The Latest Breaking News from Citizenship and Immigration Services

DOJ Busts Massive $100K-a-Head Marriage Fraud Ring Arranging Over 1,000 Fake Green Card Unions

The US Department of Justice has charged 11 individuals in a decade-long marriage fraud scheme, allegedly arranging over 1,000 sham marriages to help foreign nationals obtain US green cards.

International Business Times UK · Aug 16

US to change key immigration forms from September 15, no grace period for older versions: What Indian applicants need to know

New United States Citizenship and Immigration Services forms will be introduced soon. Form I-539 and Form I-765 will have updated versions available. Applicants must use these new editions starting September fifteenth, two thousand twenty-six. Older versions of these immigration forms will no longer be accepted. This change affects Indian nationals…

The Economic Times · Aug 15

H-1B visa fraud: 30 firms under investigation after reports of ‘ghost offices’ to hire workers in Texas

Texas has opened a sweeping probe into alleged abuse of the H-1B visa system, with nearly 30 firms accused of running “ghost offices” to secure foreign workers.

The Times of India · May 1

Thousands of Lawsuits Have Been Filed Over Wait Times, Backlogs at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

While staffing up may alleviate the bottleneck, no amount of employees can keep the country's bad immigration system from working as designed.

Reason · Jul 18, 2022

Biden administration announces asylum system overhaul: What you need to know

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced the final version of its long-awaited U.S. asylum overhaul Thursday, aiming to speed up processing at the border and alleviate backlogs throughout the country's immigration courts.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 24, 2022