When you hear about green cards in the news or in reference on television shows the words are so abstracted from reality that you might start to wonder what, exactly, is a green card? A green card is little more than an identification card. What makes it particularly special is what it entitles you to […]
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As a special addition to this blog we will regularly examine a famous immigrant who contributed significantly to American culture. The U.S. is a country of immigrants and you might be pleasantly surprised to learn their stories and where these personalities come from. A Shaky Start Irving Berlin emigrated from the Russian country-side to escape
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The American Dream is an idea established by the declaration of independence and is generally regarded as being a policy of success based on merit. Throughout the United States history the American Dream has been discussed, written about, questioned and strengthened, but the definition has never been truly fixed. What is the American Dream? When
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A horrendous crash on Sunday led to the deaths of 14 people in Texas. The truck, when it crashed, was carrying 23 people, far too many for a one door pick-up truck. Not only were there quite a few people packed into the cab, but there was also a significant, though currently unknown, number of
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When the Obama administration announced its plan to ease back on deportations of undocumented immigrants who have lived in the United States since childhood a glut of dissent was raised by the political right. Called a violation of immigration law, an illegal amnesty program or an election year ploy to win over Hispanic voters the
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The visa bulletin published by the United States summarizes the availability of immigrant visa numbers. The diversity visa lottery which is conducted under the 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, offers 55,000 permanent resident diversity visas every year. The visas are allocated to people hailing from countries with low admissions to the United States
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Various activities were organized to celebrate Independence Day. Parades, family activities and concerts were a part of the Independence Day celebrations. Fourth of July being a national day and a federal holiday, brought together all the people of the United States. Apart from all those leisure activities, USCIS planned special naturalization ceremonies. 4,000 immigrants are
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The National Benefits Center was mainly constituted to serve as a passage for all USCIS field offices. The National Benefits Center(NBC) completes the pre-interview processing of the USCIS forms that require an interview. The NBC plays a specific role as a part of the Field Operations Directorate of the USCIS. The benefits center was found
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The Diversity Visa (Green Card) Lottery program, conducted by the US Government, allows people from eligible countries around the world to obtain an immigrant visa (Green Card) to immigrate to the United States. If the Green Card lottery entrant is already in the United States on some other status, then he will be able to
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People immigrate to the United States for many different purposes. USA immigration is not an easy task. A foreign national may immigrate to America by being sponsored by his US citizen family members, employers in America, etc. Another way through which a foreign citizen may immigrate to the United States is through the Diversity Immigrant
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