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How technology is changing immigration processing

By Elizabeth M. Klarin and Eileen M. Martin ( September 3, 2026, 1:11 PM EDT) -- Technology has transformed the practice of immigration law and continues to do so. Practitioners from the past few decades will remember collecting forms from the office of United States Immigration and Naturalization Service and typing information on a typewriter. Some forms were required in multiple copies, with sheets of carbon in between. Many forms were required to be filed on specific colours of paper, including blue, yellow, green and pumpkin. If we did not want to mail in the forms, we could walk into the government office, pay the fee and file the forms in person....

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