Immigration

As Texas gears up for what could be its most competitive elections in a generation, tens of thousands of would-be voters are caught in limbo, stuck in a deep backlog of immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship. Federal immigration officials are taking significantly longer than before to weigh applications, and some […]

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) has announced upcoming changes to the naturalization test with the stated goals of creating a more “meaningful, uniform, and efficient test that will assess applicants’ knowledge and understanding of U.S. history, government and values.” The new version of the test will contain updated […]

Next year is a presidential election year, and electioneering has already begun to gain momentum in both parties.  There’s no doubt the ever-increasing political rhetoric has begun to motivate future voters at both ends of the political spectrum who may qualify to become U.S. citizens.  As immigration attorneys, we see […]

By LIZ ROBBINS For New York immigrant families just scraping by, the $680 it costs to apply for United States citizenship may be too much of an obstacle. Enter a new kind of lottery, one with a potential lifetime payoff. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a Democrat, plans to announce on […]