Closeup of social media applications on a smart phone The Department of Homeland Security will soon be collecting social media information from approximately 33 million immigrants annually who apply for permission to enter or stay in the United States as well as those applying to become U.S.... read more

Two feet standing on each side of a yellow line On Wednesday, Aug. 14, the Department of Homeland Security published the final rule “Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds.” The rule states that as of Oct. 15, DHS may consider an immigrant’s reliance or likelihood to become reliant on... read more

On August 28, 2019, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services released a policy alert that announced children born or adopted to U.S. military members and government employees stationed overseas will soon no longer be granted automatic citizenship. The USCIS’s... read more

Trump's merit-based immigration plan would favor highly-skilled workers over people with family ties to the United States. However, the program would end work permits for spouses of highly skilled workers. It is unlikely that the workers would choose to live and work in the U.S. if they could not... read more

People in Illinois who are filing spousal petitions for their foreign national minors spouses need to understand the guidelines from USCIS for marriages involving minors. The U.S. Customs and Immigration Service directs adjudicators to pay special attention to marriages that involve minors when... read more