May 2016 Citizenship and Immigration News

2016-05-17 Citizenship and Immigration News mp3 (audio) and mp4 (video)

USCIS.gov 

• updated N-400 (March 26, 2016)
• On March 26, 2016, the USCIS released the revised Form N-400, Application for Naturalization. The revised version is available at uscis.gov/n-400. 
• You may continue to use the 9/13/13 edition of the form until August 9, 2016. 
• The USCIS will reject and return previous versions of Form N-400 submitted on or after August 10, 2016.
• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Fee Schedule (Table 9) (May 4, 2016; Comment period closes 7/5/16)
• Current $595 Proposed: $640 Increase $45
• Biometrics fee $85 will not change.

US Citizenship Podcast

• APPS!
• App for iPhone/iPad: https://goo.gl/dLiOAE
• App for Android: https://goo.gl/d6rs9f
• iTunes: https://goo.gl/BVrqHQ
• New mp3s and videos
• The New N-400 mp3 and slightly longer mp4
• DACA, DAPA, and Citizenship: an Interview with Kayla Ladd
• Alejandro Guerrero Gutierrez's Citizenship Interview
• 100 Questions plus Remix 2015
• 2015 USCIS 100 Questions Remix

uscitizenpod.com Blog:

• Citizenship Resources for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (posted May 6, 2016)
• N400 script pdfs update is in progress

uscitizenpod on YouTube

• The New N-400 
• A Tour of Online Citizenship Resources 
• DACA, DAPA, and Citizenship: an Interview with Kayla Ladd (rescue.org) 

VOA Learning English: Four Stories About Visas

• High Demand from Investors for Special US Visas
• VOA Learning English: US Uses Fake University to Stop Visa Fraud
• US H-1B Visa Policies Too Restrictive
• One Percent of Visitors to US Overstayed Visas

Upcoming: VOA Learning English’s newest program, People in America, starts May 25, 2016.