by IdaKeir | Dec 21, 2019 | Citizenship, Family Visas, Ida Keir Law, Immigration from Philippines, Marriage and Fiance Visas, News Archive, Pres. Trump actions
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, or USCIS, announced its new proposed fee schedule in November 2019. Don’t expect faster decisions on your applications though; they’re slowing to a crawl. The fees due to increase include adjustment of status (the...
by IdaKeir | Dec 5, 2019 | Family Visas, Ida Keir Law, Immigration from Philippines, Marriage and Fiance Visas, News Archive
Click here for a free eBook comparing Fiancé and Marriage Visas. Congratulations, you want to marry! Maybe love doesn’t recognize borders, but the U.S. government does. Here’s some information on fiancé and marriage visas – when one person is a U.S....
by IdaKeir | Nov 27, 2019 | Employment & Nurses, Family Visas, Ida Keir Law, Immigration from Philippines, Marriage and Fiance Visas, News Archive, Visa Bulletin
The State Department has posted the December 2019 Visa Bulletin. The Visa Bulletin summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers for U.S. green card applicants in visa categories with quotas or limits. There are no quotas for U.S. citizens sponsoring their spouses,...
by IdaKeir | Nov 1, 2019 | Family Visas, Ida Keir Law, Immigration from Philippines, Marriage and Fiance Visas, News Archive, Pres. Trump actions
UPDATE – Nov. 2, 2019: A US judge has blocked Trump’s new health insurance rule for 28 days. Then there will be further court hearings and more court orders. So for now green card applicants abroad do NOT have to arrange health insurance. A new health insurance...
by IdaKeir | Oct 22, 2019 | Asylum/Refugees, Ida Keir Law, News Archive, Pres. Trump actions
I have helped several kind, hard-working Syrian Kurdish refugees reunite with their familiy members who were abroad, and go on to get their green cards in the U.S. In a few years they can apply for U.S. citizenship. But all have relatives and friends abroad, many of...
by IdaKeir | Oct 22, 2019 | Ida Keir Law, News Archive, Pres. Trump actions, Student Visas
The government’s assault on F-1 foreign students continues. I’ve written before about the many immigration policy changes affecting foreign students applying to study in the U.S, or already here. These changes have led to significantly fewer foreign...