President Trump yesterday signed a presidential proclamation effective today, April 23, 2020 at 11:59pm EDT, temporarily blocking for sixty days the issuance of immigrant visas (Green Cards) to those outside the United States. This proclamation is meant to assist with the economic recovery for American workers affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and comes after the president’s tweet earlier this week where he said he would “suspend immigration.” The proclamation itself is more limited in scope than President Trump’s initial claim and only applies for a period of sixty days to those foreign nationals applying for an immigrant visa (Green Card) who are physically outside the US.
Read moreHow to Replace or Renew Your Green Card
Whether it is a lost Green Card (you know the feeling when you have searched everywhere and slowly come to the dreaded realization that it’s gone) or an expired ten-year Green Card, or even if there is a mistake on your Green Card, you will have to get a new card. And, of course, this type of thing always seems to happen when you have to travel internationally or are starting a new job in a few days. What to do???
Read moreUSCIS to Begin Using More Secure Mail Delivery Service
In a welcome move, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced last week that beginning April 30, 2018, the agency will begin phasing in the use of the US Postal Service’s (USPS) Signature Confirmation Restricted Delivery service in order to mail Green Cards and other secure documents to recipients. The first phase will involve re-mailing documents—including Permanent Resident Cards (i.e., Green Cards), Employment Authorization Cards (EAD cards), and Travel Booklets—that have been returned as non-deliverable. USCIS states that applicants who have changed mailing addresses during the application process are more likely to have their secure documents sent with this new delivery service. USCIS plans to expand this signature confirmation mailing service to all secure documents in the future.
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