The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a report that identifies issues with the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) program. The program processes and stores biometric data,…

The Office of Immigration Statistics (OIS) of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released its population estimate of the number of Legal Permanent Residents, or LPRs, in the United States as of January 1, 2011. The OIS report…

The Office of Immigration Statistics (OIS) of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released its 2011 Annual Report on Admissions of Nonimmigrants to the United States. The report reveals statistical details of foreign nationals who are admitted to…

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) announced on March 29, 2012, that Syrian nationals – and persons without nationality who last habitually resided in Syria – will be eligible for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The change was made in…

The State Department has announced the unavailability of EB-2 visa numbers for the balance of fiscal year 2012 for applicants from the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and from India. The prior EB-2 cut off date had been August 15,…

President Obama has announced an initiative to promote the exchange of higher education students between the United States, and Latin America including the Caribbean. The program’s name, “100,000 Strong in the Americas,” indicates the goal: 100,000 students traveling for study…

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection apprehended 340,252 illegal immigrants attempting to enter the U.S. in FY 2011, a drop of about 50 percent over three years and barely 20 percent of the peak numbers that the agency saw in…

The U.S. State Department recently launched the Virtual Embassy Tehran website to foster a cultural connection between the United States and Iran and to connect Iranian people with more information about the U.S. The last actual Tehran embassy was shut…

The Department of State recently reported a 17 percent increase in U.S. visas from the previous fiscal year. Throughout fiscal year 2011 more than 7.5 million U.S. visas were issued, with heavy demand from Brazil, China, India, and Mexico. International…

U.S. Customs and Immigration Services is taking steps to significantly improve its EB-5 Program adjudication process by improving internal communication, streamlining application analysis and consolidating policy memoranda into a single comprehensive agency memorandum. As background, Congress created the EB-5 Program…