We just had an I-140 approval with USCIS for a professional position. The company is a financial services staffing company and the beneficiary is a financial computer systems analyst.
We just had an E-2 approved for a 2-year extension of status by USCIS. The E-2 enterprise specializes in home-remodeling and home renovation services, such as kitchen and bathroom renovations…
We just had an E-2 Investor visa approval at the U.S. Consulate in Bern. The business is an advertising and marketing company serving the cigar industry. The business will be based in…
We just had an I-140 approval with USCIS for a professional position. The company is a recruitment company and the beneficiary is a senior recruiter. We just had an I-140 approval with…
We just had an L-1A visa approval at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi. The applicant was granted the visa for 3 years and the business imports and sells basmati…
On Monday, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved a USCIS proposal altering the H-1B Cap procedure, the new proposal is expected to be published for public comment in…
On Friday U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a policy that treats non-citizens in the military as “second-class recruits” and prevented them from starting basic…
On November 14th, Ian E. Scott from Scott Legal, P.C. sat on an immigration panel to discuss consular processing procedures and issues. The panel reviewed the following topics. Introduction to…
In the newly released December visa bulletin, EB-2 and EB-3 visas for most countries have been restored to current after being regressed for a month in the November bulletin. EB-2…
Although a Green Card is thought to be Permanent, there are a number of ways one could lose the permanent residency status. Here is an email that we send to…
The Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security announced today that a new asylum rule has been put into place. Using Presidential authority granted by Congress, from today, aliens…
We just had an E-2 investor visa approval at the U.S. Consulate in Bern. The business is a producer and distributor of a premium cigar brand. The applicant is coming to the…
USCIS announced today that the agency has expanded the types of applications that can be issued a notice to appear if the application is denied, a policy that was originally…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled on Thursday that the Trump Administration lacked the authority to eliminate the Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. On…
Scott Legal, P.C. just had an approval of an E-2 visa for a national of the U.K. at the U.S. consulate in London. The applicant runs a successful trucking business…
Scott Legal just had an approval of an E-2 visa for a restaurant that was purchased in a shopping mall. The applicant was a national from Colombia and nationals from…
Scott Legal just received an E-2 visa approval for a data analysis and management platform company based in New York. The applicant is a national from the United Kingdom.
We just had a green card approval for an EB-2 National Interest Waiver applicant. The green card was granted without an interview, as the petition was filed prior to March…
USCIS has announced plans to expand the InfoPass pilot program. InfoPass, Information Services Modernization Program, is a free online service that allows individuals to schedule an appointment with a U.S.…
USCIS and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) have announced that they are extending the joint agency pilot program for Canadian citizens seeking L-1 nonimmigrant status under the North American Free…
We just had an E-2 employee visa approval at the U.S. Consulate in Madrid. The applicant was previously granted an E-2 employee visa at the U.S. Consulate in Osaka and needed a…
We just had an E-2 investor visa approval at the U.S. Consulate in Sydney. The applicant was renewing the E-2 visa and the business provides financial management services to small businesses and individuals. The…
In the coming days, a revised Labor Condition Application (LCA) will be published in the Federal Register that will require employers to name the end-client or vendor for H-1B, H-1B1,…
In response to the temporary preliminary injunction issued against the termination of temporary protected status (TPS) for El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Sudan nationals issued last month by Judge Edward…