ImmiTips

Six sailors assigned to the USS Blue Ridge, the flagship for the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet, home-based at Yokosuka, Japan, became citizens of the United States on March 8, 2010, while the ship was in South Korea for a military training exercise.
The six new U.S. citizens hailed from Canada, China, Germany, [...]

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will commemorate the 81st birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by welcoming more than 6,000 new citizens at citizenship ceremonies throughout the United States and overseas for the week of Jan.15 through 22. Special ceremonies will embrace the theme, “Enriching the American Dream: The Celebration of a [...]

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is centralizing initial processing of applications for naturalization (Form-400) at its National Benefits Center in Missouri in an effort to cut down on processing time. This, however, will not reflect on where the application is being filed. As it is currently done, applicants will continue to file their [...]

USCIS Backlog as on March 31, 2008

Naturalization Applications  – 958,663
I-140 Applications             – 46,092
I-485 Applications             – 762,938
I-765 Applications             – 158,565
I-130 Applications             – 1,387,045

For more details see USCIS Website

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have recently updated its E-Verify employment authorization program to increasing its overall effectiveness. This is the first of a three-phase enhancement program for E- Verify aimed at decreasing the mismatch rate for naturalized citizens.
Mismatch occurs when Social Security Number provided by a beneficiary doesn’t match with the data [...]