Scott Legal P.C. just had an L-1A visa stamp issued to for a coffee company. The L visa was approved for two executives of the company. The visa was approved…
Scott Legal, P.C. has just had an E-2 employee visa approval for a foreign national from Spain. The Visa was issued at the U.S. Consulate in Madrid for 5 years. …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…