IMMIGRATION NEWS
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United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Monday, May 1st began issuing newly re-designed tamper-proof Permanent Resident Cards (Green Cards).
The new cards “use enhanced graphics and fraud-resistant security features to create cards that are highly secure and more tamper-…
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The Canadian government is launching a new program to help Canadian companies recruit skilled workers abroad.
The Global Skills Strategy will be launched on June 12, 107 and will speed up visa processing for companies to bring in specialized professionals from foreign countries in occupations that…
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A federal judge in San Francisco, California on Tuesday temporarily blocked parts of an immigration executive order signed by President Donald Trump in January that would withhold federal funds from so-called sanctuary cities.
Judge William Orrick III of the United States District Court for the…
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U.S. President Donald Trump has assured immigrants brought illegally into the US as children to “rest easy” without fear of being targeted for deportation by his administration.
In an interview with The Associated Press on Friday, Trump his administration’s top priority for deportation is…
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The Australian government has unveiled new rules that will make it much harder to become a naturalized citizen of the country if adopted.
Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull on Thursday proposed the new measures, which include having would-be citizens to live in the country for at least four years…
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USCIS to Issue Re-Designed High-Tech Green Cards and Employment Authorization Cards Starting May 1st
In an effort to deter document tampering and fraud, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Wednesday announced that it will begin issuing newly re-designed Green Cards (Permanent Resident Cards) and Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) starting May 1st, 2017.
“These redesigns…
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order aimed at tightening the H1-B visa program, a program that US employers use to hire high-skilled foreign workers in technical fields.
The 'Buy American, Hire American' executive order, signed by Trump at the Kenosha, Wisconsin…
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The Maryland state Senate on Monday night failed to advance a bill that prohibited the state’s law enforcement agencies from assisting federal immigration officers without a judicial warrant.
House Bill 1362, also known as “Trust Bill”, if it had become law, would have barred law enforcement,…
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U.S. Immigration agents are planning to deport about 4,000 Somali nationals from the United States, Somalia’s ambassador says.
"We learned through immigration sources that the total number of the Somalis that are in the books of [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] to be removed are close to…
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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Friday said it has received the 65,000 cap of H1-B visa applications for fiscal year 2018, less than a week after the filling period began.
Congress mandates a 65,000 visa cap for H1-B visa program, a program that allows American…
