U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) its draft of a proposed rule to end eligibility of H-4 spouses to apply for Employment Authorization Document (EAD) cards after their spouses have reached an advanced stage in the permanent residency process. A […]
Author: Foster LLP
NEW YORK — A United Kingdom national, the first to be convicted of violating the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) in the U.S., was removed to his home country Feb. 15 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) deportation officers. Adrian Paul Baron, 64, […]
Ethiopian human rights abuser pleads guilty to fraudulently obtaining U.S. citizenship by admitted series of lies in naturalization process, including failure to disclose participation in persecution during the Red Terror period in Ethiopia
25 Feb
by Foster LLP, on News
WASHINGTON – A naturalized U.S. citizen residing in Alexandria, Virginia pleaded guilty today to a felony charge of having fraudulently obtained U.S. citizenship. This case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, […]
WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is demanding supporting evidence in many more applications for coveted H-1B visas for high-skilled foreign workers, and denying more petitions, according to its own data published Friday. The number of requests for evidence by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which administers the visa program, has grown […]