On November 19, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) that would rescind the 2022 ...

An affidavit of support is a pivotal document for family-based U.S. immigration applicants. For family-based visa applications, Form I-864, Affidavit of Support, must be filed with United States ...

On December 9, 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the release of a new version (12/23/22) of Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, in ...

Q. My husband was sworn in as a U.S. citizen on July 22, 2022. I am not yet a U.S. citizen. Our daughter, a green card holder, was 18 years old on that date. Did she automatically become a U.S.

A. Once you marry, you immediately qualify to apply for permanent residence. And unless you get charged with a crime, you need not fear deportation. Persons born or naturalized in Puerto Rico have the ...

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ombudsman is hopeful about the future of the agency’s long-running and at times tortured effort to expand online filing and electronic processing for ...

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A sponsored alien is an individual who has been sponsored by a person who signed an affidavit of support (USCIS Form I-864, Affidavit of Support Under Section 213A of the Act, or USCIS Form I-864-A, ...