Providing Immigration Benefits & Information

The Department of Homeland Security, through U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), provides immigration benefits to people who are entitled to stay in the U.S. on a temporary or permanent basis. These benefits include

• granting of U.S. citizenship to those who are eligible to naturalize,
• authorizing individuals to reside in the U.S. on a permanent basis, and
• providing aliens with the eligibility to work in the United States

Highlights

Electronic Filing for Immigration Benefits. Provides ability to file some of USCIS' most popular forms at any time.

Lawful Permanent Residency. Information for people who wish to come to the U.S. to live on a permanent basis and aliens who already live in the United States. Information regarding "Green Cards."

Temporary Visitors. Including business travelers to the U.S., students who come to the U.S., and recreational visitors to the U.S.

Immigration Forms and Fees. Forms needed to apply for immigration benefits, and the most recent fees

Redesigned Naturalization Exam. New questions focus on the concepts of democracy and the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. The resulting redesigned test was publicly introduced on September 27, 2007. Naturalization applicants began taking the revised test on October 1, 2008.

Humanitarian Immigration Programs

• Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
• Asylum in the U.S.
• Inter-Country Adoptions
• Refugee Resettlement to the U.S.

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