On January 25, 2021, president Biden signed an Executive Order 14005 called Ensuring Future is Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers. In Section 14 of this Executive…
We just had an E-2 approval with USCIS after USCIS issued a Request for Evidence. We responded to the RFE and received an approval. The business is based in Georgia…
The L-1A visa allows companies abroad that have qualifying relationships with U.S. companies to transfer employees to the U.S. For the L-1A, the employees must be coming to the U.S.…
If you recently submitted a non-immigrant visa application to a U.S. Consulate abroad (e.g. an E-2 investor application), you may be wondering when your visa interview will be scheduled. Unfortunately,…
Every time you receive an I-797 Receipt Notice or Approval notice from USCIS, it is every important that you check that all information on the Notice looks correct. If you…
H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that permits a company to hire workers in specialty occupations. This visa category requires that the beneficiary (the foreign worker) have a bachelor’s degree, and…
Our client was approved for an E-2 visa at the U.S. consulate in Auckland, New Zealand. We are proud to share that this was our first approval for a New…
We just received a change of status approval from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that changed the applicant’s visa status from TN to B-1. We filed the change of status…
Holding an A-1 diplomatic visa -- or any diplomatic visa -- does not, alone, prove diplomatic immunity. Whether a diplomat to the United States has diplomatic immunity can not only…
One of the most daunting aspects of an E-2 visa is the fact that the investment must be made before the applicant gets the visa. This means that the applicant…
Due to Covid-19 global pandemic, the USCIS Service Centers are taking longer than usual to make a decision on all types of visa petitions. If you filed an extension of…
We just had an H-1B Approval with U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services. The H-1B petition was originally filed as Consular Processing and due to Covid-19 pandemic & Presidential proclamation 10052,…
Overview of EB-5 Direct Investment Program The EB-5 Investment Immigration program allows a petitioner who has invested $800,000 into a Targeted Employment Area (TEA) or $1,050,000 into a non-TEA area…
An L-1 visa is a great option when a foreign company wants to transfer an employee working for abroad to a U.S. office. These are the four main requirements to…
It is not unusual that during the validity period of Labor Condition Application (LCA) (which can be issued for up to 3 years), the H-1B employee’s place of employment changes.…
We just had an E-2 approval with USCIS. The client approached us with an RFE from USCIS. We responded to the RFE and received an approval. The company is an…
We just had an E-2 approval at the consulate in Hong Kong. Although Hong Kong does not have a treaty relationship with the United States, the consulate processes E-2 applications…
We just had an H-1B approval with U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services. The applicant is in the U.S. on an H-1B and changed employers. The company is an architecture firm…
President Biden took office on January 20 to the relief of many immigrants and non-immigrants in the U.S. On his first day, he signed 17 Executive Orders, many of which…