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Saturday, April 29, 2023 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM EDT
The Key School: 534 Hillsmere Dr, Annapolis, MD 21403
The Annapolis Book Festival offers a full day of author panels, family and children's activities, and live entertainment. The Festival is free and open to all and attendees are encouraged to make a day of it.
Wednesday, May 3, 2023 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Online via Zoom Meeting
How does the process of waiting for U.S. legal permanent residence (e.g. a green card) shape visa-holders’ well-being, everyday lives, settlement trajectories, and longer-term integration? How do visa-holders make sense of and navigate this process of waiting? This talk will explore the experiences of temporary visa-holders in the United States waiting for legal permanent residence processing within U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) as the service arm of the U.S. immigration bureaucracy.