On November 6, 2017, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke announced her decision to terminate the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Nicaragua. Temporary Protected Status was created by…
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We are pleased to announce that Jenny Zhan will join Scott Legal P.C. as a full-time legal research analyst in our New York office on December 1, 2017. For the…
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Scott Legal P.C. just had an E-2 Visa Approval for Investor for Land Development Business. The applicant was an Austrian National and we also processed an E-2 employee visa. The…
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Scott Legal, P.C. just had an approval for an E-2 visa at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto for a Ship Tank Cleaning business. The applicant was approved for 5 years…
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On October 23, 2017, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced that it will revise its policy regarding prior determinations for nonimmigrant petitions. According to its policy memorandum,…
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Ian E. Scott sat on a Trade, Immigration and Innovation: Implications for Canadians in the US Panel at the Canadian Consular General Office in New York. The panel covered the…
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On September 1, 2017, The Department of State updated the Foreign Affairs Manual (the “FAM”) to modify the guidance on the term “misrepresentation” for purposes of determining inadmissibility under INA…
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Temporary Protected Status was created by Congress in the Immigration Act of 1990 to provide a temporary legal status to nationals of certain countries due to temporary conditions that make…
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Ian E. Scott, Esq. is a graduate from Harvard Law School and was honored to be asked to present a lecture to the Immigration class at Harvard Law School. Mr.…
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Employment-Based immigration is divided into categories based on 5 preferences: First Preference EB-1, Second Preference EB-2, Third Preference EB-3, Fourth Preference EB-4 and Fifth Preference EB-5. This blog post will…
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On Tuesday, October 17, Judge Derrick K. Watson, a Federal judge in Hawaii, issued an injunction against the enforcement of large portions of President Trump’s most recent (third) iteration of…
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We just had an E-2 Visa approval for a consulting company at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto. The applicant was a French national and approved for 5 years. The U.S.…
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Scott Legal, P.C. just had an L-1 visa approval for a large manufacturer. The applicant was a Manager and from Germany.
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We just had an E-2 visa approval in Macedonia. The visa was approved for 5 years. The company performed the following function: (i) a digital advertising technology consulting company that…
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In today’s fast-paced, technology-driven economy, being first to successfully implement an innovative new software or technology is crucial for the aspiring entrepreneur. Indeed, some of the most popular social media…
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The Department of State made an announcement today, October 16 that due to a technical issue the DV-2019 entry period that commenced on October 3 has been closed. All DV-2019…
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Scott Legal P.C. just had an E-2 visa approved for 5 years for a fireplace vendor. The applicant applied on his own and was denied and then he came to…
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Scott Legal, P.C. just had an approval for an H-1B visa for a Marketing executive.
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Scott Legal, P.c. had another E-2 visa approval at the U.S. Consulate in Paris. The visa was approved for 5 years. The applicant purchased a Coffee Shop. Our client was…
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Obtaining a green card through an investment is possible if you have $800,000 to invest in a project or business that will create 10 full-time jobs in the U.S. This…
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An individual is “inspected and admitted” when they present themselves to a Customs and Border Patrol Officer at a port of entry (a U.S. border crossing or an airport entering…
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As of October 3, 2017 the U.S. government began accepting Diversity Visa Lottery (Green Card Lottery) applications for 2019, which is the year successful applicants will be able to enter…
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On October 8, 2017, the U.S. Embassy in Ankara announced it would suspend nonimmigrant visa services indefinitely. The suspension comes after a Turkish staff member of the U.S. diplomatic mission…
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On September 18, 2017, the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security announced that it would be ending its designation of Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) for eligible nationals of Sudan. The termination…
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USCIS has now resumed premium processing for all H-1B visa petitions. Prior to the start of the H-1B season this year, USCIS announced that they would halt the premium processing…
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