IMMIGRATION NEWS

The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Noordin Haji is set to appeal the High Court’s decision to release a Kenyan fugitive who is wanted in the United States for money laundering. Abdulrahman Imran Juma, who has been in custody since his arrest in December, was last week granted a bond of Sh1…

Popular human rights activist Boniface Mwangi has blasted the US Embassy in Nairobi for allegedly refusing to grant a bereaved Kenyan woman an expedited visa interview.  Through Facebook on Tuesday, Mwangi said the mother needed to travel to the US to attend the burial of her daughter but the…

Police in Nairobi are holding a suspected serial fraudster who has allegedly been targeting foreign nationals. George Onyango Handa was arrested by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives attached to the Department of Immigration for swindling foreign nationals and giving them…

An investigation released by the Georgetown Law Center on Privacy & Technology has revealed how the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) created a sophisticated surveillance system intended to spy on a majority of people living in the United States without the need for warrants and many…

A group of former US national security officials has written to lawmakers seeking to have immigrants with advanced Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) degrees exempted from green card caps. The group, which comprises former leaders of the Defense, Energy, and Homeland Security…

If you participated in last year’s U.S. green card lottery (DV-2023), you can now check if you are one of the lucky winners. Results of DV-2023 are now available online at the Electronic Diversity Visa website run by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs. Results because available…

Individuals who participated in the US Diversity Visa  program for fiscal year 2023 (DV-2023) can check if they won the lottery starting tomorrow, May 7, 2022 at 12pm EDT. RELATED: Green Card Lottery (DV-2023) Results Now Available Online The US Diversity Visa program, popularly known as the…

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Tuesday announced a new rule that will allow immigrant workers whose permits expire to continue working legally for a year and a half. Instead of the previous automatic 180-day extension immigrant workers applying to renew their permits were…

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has updated its policy, allowing USCIS officers to waive interviews for more applicants of Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence. Under the updated guidance, USCIS may waive interviews under the following conditions:…

Individuals who participated in the US Diversity Visa  program for fiscal year 2023 (DV-2023) can check if they won the lottery starting on May 7, 2022 at 12pm EDT. The US Diversity Visa program, popularly known as the Green Card Lottery, makes up to 50,000 permanent resident visas (green…