IMMIGRATION NEWS

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has published revised forms for 12 different applications as it prepares to implement the public charge rule. The public charge rule goes into effect on February 24, 2020 and in line with that, on the same date applicants for 12 different…

The government of Canada issued 3,500 invitations to apply (ITAs) for permanent resident through the Express Entry program in a draw held on Wednesday, February 5th. The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score required to qualify for the latest draw was 472, up 1 point from the 471 cut-off…

Results for individuals who participated in last year’s green card (Diversity Visa) lottery will be available online starting on May 5th, 2020. Those who participated in the DV-2021 lottery that ran between October 2, 2019 and November 5, 2019 can check if they won starting at 12pm EDT on Tuesday,…

The Trump administration on Friday disqualified Tanzania and Sudan from participating in the diversity visa program, popularly known as the green card lottery. The Department of Homeland Security also announced a bar on immigration visa to citizens of Nigeria, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, and Myanmar,…

A top Tanzanian government official was on Friday banned from visiting the United States over the alleged violation of human rights. The US State Department said Paul Makonda, the Regional Commissioner of Dar es Salaam, was blacklisted “due to his involvement in gross violations of human rights,…

The Trump administration on Friday expanded his controversial travel ban to include more countries, among them four African. On Friday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said it is banning immigration visas from citizens of Nigeria, Tanzania, Eritrea, Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), and…

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is changing how it processes EB-5 Visa petitions. Starting March 31, 2020, USCIS says it is will prioritize petitions for individuals whose visas are currently available because the individuals happened to be from countries underrepresented in the…

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) approved a total of 833,978 applications for citizenship in the 2019 fiscal year ending September 30, 2019. This marks about a 10 per cent increase in the number of naturalization approvals over the 2018 fiscal year, when approximately 756,…

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the Trump administration can proceed with implementing  the ”public charge” rule, which denies green cards to immigrants that use or are deemed likely to receive public benefits. In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court allowed the Department of Homeland…

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) approved a total of 576,667 green card petitions (Form I-485, Adjustment of Status) in the 2019 fiscal year, data recently released by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reveals. The Family-based adjustment of status category…