The Latest Breaking News from USCIS

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has started to staff up a new virtual service center to process certain immigration requests.

More than 78,000 Afghan refugees relocated to the US as part of Operation Allies Welcome, but few have gained permanent status

The problem is the immigration process itself, not a lack of funding.

PHILADELPHIA — Last week, Karen Serrano Roberts, the Yeadon mother of five who has been stuck in an immigration nightmare for nearly two years, turned 32. Alone in Mexico.

An underground market has emerged for migrants seeking U.S. sponsors since the Biden administration announced last month that it would accept a limited number of people from Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti

Facing a budget crunch, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is planning to raise the cost of applications. Attorneys say it could make green cards harder to obtain for working class immigrants.

It’s very reasonable that when you’re paying thousands of dollars in fees for a service, you expect it to be done well. You certainly don’t expect your fees to be dramatically increased to coincide with the service being performed much slower and less efficiently, as has now been proposed for…

Responses to some of the most common queries I have gotten.

The Biden administration will propose Tuesday to dramatically increase fees for many employment-based visas while keeping prices for people applying to become U.S. citizens relatively static.

Despite the setbacks caused by the pandemic, the federal government naturalized a high number of adult immigrants this year and reduced its application backlog by nearly half.

Citizens of El Salvador, Honduras, Haiti and three other nations will get relief from US deportation until mid-2024.