Imagine being unable to see your children just because you can’t afford to. For many, this is reality because the cost of immigration is a deciding factor of when families get to reunite in the US. A long-time reader once reached out and shared her story with me. She was…

US immigration looks muddier the longer COVID-19 lurks around. The next few months are going to be critical as immigration begins to rebound and safety measures must be enforced. Clearly, we want to prevent importing more COVID-19. …

We treat the US Government and agencies like they’re working against us not for us. But the truth is that most of them are doing their jobs like how the rest of us do our 9–5. One morning, I was sitting in a Courthouse waiting to submit an application for…

In a survey of over 500 people in the middle of their immigration process, I asked about their biggest frustration before coming to the US. I was expecting responses like: “the procedures are complicated”, “instructions are vague”, or “the forms are long”. Instead, one surprising theme kept repeating almost every…

In a legal sense, US immigration is not as difficult as many may consider it. Approval rates are high for a variety of immigrant visas. Paperwork is relatively easy because there’s plenty of free legal guidance online. And the government provides a decent reporting system to tell you how your…