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By Reuben Seguritan   F-1 (academic student) or M-1 (vocational student) visas are available for foreigners who want to study in the United States. It is important to acquire the F-1 or M-1 visa first, before enrolling and studying in the US. If a foreigner enrolls in a class without first acquiring the F-1 or Read the full article…

By Reuben Seguritan   President Trump has ordered the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security to submit plans to deter overstays. The President suggested punishing countries whose citizens have high rates of overstays and/ or to require all foreign travelers to the US to post admission bonds that would be repaid to them once they Read the full article…

By Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Caitlin Dickerson April 29, 2019 WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday ordered new restrictions on asylum seekers at the Mexican border — including application fees and work permit restraints — and directed that cases in the already clogged immigration courts be settled within 180 days. In a memo sent to Kevin McAleenan, the acting Read the full article…

By: Reuben Seguritan   The USCIS has been plagued with delays in processing petitions and applications since President Trump took office in 2017. The USCIS admits that there is a net backlog in all of their cases. Net backlog means that the active cases are past their targeted time completion goal. Millions of cases are Read the full article…

By: Reuben Seguritan   The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) states that an alien convicted of two or more crimes involving moral turpitude, not arising out of a single scheme of criminal misconduct is removable from the United States. The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) defines a “crime involving moral turpitude” as one which is Read the full article…