On Wednesday, January 14, 2026, the State Department says it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries whose nationals are deemed likely to require public…
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The White House released a fact sheet on the 12/16/25 Presidential Proclamation expanding the travel restrictions in the 6/4/25 Presidential Proclamation (also known as the travel ban) to new countries. The new proclamation expanded…
President Trump on Wednesday officially launched his Trump gold card visa, a new immigration pathway that will allow foreigners to pay $1 million to expedite their visa application, or have companies…
USCIS announced it will shorten the validity period of work permits for several categories, including for refugees and asylees, from 5 years to 18 months for applications pending or filed on…
Oct. 28, 2025: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will only accept electronic payments for paper-filed forms. Payments may be made either via credit card or debit card using Form G-1450, Authorization…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced implementation of the 2025 Naturalization Civics Test. USCIS will administer the 2025 U.S. Citizenship Test to aliens who file their naturalization applications…
On May 7, 2025 TSA will no longer accept state-issued identifications that are not REAL ID compliant at TSA security checkpoints and Federal buildings. All airline passengers 18 years and…
A new military immigration initiative has been launched to assist illegal aliens who are present without admission or parole and who are spouses, children and parents of those serving on…
The United States government has been officially “shutdown”, which means about 800,000 employees — about a third of the federal workforce — are being forced off the job in the…
Starting September 3, 2013, the Department of State will transition to an online immigrant visa application. Immigrant visa applicants will apply online using Form ds260 (Application for Immigrant Visa and…
