citizenship

LOS ANGELES – Some 7,000 new U.S. citizens received a warm welcome as the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services held a daylong series of naturalization ceremonies in Los Angeles. “I love to be an American...

LOS ANGELES – With 2016 being an election year it’s expected to be a busy year for citizenship applications and the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is making sure they reach out to the Filipino...

LOS ANGELES – As the 2016 Philippine election continues to heat up, more overseas Filipinos are applying for dual citizenship which will give them the right to vote. The Philippines’ newest dual citizen Steve Angeles, walks...

There are new changes in visa bulletin beginning this coming October. Now these changes will affect those who have petitions with priority dates. What are these new changes?...Read More

LOS ANGELES – Advocates and experts are taking a closer look at green cards. Their estimates show that while millions of immigrants in the US are eligible for green cards, fewer and fewer of them are...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush has come under fire recently for using the term “Anchor Baby”, a phrase that describes children born in the United States to parents who entered the country...

SAN FRANCISCO – When it was released back in 2013, Marivi Soliven hoped her novel “The Mango Bride” would help raise awareness about the plight of immigrant women who face abuse from their husbands. After winning...

SAN BRUNO, Calif. – After many years, kababayans Vicente Lopez and Joan Marie Bonzo, along with several others, are proud to finally say they are American citizens. “This is a very important milestone in my life,”...

LOS ANGELES – President Barack Obama’s executive orders on immigration may be on hold for now, but Asian Americans Advancing Justice LA says that they believe the president acted within his authority and they remain confident that...

JERSEY CITY, NJ – There are about 13.3 million legal permanent residents (LPR) living in the US and 8.8 million of them are eligible to become US Citizens. But according to the 2012 USCIS data, most...