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Jennifer's Immigration Issues Blog August 2008 Archive

By Jennifer McFadyen, About.com Guide to Immigration Issues

Reminder: New Filing Instructions for I-751 Petition to Remove Conditions on Permanent Residence

Friday August 29, 2008
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has revised the filing instructions for Form I-751 Petition to Remove Conditions on Permanent Residence. Effective immediately, I-751 Petitions must be sent to the ... Read More

Wordless Wednesday: ICE Arrests 595 in Mississippi Raid

Wednesday August 27, 2008
Forget Iowa; Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) trumped its previous "largest workplace enforcement operation" record with this week's raid in Laurel, Mississippi. ICE arrested 595 undocumented workers at Howard Industries, an ... Read More

Joe Biden on Immigration

Sunday August 24, 2008
Barack Obama has finally chosen his running mate, Senator Joe Biden. Biden was originally in the running as a presidential candidate, but dropped out in January of this year due ... Read More

Barack Obama on Immigration

Friday August 22, 2008
Immigration issues continue to take a back seat to more pressing concerns like the country's economic and energy worries. This won't last for long, however. Over the next couple of ... Read More

Wordless Wednesday: Living the American Dream

Wednesday August 20, 2008
Henry Cejudo breaks down in tears while holding the American flag, after winning the Olympic gold medal in freestyle wrestling. Cejudo, a U.S. citizen born in Los Angeles, is the ... Read More

Green Card Lottery FAQs

Friday August 15, 2008
The diversity visa program, better known as the green card lottery, provides an opportunity for people from countries that have low immigration to the U.S., to live and work permanently ... Read More

Wordless Wednesday: From Refugee to Olympian

Wednesday August 13, 2008
President Bush shakes hands with runner, Lopez Lomong. Lopez Lomong was taken from his parents at gunpoint when he was just 6 years old. He was held by a militia faction ... Read More

Immigration Through Employment

Monday August 11, 2008
Do you want to know how you can get a U.S. green card based on your employment skills? Foreign workers can obtain a green card through employment allowing them to ... Read More

Immigrant Investor Visa

Friday August 8, 2008
A reader recently sent me a link to a Tacoma, WA news story along with the comment, "I guess you can buy permanent residency." We all know that you can't "buy" ... Read More

Wordless Wednesday: Tools of the Trade

Wednesday August 6, 2008
USCIS puts human smugglers' tools of the trade on display. Illegal immigrants pay the coyotes $1500 or more to risk life and limb to get into the United States. Photo: Chip ... Read More

Tips for Getting Through the Port of Entry

Monday August 4, 2008
Petitions, supporting documents, fees, medical exams, affidavits, interviews and sometimes an agonizing wait: this is what we go through to get a visa. We spend so much time and energy ... Read More

Getting Your First U.S. Driver's License

Saturday August 2, 2008
For many immigrants, getting a U.S. driver's license is a major highlight of their new life in the U.S. Each state has its own requirements and procedures for getting a ... Read More

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