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Editorial: Raising fees for immigration applications is wrongheaded

It’s very reasonable that when you’re paying thousands of dollars in fees for a service, you expect it to be done well. You certainly don’t expect your fees to be dramatically increased to coincide with the service being performed much slower and less efficiently, as has now been proposed for…

Tribune News Service · Jan 16, 2023

Addressing Some Common Questions and Misconceptions About Uniting for Ukraine and Other Private Migrant Sponsorship Programs

Responses to some of the most common queries I have gotten.

Reason · Jan 10, 2023

Employers of foreign workers would pay more under Biden proposal

The Biden administration will propose Tuesday to dramatically increase fees for many employment-based visas while keeping prices for people applying to become U.S. citizens relatively static.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 3, 2023

Since the Taliban takeover, Afghans hoping to leave Afghanistan have few ways out

A year after the U.S. withdrawal, tens of thousands of applicants remain stuck in the backlog of the Special Immigrant Visa program, designed to help those who served the U.S. overseas.

WEKU · Oct 3, 2022

H-1B visas could soon be stamped inside U.S. following Presidential commission recommendation

Many Indian professionals, either new or waiting for the renewal of H-1B visas, are facing uncertainty due to long visa application appointments, with the current wait period being more than a year

The Hindu · Sep 30, 2022

Record pace for green cards won’t last without congressional action

WASHINGTON — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is on track this fiscal year to process the most employment-based green cards in the history of the program, after several years of falling short on processing goals.

Tribune News Service · Sep 23, 2022

Record pace for green cards won't last without congressional action - Roll Call

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is on track to process the most employment-based green cards in the history of the program.

Roll Call · Sep 22, 2022

Afghan Adjustment Act: What does it mean for refugees in US?

Legislation could give Afghans paroled to the US a path to permanent residency after months of uncertainty.

Al Jazeera · Sep 9, 2022

Klobuchar, Murkowski raise concerns over work permit delays

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan pair of senators have raised concerns about lengthy work permit delays at a federal immigration agency, which they say have kept Ukrainian refugees and other constituents out of work for months and aggravated workforce shortages.

Tribune News Service · Sep 1, 2022

Klobuchar, Murkowski raise concerns over work permit delays - Roll Call

A bipartisan pair of senators raised concerns about work permit delays at USCIS that they say has hurt Ukrainian refugees.

Roll Call · Sep 1, 2022