On August 13, 2010, President Obama signed the Southwest Border Security Bill. The Bill provisions are designed to make supplemental appropriations for border security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010. In addition to financing border security, however, the Bill includes a provision which drastically increases filing fees for the H-1B and L-1 visa. [...]
You’re a Canadian citizen traveling or residing abroad and you suddenly realize that your Canadian passport has expired. Are you going to be allowed back into Canada with an expired passport? Probably, since countries must welcome back their citizens. But, it’s best to obtain a replacement before you travel via land or water across international boundaries. You [...]
Oh no! Your U.S. visitor visa or your valid passport with a 10-year U.S. visitor visa attached is lost or stolen. Now what do you do?
1. Go to the police station in the city or town where your documents were lost or stolen and file a police report. The police may want to see copies [...]
Blame inflation, but it’s getting more expensive to apply for a nonimmigrant visa.
Nonimmigrant visa application fees — also called Machine-Readable Visa (MRV) and Border Crossing Card (BCC) fees — have increased as of June 4 to cover the cost of processing them. This increase applies both to nonimmigrant visas placed in passports and to border crossing cards issued to certain applicants in Mexico.
A Canadian citizen has a U.S. Consular Report of Birth Abroad certificate and will be entering the United States as more than just a visitor — for school or work. She doesn’t have time to apply for a U.S. passport. Is the birth abroad certificate enough to cross without problems?
Short answer, yes. She should have [...]
