Friday, February 26, 2010

New Form I-485 and new filing location

CIS has published a new Form I-485, Application to Adjust Status, and has changed where the I-485 should be filed. Instructions are here. The new Form I-485 must be used after March 29, CIS will accept the older versions until that date.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

List of Immigrant Detention Centers

The New York Times has posted a list of jails and detention centers where ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) holds people. As the article states these people include:
"noncitizens the government wants to deport, including asylum-seekers, people suspected of being in the country illegally and legal immigrants convicted of a wide range of crimes or misdemeanors."

The list includes the results of annual inspections.

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