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 ...

Immigrants who obtain legal permanent resident status in the United States and those who, later, become naturalized U.S. citizens, often long for their close relatives — both abroad and inside the ...