The FBI recently reported an overall increase of 1.7% in the number of violent crimes for the first 6 months of 2015 compared with figures reported for the same time in 2014. That year, there were around 5.4 million violent…
Cuando comienzas a trabajar en un buffet de abogados grande o en otra compañía, probablemente no tiene que preocuparse por generar negocio. Sin embargo, siendo un buffet de abogados nuevo o dueño de negocio, es importante crear redes de contactos…
What is the LLC Publication requirement? Limited Liability Companies formed in New York must publish notice of the company’s formation in two publications (one daily and one weekly) for six consecutive weeks. The notices must be posted within 120 days…
PART II: Relief for LPRs What is Cancellation of Removal? Cancellation of removal is an immigration remedy available to immediate relatives of U.S. Citizens and Legal Permanent Residents (LPRs or Green Card Holders) with good moral character and are able…
PART I: Relief for Non-LPRs What is Cancellation of Removal? Cancellation of removal is an immigration remedy available to immediate relatives of U.S. Citizens and Legal Permanent Residents (LPRs or Green Card Holders) with good moral character and are able…
Scott Legal, P.C. just received an approval for an E-2 visa for a British national at the U.S. Consulate in London. The visa was approved for an investor who started a recruitment firm focused on specialist markets across the Financial, Industry & Commerce and…
Scott Legal, P.C. just received an approval for an E-2 visa for a national of Canada at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto. The visa was approved for a single investor who started a company that offers diversified indirect lending solutions. Click on the buttons below…
As of March 1, 2016, Canadian applicants for E-1 and E- 2 (Treaty Trader and Investor) visas will benefit from streamlined registration at the U.S. Consulate General in Toronto and additional processing locations across Canada for employees of companies with valid…
What is 245i? Can it help me get a green card? INA §245(i) is a provision in the Immigration and Nationality Act of the United States, which allows certain persons who have an immigrant visa immediately available but entered without…
It is almost H-1B Visa season! USCIS will start accepting H-1B applications on April 1, 2016. Over 100,000 H-1B Visas applications are expected to be submitted to USCIS, but only 85,000 will be accepted—the regular H-1B Visa Cap is 65,000…
Starting February 22, 2016, National Visa Center (NVC) customers with questions related to an approved I-526 petition will now be able to correspond with the National Visa Center (NVC) using a dedicated e-mail address: NVCeb5@state.gov. Upon receipt of an approved…
What are the Key Documents Associated with the Purchase of a Business? The purchase and sale of a business can be conducted by either a purchase of assets or by buying the stock or membership units of the target business. …
Should you Buy Assets of a Company or Buy the Stock? Two of the principal ways of acquiring a business include purchasing of a target company’s assets and purchase of the stock or membership units of the target company. The…
What are the Key Elements of a Purchase Sale Agreement for a Business? A Purchase Sale Agreement is the legal document that specifies all of the terms and conditions associated with the purchase and sale of a company or the…
What are the Key Provisions in an Operating Agreement? A limited liability company is a business entity structure that limits your liability to the assets invested in the company. As such, if the business is ever sued, the owner or…
Key Considerations of Buying a Business Buying an existing business can eliminate some of the risks associated with starting a business from scratch. This is especially the case if the existing business has a good track record and/or an established…
Scott Legal, P.C. just received an approval for an E-2 visa for a national of Australia at the U.S. Consulate in Sydney. The visa was approved for an employee of a company operating an online gaming platform which allows gamers to play video games and…
If you are moving to the United States temporarily to work you will need a Social Security number (SSN). It is relatively easy to obtain a Social Security number once you arrive in the United States by following the steps…
Scott Legal, P.C. just received an approval for an E-2 visa for a national of the United Kingdom at the U.S. Consulate in London. The single investor started a consulting company providing a full-range of risk and IT services, specializing in project management,…
Scott Legal, P.C. just had an approval for an E-2 visa for a national of the United Kingdom at the U.S. Consulate in London. The single investor started a consultancy company focused on assisting new and growing companies with human resources services,…
Scott Legal, P.C. just had an approval for an E-2 visa for a national from Mexico. The technology start-up was a new business venture that has already received significant amount of financing. The company is located in Silicon valley and…
According to a recent United Nations report, global migration increased by 41% since 2000, reaching 244 million in 2015, with 20 million of those refugees fleeing countries experiencing civil strife, such as Syria and Central America. The United States took in…
Nos complace anunciar que Manuel A. Guevara, J.D. se unirá a Scott Legal, P.C. como un asociado en nuestra oficina de Nueva York el 08 de Febrero de el 2016. El Sr. Guevara se centrará principalmente en los derechos de…
We are pleased to announce that Manuel A. Guevara, J.D. will join Scott Legal P.C. as a full-time associate in our New York office on February 8th, 2016. Mr. Guevara will focus primarily on business law and investor visas and…
Cada año, después de que el Congreso pasa la resolución del presupuesto, debe pasar leyes que distribuyan este dinero a los distintos programas del gobierno. Esto se hace mediante 12 distintos proyectos de ley de apropiación, cada una generada por…
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