{"id":1463,"date":"2017-08-31T23:45:58","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T23:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/31\/permanent-residence-in-person-interviews-set-expand\/"},"modified":"2017-08-31T23:45:58","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T23:45:58","slug":"permanent-residence-in-person-interviews-set-expand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/law888.com\/?p=1463","title":{"rendered":"Permanent Residence In-Person Interviews Set to Expand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In response to a recent executive order, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is scheduled to start conducting in-person interviews for employment and refugee based permanent residence applications. \u00a0The stated goal of the new interviews is to prevent fraud in the immigration system.<\/p>\n<p>According to its press release, USCIS states that conducting the additional in-person interviews will allow immigration officers to verify the information provided on form I-485 for employment-based applications and form I-730 for refugee-based applications. \u00a0They also state goals of discovering new, relevant information and the determination of credibility of applicants.<\/p>\n<p>The changes are slated to go into effect on October 1st, with further incremental expansion for other categories of immigration applications expected.<\/p>\n<p>See the press release <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/news\/news-releases\/uscis-to-expand-in-person-interview-requirements-for-certain-permanent-residency-applicants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The permanent residence process is complicated enough without additional interview requirements. If you or a loved one needs help navigating the United States immigration system, the Law Offices of Scott Warmuth is on your side, all the way. For a <a href=\"https:\/\/law888.com\/immigration-lawyer\/\">free immigration consultation<\/a>, call us today at <strong>888-517-9888<\/strong>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In response to a recent executive order, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is scheduled to start conducting in-person interviews for employment and refugee based permanent residence applications. \u00a0The stated goal of the new interviews is to prevent fraud in the immigration system. According to its press release, USCIS states that conducting the additional in-person [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-immigration"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}