After Protest, U.S. to Take Green-Card Applications
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The U.S. government announced yesterday that it will accept applications for employer-sponsored green cards that it rejected earlier this month, after facing mounting public pressure, possible litigation and a cascade of flowers.
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The Bush administration yesterday postponed for at least six months a new security rule that Americans show a passport when crossing U.S. borders by land or by sea, requiring instead that citizens present an identity card and proof of citizenship upon entry for the first time, beginning Jan. 31.
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Federal officials say they are closing in on President Bush's goal of processing immigration applications faster, but that is largely because they no longer count many stalled applications as part of the backlog.
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Facing a huge backlog of visa applications, authorities will allow some immigrants to become permanent residents without F.B.I. background checks, officials said.
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Visitors to the US who do not need a visa now have to be fingerprinted and photographed on arrival.
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Immigrants applying to become citizens or permanent residents of the United States may have to pay higher application fees, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
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The U.S. government is expected to announce on Friday that it will ease rules for summer travel in the Western Hemisphere amid complaints of a huge backlog of passport applications, The New York Times reported.
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The European Commission is to propose a Blue Card to attract skilled immigrants, and rival the US Green Card.
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Messages reminding people not to overstay their visas are part of a government drive to clamp down on immigration.
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City officials have approved a plan to offer illegal immigrants identification cards that would let them open bank accounts and use other services that may be unavailable without driver's licenses or state-issued IDs.
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Facing a rapidly growing backlog of immigration cases, the Bush administration will grant permanent residency to tens of thousands of legal U.S. immigrants without first completing required background checks against the FBI's investigative files.
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Travelers from emerging economies like India, China and Latin America are required to have visas to come to the U.S., and many complain that the process deters them from traveling here.
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NEW YORK - Demonstrators took to the streets on Sunday to protest President Bush's foreign and domestic policies as Republican delegates gathered to nominate the president for a second term.    A day ahead of the start of the Republican National Convention, up to 250,000 demonstrators were expected to march up Seventh Ave...
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A revolt against a national driver's license, begun in Maine last month, is quickly spreading to other states
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The federal government wants U.S. residents with green cards, parolees and some Canadians to have their fingerprints checked every time they re-enter the U.S. by air or sea.
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The EU is set to unveil its version of the US Green Card - a Blue Card targeting skilled immigrants.  Is it necessary?
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The government will temporarily relax rules requiring passports for U.S. citizens traveling by air to Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean because of a huge processing backlog, officials said on Friday.