The USCIS recently announced that the first nonimmigrant soldier to participate in the Defense Department’s Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest (MAVNI) recruiting program has become a naturalized U.S. Citizen. As previously discussed on the Immigration Insight blog, MAVNI allows a foreign national who is in the United States on a temporary visas to enter an accerated track to U.S. Citizenship if the foreign national agrees to serve in the U.S. military. Although it is only open to those foreign nationals who have special, high-need skills or language expertise, MAVNI is an excellent win-win situation for the nation and for the soldier. In this case, the soldier is a medical doctor who joined the Army in April and become a naturalized citizen this month. The soldier will now serve in the U.S. military for a minimum of six years.
For more information, please contact Gafner Law Firm, or visit the military’s MAVNI website.