The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have offered a legal way for Venezuelans to immigrate to the United States. The new TPS was put into effect last March and runs for 18 months through September 2022. The...
Have you experienced physical abuse in your relationship? Maybe it has been combined with mental and emotional abuse, or maybe there is even an element of financial abuse. Often, all of these things are tied together, and it can make people feel trapped. This is...
Today, we have come to you with an important update regarding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a program which allowed nearly 700,000 undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children to legally live and work here without fear of...
If you’re an American citizen seeking to travel overseas this special edition about delays in renewing U.S. passport is for you. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, an expedited passport application got processed within 2-3 weeks and 6-8 weeks for regular applications. As...
If you are an immigrant living in New York City, you should know that your immigration status does not affect your rights as a tenant in New York. If, for any reason, your landlord threatens to evict you or tries to evict you, understand that they cannot evict you...
Love has been described as a universal language for one valid reason: men and women have been crossing borders for centuries in search of it. However, contrary to popular belief, marrying a U.S citizen is no guarantee that you can never be kicked out of the country...
June is Immigration Heritage Month, a celebration which formally commenced in 2014. It is a time to celebrate diversity and the many contributions immigrants have made towards our shared American heritage. The celebration seeks to give immigrants and refugees in our...
When a story about spousal abuse breaks, you often see people saying that they do not understand why the person who was being abused didn’t simply leave their spouse. Why would they stay in that relationship if things were so bad? These questions show a lack of...
One of the easiest ways to secure the right to enter the United States is through your family relationships. Family-based immigration helps people enter the country temporarily and sometimes permanently. As a program, family immigration helps preserve family units and...
If you have a visa through your spouse, your legal status in the United States depends on your marriage. If you married a permanent resident or citizen, they may have gotten you a visa. You may also have entered the country with them when they came here for work. In...
