New U.S. Citizen Meets President Biden and First Lady
"It was such a surreal experience to be able to visit the White House and meet the president in the year you helped me secure my U.S. citizenship. I told [...]
Election Day!
One year from today is Election Day for our next president. Voting keeps America's democracy alive. If you want to apply for U.S. citizenship to vote, you are welcome [...]
Automatic Extension of Green Cards for U.S. Citizenship Applicants
The government has started automatically extending Green Cards for lawful permanent residents who have applied for U.S. citizenship. The automatic extension means that citizenship applicants no longer need to apply [...]
Immigration Changes in Biden’s First Months
President Biden promised substantial immigration reform as a part of his campaign. After his first 100 days in office, we take a look at the changes that have been made [...]
Getting Our Clients to the Finish Line
The path to citizenship can be a long and complicated road. Folks often wait several years and complete multiple immigration applications before they even become eligible for U.S. citizenship. Once [...]
USCIS Reverses Course on Citizenship Exam
In December 2020, the government expanded the civics test for applicants for U.S. citizenship. The change added more questions to the pool of possible questions. It also required applicants to [...]
USCIS Updates Civics Exam for Citizenship Applicants
Part of the application process for U.S. citizenship is demonstrating an understanding of U.S. history and civics. In order to demonstrate such knowledge, applicants are given an informal civics test [...]
We Must Persist in Obtaining U.S. Citizenship, Despite Administration’s Needless Obstacles
Over the past few years, we have written often about the needless setbacks and difficulties many immigrants have faced as they try to lawfully obtain status in the U.S. No [...]
Government Application Fees Increasing–Let’s Prepare and Submit Your Immigration Application Soon to Save Money!
There have long been rumors that the government would be increasing the government filing fees for immigration applications. That day has finally come. USCIS has released its new fee schedule [...]
Immigration Services Celebrated Independence Day with Naturalization Ceremonies
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services celebrated the Declaration of Independence by hosting naturalization ceremonies across the United States from July 1 through July 7. USCIS began to conduct limited naturalization [...]