U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced today that during the first three quarters of FY 2009, arrests of illegal immigrants are down 26 percent at U.S. ports of entry, compared with the same time last year. Narcotics seizures are at an all time high and illegal immigration apprehensions are at multi-year lows with one … Read more
If you use Gmail but haven’t turned on its SSL capability, you are certainly not alone. But you should. And it is very easy to do. After logging into your gmail account, go to Settings, General, under Browser connection, check “Always use https,” and finally click Save Changes. That is it. Why? When you access … Read more
Earth D.C. – The Department of Home Sweethome (DHS) announced today the creation of a new division, Usually Slow and Crappy Immigration Services (USCIS), to handle the influx of Aliens from Outer Space (AOS). The agency’s first task is to overhaul the Extremely Brutal (EB) and Frequently Broken (FB) immigration system. One proposal, supported by … Read more
An important report was released today that calls for an overhaul of the broken immigration system. The difference in this report, however, is the emphasis on the need of a legal immigration reform, instead of focusing overwhelmingly on the illegal immigration issues. An Independent Task Force, co-chaired by former Florida governor Jeb Bush and former … Read more
I’m still getting emails warning me that “all cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sale calls.” According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), however, this is not true: You may have received an email telling you that your cell phone is about to be assaulted by … Read more
At immigrationroad.com, we think of the virtual “road” as a way to immigration, a path to green card, and a journey to a better quality of life. But apparently an Immigration Road does exist! 🙂 It is a street in the downtown area of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE), near Dubai. There are restaurants, shopping … Read more
Michael Aytes, USCIS Acting Deputy Director, responded to CIS Ombudsman’s recommendations for implementing electronic payment methods. Basically, USCIS agrees with what were suggested. We recently discussed this topic and are glad to see that some form of online payment may be on the way. This is shaping up to be a huge project and major … Read more
Does visa number retrogression ever bring out good news? I guess the answer is yes, as USCIS apparently has freed up enough resources to resume premium processing of Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker. Ok, we are just being too harsh on USCIS. And frankly, there is not much they can do when immigrant … Read more
In an announcement issued today, USCIS declared final victory in elimination of the FBI name check backlog – the one that has been driving thousands of people crazy for more than five years. This was the last milestone set forth by the USCIS a little more than a year ago, when they started working with … Read more
Every now and then I hear something like this: “How do I get a green card?” “Well…you need luck and lots of patience…” But that is not really the answer the person is looking for. I wish there were a map, of some sort, which I could point to that would explain how to get … Read more
