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4Nov

USCIS Updates Welcome Guide for New Immigrants

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USCIS has published an updated Welcome to the United States: A Guide for New Immigrants. The guide contains practical information to help new immigrants settle into everyday life in the United States, including how to find a place to live, how to get a Social Security number and how the U.S. system of government works. […]

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22Oct

It may get harder for rich Chinese to buy green cards

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The U.S. government runs a program that grants permanent residency to foreigners who sink at least $500,000 into a job-creating investment. The controversial immigrant investor program, known as EB-5, has been hugely popular with rich Chinese, but lawmakers are considering changes that could make getting a green card a bit tougher.  Supporters of the program […]

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30Sep

Congress passes RC extension until 12/11/2015

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Today Congress passed a short-term spending bill that keeps the government running through December 11, 2015, and, among other incidentals, the EB-5 Regional Center program running without changes for the same period. So what’s likely to happen between now and December 11, the deferred sunset date for the Regional Center program? Not counting today, the […]

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29Sep

Bipartisan Policy Center Report Makes a Case for the EB-5 Program

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Written by Beth Werlin In a new report, the Bipartisan Policy Center weighed in on the current discussion surrounding the immigrant investor program, known as EB-5, making a case for why the program has provided positive benefits and could continue to do so in the future. The report, EB-5 Program: Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities for […]

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15Sep

USCIS Launches Free Citizenship Preparation Tools

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Release Date: July 06, 2015 WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services released a series of promotional materials today as part of the Citizenship Public Education and Awareness Initiative. This media campaign builds on a similar effort from 2011 and is being launched under the umbrella of the Task Force on New Americans and President Obama’s executive […]

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13Apr

SEVP Releases 2015 International Student Data, Launches Interactive Mapping Tool

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WASHINGTON – “SEVIS by the Numbers,” a quarterly report on international students studying in the United States, was released Wednesday by the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). The report highlights February 2015 data from the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), […]

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