visa Bulletin shows a somewhat modest advance in visa numbers for skilled and unskilled workers from last month.  Priority dates have reached September 22, 2002 for skilled workers, and June 1, 2001 for unskilled workers. 

Based on the survey, majority of the expatriates surveyed chosen Canada as the best country to work and settle in among the other 26 countries.

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) is the branch of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that oversees lawful immigration to the United States. As a result, all non-citizens applying for immigration benefits in the United States will likely have extensive contact with USCIS.

A spouse’s death is an unspeakable tragedy for the grieving widow or widower. However, surviving immigrant spouses can face legal problems in addition to the grief of losing a close family member. 

To help ease the immigration problem in US and its looming economy, the United States are planning to raise the price of immigration-related fees.

When someone needs legal assistance, he usually attempts to find an attorney. Once he has decided to hire a particular attorney, he places all his trust in that lawyer. When he hires an attorney who is well qualified to handle the legal problem, the trust is well-placed.  Unfortunately, sometimes, the person hired is not really an attorney. Then the client is at the mercy of someone who is not trained or qualified to assist him with his legal problem.

Over the last several decades, Legalization under Section 245A of the Immigration and Nationality Act provided amnesty to millions of individuals seeking lawful status in the U.S. At the time their Legalization application and supporting documentation was filed, many individuals seeking to capitalize on the opportunity for Legalization submitted documentation to U.S. immigration authorities which had all-to-often been prepared hastily by notaries or “immigration consultants”. Not understanding U.S.

It is bad enough to be ordered deported when you know about the hearing.  It is even worse to believe you are about to get a green card and find out that you may not be eligible because you have an existing deportation order.  This can result from several different ways.

Individuals in the United States who are not in valid immigration status are often faced with a tough choice - try to get a Green Card and risk alerting immigration authorities as to their presence or stay “under the radar” for the foreseeable future  without lawful immigration status.