by Kyle Knapp | Oct 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
I recently was asked, “What’s all this with the governors of Texas and Florida putting people on airplanes and buses and sending them to Martha’s Vineyard and New York City?” The short answer: Politics. It all boils down to political stunts that do little more than...
by Kyle Knapp | Sep 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has been burning the midnight oil in recent months to ensure maximum usage of the 281,507 available green cards in the employment-based categories, of which EB-2 and EB-3 are the most common, for the federal fiscal year ending...
by Kyle Knapp | Aug 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, USCIS announced that it would accept copies of original signatures for petitions and applications sent to USCIS in paper form. Previously, there was haphazard guidance and practice over when and on what forms USCIS would...
by Kyle Knapp | Jul 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
Sometimes there is confusion about applying for lawful permanent resident status and naturalization. Applying for lawful permanent resident status (to obtain a green card to reside in the United States indefinitely) often involves sponsorship by an employer or a...
by Kyle Knapp | Jun 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services hosted a public engagement session on May 18, 2022 to report on backlog reduction efforts. Even before the pandemic processing times were reaching crisis proportions. The pandemic took the agency nearly to the breaking point....