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The New York Times recently published an editorial questioning the increasing costs of immigration on the individuals who are seeking immigration benefits. The USCIS recently announced another increase in filing fees. These increases are due to the budget shortfall that the agency faces. Over 90% of the agency’s budget is financed by the fees it … Continue reading “NY Times Questions High Cost Of Immigration Fees” USCIS is poised to raise the processing fees for immigration petitions once again. The raise in fees is about ten percent across the board for all immigration petitions. Two notable exceptions to the increase are the N-400 Naturalization Fee, which will remain $595 and the K-1 Fiancee visa application, which will actually decrease in cost. … Continue reading “USCIS Set To Raise Immigration Fees Again” It has been about eight months since Director Mayorkas officially took over the USCIS. In that time he has initiated many positive programs – and his work has not gone unnoticed. Director Mayorkas has attempted to listen to and hear about what parts of the Service that are not as fair and open as they … USCIS is hoping that you can help it decide how to best use its resources to enhance its immigration policies. From now until April 29th, it is requesting your input by taking a survey concerning what areas of immigration it should improve. If you are interested in the survey, you can take it right here. … Without warning and effective immediately, the USCIS has changed the naturalization procedure by changing where the application must be filed. Although the change is not overly significant (if an applicant knows of the change), the change is indicative of many other changes that the immigration agency has made recently without much advanced notice. Although these … Department of Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano recently issued a press release highlighting the accomplishments of the department for 2009. The accomplishments concerning immigration included: DHS has implemented a “new, comprehensive strategy to reduce the demand for illegal employment,” including a new worksite enforcement policy that has led to 1,897 cases and 2,069 Form I-9 inspections … Recently it was reported that the USCIS was facing a 118 million dollar shortfall. The shortfall is blamed on the drastic decrease in immigration petitions submitted. The USCIS is searching for ways to eliminate the shortfall – and as you might expect – one of the rumored possibilities is increased application fees. This after a … Today, the US Citizenship and Immigration Service is launching a newly designed website that is meant to be “customer-centric” and a “one-stop shop” for immigration information. The initiative to redesign the site came directly from President Obama who promised on June 25th, 2009 that, “In the next 90 days, USCIS will launch a vastly improved … Alejandro Mayorkas has been confirmed as the USCIS Director. Profiled previously on this blog, Mr. Mayorkas is an accomplished attorney and was born in Cuba. Congratulations to Mr. Mayorkas. Last week President Obama nominated Alejandro Mayorkas as the new Director of the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Service (“USCIS”). Mr. Mayorkas, an attorney, brings an impressive resume to the position, including once being the youngest U.S. Attorney in the nation. Born in Cuba, Mr. Mayorkas hopefully brings a first hand understanding of the problems that … Continue reading “Obama nominates Director of U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services” |
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