Year: 2016

In Maryland and elsewhere across the country, U.S. citizens are experiencing seemingly endless delays in sponsoring their foreign spouses and may be questioning whether anything might be done in order to expedite the process. With a Trump presidency on the horizon, at...

Maryland residents may have read headlines about the worker replacement scandal at Walt Disney World. Disney was criticized for using an outsourcing firm to replace over 200 American IT workers with foreign H-1B visa recipients. Since then, several other companies...

Maryland residents might be interested in learning about a case that is currently being considered by the Supreme Court of the United States. The case concerns the constitutionality of detaining immigrants without detention hearings for lengthy periods of time, in...

Many Maryland residents are aware that immigration reform was part of Donald Trump's platform. One way to achieve his goals may be to reform the H-1B visas, which some claim are harmful to American workers. The visa allows American employers to hire skilled workers...

Maryland military service members who are not U.S. citizens may have paths to becoming naturalized. There are thousands of people who are immigrants who serve in the U.S. Armed Forces, and the Department of Defense is working together with the U.S. Customs and...

Some Maryland residents may have heard that the federal government announced a plan earlier in 2016 to end the use of for-profit prisons for federal inmates who had been convicted of crimes. However, while the Justice Department will no longer be using those...

According to data from the Homeland Security Department, a growing number of people who attempt to come into the United States were from countries much farther away than expected. Maryland residents may be interested to know the country of origin of many who are...

Maryland companies that work with performing artists from other countries may be interested to learn that the cost of visa applications for those artists is set to rise in December 2016. The amount will go up to $460 from $325 per person. This represents a 42 percent...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced Dec. 23, 2016 as the effective date for a hike in filing fees. The fee increase will impact some Maryland residents and companies when they file forms for certain visas. Nearly all of the funding for USCIS comes...

When many Maryland residents think about illegal immigration, they picture Mexican nationals crossing the border and looking for work after evading immigration authorities. In reality, that kind of illegal immigration doesn't take place as often as it used to. Today,...