Immigrant rights activists are calling a Republican proposal to deny child tax credits to undocumented immigrants an attack on immigrant children, Univision reports.

"Changing the law will take an average of $1,800 out of the pockets of parents who don'...

The UK has unveiled tighter conditions for foreign workers and their spouses eyeing to settle in the country as it seeks to curb the inflow of immigrants.

Immigration minister Damian Green on Thursday said that the UK government planned to act tougher on immigr...

Recently, the US Embassy in Nairobi has received numerous inquiries about this and other “Green Card scams”. In most of these scams, Kenyans receive emails informing them that they have won the US Green Card lottery and that they should fill out forms and send money for a...

U.S. President Obama says the departments of State and Homeland Security are working together to improve and speed up the visa process for foreign travelers to the United States.

He announced a new visa pilot program that will “simplify and speed up the non-imm...

Britain has deported over 1,670 Kenyans, including 107 children for contravening various immigration rules since 2006, an official of the UK Border Agency, Mr Paul Feakins told The Standard.

Responding to a written request for the information, under th...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet has recently introduced a bill called the STEM Visa Act to reform the U.S visa system to drive economic growth, inspire entrepreneurship and especially make it easier for students with advanced degrees to stay and work in the United St...

Obama administration officials announced on Friday that they will propose a fix to a notorious snag in immigration law that will spare hundreds of thousands of American citizens from prolonged separations from immigrant spouses and children.

The change that im...

Several key immigration laws went into effect Jan. 1, 2012 in California. The first part of California's Dream Act, Assembly Bill 130, will provide access to private scholarships and financial aid to undocumented immigrants. To qualify students must attend for at least th...

Israeli leaders announced intentions Sunday to stem the flow of African labor migrants and refugees to preserve a Jewish majority.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the weekly Cabinet meeting he would tour several African countries in February to speak wit...

Starting December 1, people all over the world can go to a Canadian visa office and apply for a Parent and Grandparent Super Visa.

The reeling housing market has come to this: To shore it up, two Senators are preparing to introduce a bipartisan bill Thursday that would give residence visas to foreigners who spend at least $500,000 to buy houses in the U.S.

The provision is part of a larger...

Baltimore is one of two cities selected to test an immigration policy adopted by the Obama administration that could freeze deportations of illegal immigrants who have no criminal records, the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday.

The elderly, children...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it has received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap of 65,000 for fiscal year (FY) 2012. USCIS is notifying the public that yesterday, Nov. 22, 2011, was the final receipt...

Jonah Rono left his native Kenya in 2008 to study nursing at the College of Southern Idaho. When he graduates next year, he wants to work as a registered nurse in the U.S. To get there, he’ll need to make it through a labyrinth of paperwork and apply for a work permit. It...

The Come to Canada Wizard, which helps people determine if they are eligible to come to Canada, has recorded more than 400,000 visits since being launched last August.

“This is one way that my Department is creating a more responsive, transparent and efficient...