Family Reunification Visas
Overview A lawful permanent resident is a foreign national who has been granted the privilege of permanently living and working in the United States. To become a lawful permanent resident based on a family relationship to a citizen of the United States, or to a relative who is a lawful permanent resident, there is a […]
Naturalization Process: Becoming a US Citizen
1. Complete Your Application and Get Photographed Complete your application. Get two passport-style photographs taken. Collect the necessary documents. Send your application, passport-style photographs, documents, and fee (DO NOT SEND CASH) to the appropriate Lockbox Facility or Service Center. Keep a copy of everything you send to USCIS. 2. Get Fingerprinted Receive an appointment letter […]
Buying a House in the United States for African Immigrants
A house can be just a building you inhabit that gives you sanctuary from the elements and gives relief from all the trials of life. However, a home is a sanctuary where you find solace and comfort every time you walk through the door. A home is a place where you stack you dreams, the […]
Economic and cultural influence of the African Diaspora
Studies in the African diaspora today reveal a growth and an integration of African culture all over the world. Right from the Atlantic trade in slaves, millions of Africans have integrated into European and American societies with a significant impact on the cultural and social paradigms of the regions they have settled in. African cultures […]
Petitioning application procedure: Bringing a Child, Son or Daughter to Live in the United States
These are the basic steps required by a US Citizen or Legal Permanent Resident of the USA. These steps should be followed as a guideline and not as specific requirements for any given case. Every case is unique and this does not address that uniqueness. This document contains condensed and general information obtained from www.uscis.gov, […]
Ten business opportunities to consider as an African in the US
Entrepreneurship in the Black community in the U.S. Becoming self-employed is the guarantee for every African immigrant to engage in productive activities without the need to fear job loss or pay cut as the grim of economic crises bow to the vicissitudes of time in the U.S. While I am not unmindful of the challenges […]
What career strategy should an African Immigrant consider?
I have spent considerable time reading and listening to resource person’s talk on career development. While working on this topic, I stumbled on Elana Lyn Gross career’s talk centered on a fellow black and who by her background happens to be connected with a black immigrant from Jamaica. What intrigued me in the article is […]
Five challenges new African immigrants face in the US and how to overcome them
Living as an African immigrant in the U.S. has its price; not many expected what they met until they see it firsthand. While this may look daunting to aspiring immigrants, history is filled with challenges confronting foreigners on American soil as it is in other countries accepting aliens. With regards to living in America, the […]
Marriage Based US Immigration Choices (K1, K3, IR1 Visas & DCF) for Non-US Citizen fiancé(e) or spouse living overseas
Each year tens of thousands of visas are issued to a spouse or fiance of an American Citizen so that they may move to the US and be with their loved ones. For a non US Citizen Fiancé(e) the most common way of bringing them to the US is a K-1 (fiance) Visa. For a […]
African Diaspora History
The African diaspora is myriad and multifaceted. All over the world, there are populations of African descent present from the farthest reaches of China, the jungles of India and the Alps of Europe. Although foreign Black people or African diaspora are always attributed to be of African descent, migration, slavery and trade have blurred these […]