Immigration Interviews – COVID Updates
USCIS interview changes as it relates to the ever-changing landscape of COVID. On May 17th of 2021, USCIS announced some changes in their facilities as it relates to changes in COVID with everyone receiving vaccines. Read: USCIS Response to COVId-19 The main point of the announcement from USCIS is that they are no longer requiring […]
Reschedule Biometrics Appointment
USCIS just made an announcement regarding the process for rescheduling biometrics appointments. Read: Preparing for Your Biometric Services Appointment A biometrics appointment is the appointment that you have to attend as part of your immigration application to take your biometric data such as fingerprints and photo. This typically happens most commonly in adjustment of status […]
Using Assets – I-864
Form I-864 is pretty cumbersome. There’s a lot of moving parts and documents that go along with it and it seems to be the form that intimidates individuals the most in their immigration journey. For those of you who are just starting on your immigration journey, the form I-864 Affidavit of Support is part of […]
I-693 Courtesy Notice
We’ve had a lot of people receive an I-693 courtesy notice for their adjustment of status application. The I-693 is the medical exam form. It’s part of the application for adjustment of status to receive a green card. You have to go to a civil surgeon to a doctor and have a medical examination completed. […]
Biometrics Rule Withdrawn (May 2021)
On September 11th of 2020, the Department of Homeland Security made a proposed rule, an announcement that they were going to expand the rules of who would have to receive biometrics appointments. The proposed rule had many parts and was much more detailed than that. Read: Collection and Use of Biometrics by US Citizenship and […]
Fiancé & Spouse Visa Interviews – Mexico Updates
For fiancé and spouse visa interviews, specifically in Mexico, there have been recent updates on the Department of State website. Typically, we don’t do country specific updates but Mexico is such a high volume consulate. They are the highest volume in the world. They have so many cases and one of the longest backlogs. This […]
Filing Taxes When Spouse Has No Social Security Number
Everybody is filing their taxes during this time and a common question they all have is what to do when your spouse is a foreign national. They’re an immigrant and they don’t have a Social Security Number yet. What are you supposed to do when you’re filing your taxes? A lot of individuals think that […]
Locate the USCIS Office Processing Your Case
To locate the USCIS office that’s processing your case, it can be found on your receipt notice. After you mail your application, you will receive a notification from immigration that says form I-797, Notice of Action. Specifically, the example that comes to mind is a lot of people are having confusion over fiancé visas. For […]
Tourist Visa Denial – Impact on K1 & CR1 Applications
A common question that we’ve seen from individuals who are on their immigration journey for a fiancé or spouse visa is that they want to know what happens if they previously applied for a tourist visa and was denied. A lot of people are worried about how that will impact their eligibility and their application. […]
Expedite Request Facts
We know with COVID, so many people are waiting and separated. That’s painful and we know that you’re looking for creative ways to be able to be together and also to get that immigration process moving so you can be together and start your life together. We have had a lot of people ask, “What […]
Virtual Immigration Interviews
For those of you who are going through an immigration process called Adjustment of Status, a process that happens here in the United States. The process for naturalization and sometimes, removal of conditions, includes an interview as part of the process in your case. We are constantly seeing USCIS, like so many organizations, having to […]
I-864P (2021) Updates
Starting April 1st, the I-864P guidelines have been updated. It’s something that happens every year and so we anticipated that. There’s part of a process to receive a green card called an Affidavit of Support. It’s also called form I-864. You have to show that before you can receive a green card, that the immigrant […]