Canada Makes Plans for Virtual Citizenship Ceremonies
Canada will move to virtual citizenship ceremonies sometime in the near future as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Most citizenship appointments have been cancelled for over [...]
USCIS Changes in Naturalization Oath Ceremonies and Asylum Interviews
When United States Citizenship Immigration Services (USCIS) reopens on June 4, 2020, interviews and oath ceremonies will be quite different. There have been many policy updates since [...]
USCIS Begins Implementing New Interactive Voice Response Telephone System
On May 18th, USCIS introduced a new interactive voice response (IVR) telephone system for English and Spanish calls to the USCIS Contact Center. The new IVR system [...]
Great News! U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Preparing to Resume Public Services on June 4, 2020
Starting on June 4, 2020, USCIS will open some of their domestic field offices and Asylum offices and resume face-to-face, non-emergency services to the public. The offices [...]
Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) Tech Draw – May 13, 2020
On May 13, 2020 the OINP issued 703Notifications of Interest (NOIs) to applicants in the Express Entry (EE) pool under the OINP Tech Program of the Human [...]
USCIS Resumes Premium Processing for Certain Petitions
On May 29th, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will resume premium processing for Nonimmigrant Worker Petitions (Form 1-129) and Immigrant Petitions for Alien Workers (Form I-140). This [...]