Effective October 30, 2009, U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Service will only accept the revised version of the Form G-28I Notice of Entry of Appearance as Attorney in Matters Outside the Geographical Confines of the United States.  This newly designed form is to be used by attorneys who are admitted to practice law in the [...]

A ship carrying approximately 76 illegal immigrants suspected to be from Sri Lanka has been seized off Canada’s Pacific coast. The ship was taken to Ogden Point, Victoria, B.C. and the migrants were taken by bus to a corrections facility in Vancouver where the CBSA will examine the admissibility of the passengers and their refugee [...]

Each month the U.S. Department of State releases a Visa Bulletin which summarizes the availability of immigrant visa numbers.  The U.S. Department of State has released its Visa Bulletin for November 2009, which can be accessed by clicking on the following link http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin/bulletin_4576.html.  Contact our office to determine if your ‘priority date’ is current.   

Effective October 1, 2009, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) all citizenship applicants are required to take the newly designed naturalization test. The new naturalization test was launched on October 1, 2008 and applicants who filed prior to October 1, 2009 had a choice of taking the old or new test. However, USCIS has issued [...]

In light of the major impact of Typhoon Ketsana on the Philippines, Citizenship and Immigration Canada is permitting the expedited processing of family sponsorships for nationals from the Philippines. Effective immediately, the Citizenship and Immigration Canada visa office in the Philippines is responding on a priority basis for those directly affected by the disaster. Canadian [...]