US Immigration News

In a cautionary tale for all immigrants, eleven students acquired expensive and difficult to obtain U.S. student visas, then didn't show up for the school that accepted them. Within days they became the object of a nationwide manhunt by numerous law-enforcement services. Persons wishing to immigrate to other countries these days face intense security examination for many reasons.

Universities and other United States schools are struggling to find enough students from foreign countries to fill their quotas. Most states and schools set a number of students they wish to admit each semester to ensure a high diversity in their student population. Due to many factors, there has been a drop in foreign student admissions in the past several years.

Legal services in the United States are experiencing a surge in need for bilingual employees. Mostly, Spanish speaking professionals are needed, but a general need for other languages is being felt, also. Immigrants can use specialist language skills to qualify for work permits when seeking U.S. jobs.

Current federal law in the United States requires that the government approve or deny a citizenship application within 120 days of an immigrant passing their exam. Many immigrants attempting to become citizens have experienced delays far in excess of this statutory time limit.

Immigrants arriving in another country often face one immediate and strong challenge: they must be highly fluent in the primary language of that country. To navigate a complex set of laws and procedures for obtaining and retaining residency permission, visas, and work permits, a person needs to speak and read the native language at a high level, or hire someone who can translate subtle meaning and instructions

A wide variety of businesses in the United States employs illegal immigrants. A large black economy has been developed over the years, one which exploits the illegal workers directly through low benefits and low pay, but legal workers also by artificially suppressing wages.