The holder of a conditional green card should be careful to limit their aggregate travel outside the U.S. in any twelve-month period.
Khadija DerrickNovember 7, 2022
The permanent bar is one of the harsher punishments under immigration law created to punish certain noncitizens that have been present in the United States without lawful status.
Khadija DerrickNovember 4, 2022
Scott Legal is happy to announce that we just received an E-2 visa approval at the consulate in Prague.
Khadija DerrickNovember 4, 2022
The immigration law established a process for noncitizens present in the United States since January 1, 1972, to apply for Legal Permanent Resident Status also known as a Green Card.
Khadija DerrickNovember 4, 2022
This interim rule was published on March 31, 2022 which was to go into effect 60 days later.
Khadija DerrickNovember 3, 2022
The F-1 student visa is appropriate for students who want to come to the U.S. and attend university, college, high school, elementary school, or other academic institutions.
Khadija DerrickNovember 3, 2022
In many cases where a noncitizen is applying for a green card through either a family based green card petition or employment based green card petition, the noncitizen may need to complete the application by applying for an immigrant visa…
Khadija DerrickNovember 2, 2022
Typically, interview dates for E-2 applications are offered after the DS-160 is submitted online and supporting documents are provided to the reviewing consulate.
Khadija DerrickNovember 2, 2022
If your green card was never delivered to you, you can file Form I-90 and apply for a new green card. You may or may not need to pay the USCIS filing fee for the I-90 form.
Khadija DerrickNovember 1, 2022
Scott Legal just received two green card approvals based on previous EB-5 approvals.
Khadija DerrickNovember 1, 2022
Temporary Protected Status, “TPS” has been the subject of much litigation where the prior Trump administration had attempted to end TPS designation for many countries.
Khadija DerrickNovember 1, 2022
This program was established in 2007 which allowed certain eligible U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to apply for parole for their family member in Cuba.
Khadija DerrickOctober 31, 2022
Yes, Canadian or Mexican urban planners may use the TN visa to take up employment in the United States.
Khadija DerrickOctober 31, 2022
The EB-5 category provides a green card opportunity for the entrepreneur who proves that they have made an investment of equity capital into a new commercial enterprise that will create at least ten full-time jobs.
Khadija DerrickOctober 28, 2022
If you have a valid H-1B visa, you don’t need to apply for a new one just because you changed employers in the U.S.
Khadija DerrickOctober 28, 2022
An update to the Foreign Affairs Manual clarified that E-2 dependents are eligible for E-2 visas even when the E-2 investor changed status in the U.S. and does not have a visa.
Khadija DerrickOctober 26, 2022
Immigrant visa applicants who are subject to any of the grounds of inadmissibility may overcome their inadmissibility through an I-601 or I-601A waiver upon showing extreme hardship to a qualifying relative who is a US Citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident.
Khadija DerrickOctober 25, 2022
We just had an E-2 investor visa approval at the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul.
Khadija DerrickOctober 25, 2022
Canadian nationals do not need an F-1 visa to enroll in school in the US, but they need to present an I-20, pay the SEVIS fee, and apply at the border and be admitted under F-1 status in order to…
Khadija DerrickOctober 25, 2022
Scott Legal just had an E-2 approval from the U.S. consulate in Sydney. The applicant has been approved for 5 years and is operating a coding and children’s education center.
Khadija DerrickOctober 24, 2022
VAWA is a protection offered by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service to certain noncitizen victims of battery or extreme cruelty.
Khadija DerrickOctober 21, 2022
Beneficiaries under the initial designation for Temporary Protected Status, “TPS” for Venezuela that have been residing in the United States since March 8, 2021, will be eligible to re-register or renew their TPS.
Khadija DerrickOctober 20, 2022
Scott Legal just received an E-2 visa approval at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto. The E-2 Company is based in Hawaii and runs a soccer training academy.
Khadija DerrickOctober 20, 2022
Finally, travel on Advanced Parole can have negative effects on noncitizens that hold a nonimmigrant visa where re-entry on the parole document may result in losing of the benefit and status of such a visa.
Khadija DerrickOctober 20, 2022
