WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), marking a significant milestone in its efforts to provide relief to victims of crimes, has for the second straight year approved 10,000 petitions for U nonimmigrant status, also referred to as the U-visa.
On an annual basis, 10,000 U-visas are set aside for victims of crime who have suffered substantial mental or physical abuse and are willing to help law enforcement authorities investigate or prosecute crime.
“Providing immigration protection to victims of crime and their families while aiding law enforcement efforts to bring criminals to justice is of the utmost importance to the Agency and the public we serve,” said USCIS Director Alejandro Mayorkas.
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Posted on September 19, 2011 | Category: Immigration News
Note: The Sept. 23 special naturalization ceremony originally scheduled to take place at the Washington Monument has been moved to the Department of the Interior’s Sidney R. Yates Auditorium due to inclement weather.
WASHINGTON – In recognition of Constitution Day and Citizenship Day on Sept. 17, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will welcome more than 27,000 new American citizens during 285 naturalization ceremonies held across the country and around the world during the week of Sept. 15. As part of this celebration, USCIS is again partnering with the National Park Service (NPS) to hold naturalization ceremonies at 14 national park sites across the country.
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Posted on September 16, 2011 | Category: Immigration News
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The purpose of the newsletter is to keep our readers informed of any and all matters related to the United States immigration and nationality law. In addition, we will try to provide our readers with updated information and resources that would help our readers in their efforts to be united with their family member or for them or their family member to properly comply with all of the requirements by the local, state and federal government. While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this publication, it is not intended to provide legal advice as individual situations will differ.
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Posted on September 14, 2011 | Category: Newsletters
