Reciprocity varies by country and visa type. If you are applying in a country other than your home country, you will pay the fees (if applicable) as if you had applied in your home country.
The U.S. Consulate in Toronto has just approved an E-2 investor visa application for our client. The applicant, a national of Canada, will co-own and operate a private school in Texas.
A nonimmigrant who wants to work in the U.S. must have valid work authorization. They are not required to have a visa, although a visa is needed if they want to travel internationally.
We just had an E-2 status approved by USCIS. The applicant was granted the status for 2 years and the business is a grocery store and a restaurant, specializing in Halal meat, Bangladeshi food stuffs and Bangladeshi frozen fish.
We just had an unconditional green card approval for an EB-5 petition. The EB-5 investment was made in 2017, with the conditional green card taking 2 years for approval and the unconditional green card taking another 2 years for approval.
An L-1 applicant who held multiple roles during their one year of employment abroad will need to show that each role qualifies as a managerial, executive or specialized knowledge role.
Starting February 26, 2024, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will implement increased fees for premium processing of certain employment-based petitions and applications.
Certain employers such as institutions of higher education, non-profit research organizations or governmental research organizations are H-1B cap-exempt employers, don’t have to go through the H1b lottery process and can sponsor you for an h1b visa at any time.
If your annual income is not sufficient to meet the Federal Poverty Guidelines for the Affidavit of Support, you can submit evidence of and rely on your assets.
If you want to volunteer in the U.S. on a B-1 visa, you can only do so if you will be participating in a voluntary service program that benefits U.S. local communities.
The Affidavit of Support demonstrates that the sponsoring relative has sufficient income and/or assets to support the person they are sponsoring for the green card.
We had a EB2 National Interest Waiver (NIW) I-140 petition approved from USCIS Nebraska Service Center in approximately two weeks after it was filed with premium processing.
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