The Department of Homeland Security has extended and redesignated Syria for Temporary Protected Status for 18 months, from October 1, 2022 to March 31, 2024.
Contrary to popular belief, once you receive your green card through employer sponsorship, there is no minimum length of time you are required to work for your sponsoring employer.
Scott Legal, P.C. just had an F-1 change of status petition approved by USCIS. The applicant, a national of Honduras, was in the U.S. on a B-1 domestic worker visa and desired to change status in order to attend school…
As a response to the ongoing COVID pandemic, USCIS has announced that it will make the COVID-era signature policy permanent. Prior to COVID, all USCIS form signatures required a “wet signature”.
USCIS sometimes approves change of status petitions for one day only, and the reason is that the adjudication took longer than the maximum period the status could be requested for.
If you are adjusting your status under certain employment based green card categories and you committed certain immigration violations, you may still be able to adjust your status if you fall under the 245(k) exception.
If you are adjusting your status under certain employment based green card categories and you committed certain immigration violations, you may still be able to adjust your status if you fall under the 245(k) exception.
You cannot apply for an EAD independently; it is always tied to a specific non-immigrant status. An EAD also does not give the ability to travel and is not a visa.
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service, “USCIS” announced that it will make effect effective the final Public Charge Rule on December 23, 2022.
We had previously reported on a Texas U.S. District Court order vacating the detailed guidance on prosecutorial discretion issued in late 2021 by DHS secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
DACA recipients may be eligible for an H1B if they have a job offer, bachelor’s degree, entered the U.S. legally and have not accrued more than 6 months of unlawful presence.
We just had an E-2 approval from the U.S. consulate in Peru. The applicant is a dual national of Peru and Argentina, where his Argentinian nationality made him eligible for an E2 Visa.
Scott Legal is happy to announce that we just received an E-2 visa approval at the consulate in Toronto. The application was approved just over two months after being submitted to the consulate.
Filing an I-140 alone does not allow an applicant to stay beyond expiry of their status in the US. Filing an adjustment-of-status (I-485) before the expiry of their current status will allow an applicant to stay in the US while…
Scott Legal is happy to announce that we just received an E-2 visa approval at the consulate in Toronto. The company is a film production company based in the State of California.
An overview of the green card test and substantial presence test, the two tests the IRS uses to determine whether a foreign national is a resident or nonresident alien for U.S. tax purposes.
F-1 visa is a great visa option for students who want to come to the U.S. and attend university or college. You should always maintain your F-1 status while you are in the U.S., but in case you briefly fell…
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