Effective May 22, 2024, USCIS has updated its guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual on family-based immigrant visa petitions (including Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative and, in limited situations ...

After the United States (U.S.) Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recognized that E and L nonimmigrant spouses are entitled to work in the U.S. “incident to status” on November 12, 2021, a ...

A. Your sister should file USCIS form I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er) or Special Immigrant, with USCIS form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status. She doesn’t ...

Q. I self-petitioned for permanent residence as an abused spouse. How long must I wait to get a decision from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services? I am a regular reader of your column. I’m ...