2 Apr 2021
President Joe Biden’s United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is removing the term “alien” to refer to foreign nationals in the U.S. from the agency’s policy manual.
USCIS officials seemingly confirmed this week that the agency’s policy manual will no longer include the term “alien” to describe foreign nationals in the U.S. and instead will feature “more inclusive language.”
The term “alien” is regularly used in the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 to describe foreign nationals living in the U.S. Civil Rights icon former Rep. Barbara Jordan (D-TX) also used the term “alien” to describe foreign nationals when she led a legislative coalition to reduce overall legal immigration levels in the mid-1990s.
President Joe Biden s administration Feb. 22 announced a reversal of former President Donald Trump s stringent citizenship test by moving to an earlier 2008 civics test to make the path to
The Trump administration implemented a new citizenship test for interested individuals on December 1, 2020, and subjected applicants to an exam that was twice as long.
H-1B registration process to begin on March 9, followed by lottery
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MUMBAI/BENGALURU: The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced the dates to kick off the registration and application process for H-1B cap visas, by sponsoring employers.
The initial registration period for the fiscal year 2022 (which ends on September 30, next year) will open on March 9 and run through March 25. This is the second year that the E-registration process will be adopted. Sponsoring employers will be required to fill out basic information, including details of the proposed employee (beneficiary) for whom the H-1B visa is being sought. A confirmation number will be given to each registration.
1 Feb 2021
President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Alejandro Mayokras, has dodged questions about his intervention as head of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to help wealthy foreign nationals secure EB-5 visas, a letter entered into the Senate record claims.
In a January 15 letter to Mayorkas, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) alleged that the former USCIS chief has not been transparent about his role and involvement in a series of EB-5 visa cases. Mayorkas was reported by multiple USCIS staffers for intervening in three specific EB-5 visa cases where foreign investors had been denied visas. In 2015, Obama’s DHS IG John Roth documented the inappropriate actions.