Green Card News
Please see below the latest articles that appeared in the newspapers and online regarding the Green Card (Diversity) Visa Program:
For legal residents, missteps can have big consequences
Arizona Daily Star, AZ - Nov 13, 2006At 44, Robert Fisher readily admits to making some mistakes in his life. Two of them: an argument with his wife a few years back and a burglary in his younger days that left him with two criminal convictions....
Reeves: Second chance for Green card applicants
Sun.Star, Philippines - Oct 29, 2006The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced a change in its policy: It now places some people with denied adjustment of status applications in removal proceedings before the immigration court so they can be deported from the United States...
Officials crack down on green-card marriages
MSNBC - Oct 20, 2006ATLANTA - When a woman recently asked for a copy of her marriage license, the court clerk in suburban Atlanta's Gwinnett County had to break some unpleasant news: Her husband was listed as the groom in eight marriages in the county...
Now, buy a green card
Daily News & Analysis, India - Sep 7, 2006AHMEDABAD: Ramesh Patel (55), a wealthy diamond merchant from Surat, and his wife were seeking US visas for a long time. Last week, his immigration consultant said they could get their green cards within a year – for an investment of $1 million. Unfazed, the Patels are already packing their bags...
What Happens When Priority Dates Go Backwards?
Asianjournal.com, CA - Sep 5, 2006In order to determine if a green card is available for a relative you've petitioned, you check the monthly Visa Bulletin on the Department of State's web page. The Visa Bulletin lists the visa status of each preference category. If the category is listed as "current," that means that visas are available right now..
Fake marriages dominate Visa Lottery fraud
Public Agenda, Ghana - Sep 1, 2006The U.S. Embassy says its officials are working with Ghana Police CID document fraud unit to fight widespread fraud by applicants for the U.S. visa lottery (called the Diversity Visa or DV) and to protect honest applicants from extortion...
The Path Less Traveled: Why More H-1B Numbers By Themselves Are Not The Answer
ILW.com, NY - Aug 18, 2006It did not take long for the next H-1B emergency campaign to start. Within hours of the USCIS announcement on July 28, 2006 that all 20,000 cap-exempt H-1B numbers for advanced degree holders from American universities had been exhausted two days earlier, business and the immigration bar launched their most recent appeal for more numbers...
US electronic passport program takes effect
Workpermit.com, UK - Aug 18, 2006This week the United States began issuing passports embedded with 'smart chips;' small memory chips that can be read with computer scanners that have information about the person who holds the passport encrypted on them. The initial version will have mostly data that is already on the passports, such as name, identification number and photograph...
Amidst Debate, Lack of Advocates Leaving Many Immigrants of Color Behind
Black America Web, Tx - Aug 14, 2006Salvadorans have it. Cubans have it. The Irish have it. But not every immigrant group, legal or illegal, gets special protection from the U.S. government. It depends on whether you have an advocate in Congress or if the U.S. is feeling warmly towards your country....
