If you want to temporarily visit the United States for pleasure, you should apply for a B-2 tourist visa. Please note that if you qualify for ESTA, you can come to the U.S. as a Visa Waiver Visitor. Do I…
Jenny ZhanMarch 4, 2020
We just had an EB-2 national interest waiver approval for an engineer. The application was approved without an RFE and the applicant will now transition to a green card. National Interest waiver petitions are green card petitions that show that…
Jenny ZhanMarch 2, 2020
We just had an EB-5 approval for a UK national for a petition filed with a Regional Center. The petition was filed in September of 2019 and it was approved in just over 4 months and was not subject to…
Jenny ZhanMarch 2, 2020
The initial registration period for the FY2020 H-1B cap will open at noon Eastern Standard Time on March 1 and run through noon EST on March 20. During this time, prospective petitioners and legal representatives will be able to fill…
Jenny ZhanFebruary 28, 2020
One of our clients was recently approved for a TN visa. The applicant was granted the visa as a Management Consultant based on five years of experience in a specialty related to the consulting agreement. Management Consultants are one of the…
Jenny ZhanFebruary 28, 2020
USCIS has announced that the H-2B nonimmigrant visa quota has been reached. USCIS has conducted the lottery on February 20 and petitions that have not bee selected will be returned to the companies. The H-2A program allows U.S. employers or…
Jenny ZhanFebruary 27, 2020
We just had an E-2 employee visa approval at the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw. The business provides IT consulting services. The applicant has extensive experience and will be a senior manager in the company. The visa was granted for 1…
Jenny ZhanFebruary 26, 2020
Starting this year, all prospective H-1B applicants must first be registered online on the USCIS myUSCIS website in order to be in the pool for the H-1B visa lottery. Online account creation is now available for prospective petitioners and legal…
Jenny ZhanFebruary 25, 2020
Let’s analyze the following scenario: You were in the U.S. on a post-completion OPT and found an employer willing to sponsor you for an H-1B visa. The employer filed an H-1B cap petition that got approved in July with the…
Jenny ZhanFebruary 24, 2020
An E-2 investor visa allows foreign nationals of certain countries to run a business in the United States. They must own at least 50% of the business, invest a substantial amount of their personal funds and be planning to develop…
Jenny ZhanFebruary 24, 2020
We just had an E-2 visa approval at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto. The visa was approved for a Grenadian national who had completed his masters degree and was on his STEM OPT in the U.S. The visa was approved…
Jenny ZhanFebruary 21, 2020
On February 6, 2020, a federal district judge has issued a permanent injunction to prevent USCIS from implementing the May 2018 Unlawful Presence Rule for students and exchange visitors. On May 18, 2018, USCIS issued a memorandum announcing that it…
Jenny ZhanFebruary 19, 2020
A data research scientist who is working as a software developer self-petitioned for an EB-1A and was able to obtain an approval in just 10 days. Our client’s field of expertise was highly specialized and he had made significant, original…
Jenny ZhanFebruary 17, 2020
If your child is a U.S. citizen and is 21 or older, he/she can sponsor you for a green card under the immediate relative of a U.S. citizen category. If your U.S. citizen child wants to sponsor you and your…
Jenny ZhanFebruary 17, 2020
Let’s analyze the following scenario: Your employer filed an employment based petition (I-140) and you filed an Adjustment of Status application based on the approved employment-based petition. Your green card petition is currently pending and you now married a U.S.…
Jenny ZhanFebruary 17, 2020
While most E-2 visas are filed at U.S. Consulates abroad, there are some instances where an applicant may apply for a change of status while in the U.S. For example, an applicant could enter the U.S. on B status and…
Jenny ZhanFebruary 14, 2020
The O-1 nonimmigrant visa is for individuals who show they are extraordinary in a particular field. For more information about O-1 petitions, please click here. The O-1 visa allows individuals to live and work in the United States for a temporary…
Jenny ZhanFebruary 14, 2020
In some cases, visas are issued for up to 10 years. For example, B-1 and B-2 visas can be issued for 10 years and E-1 and E-2 visas can be issued for 5 years. With these long visa durations, it…
Jenny ZhanFebruary 13, 2020
An E-2 visa has a number of requirements including investing money and hiring U.S. workers. The visa is only available to nationals from certain countries and in order to get an E-2 visa, the U.S. entity must be at least…
Jenny ZhanFebruary 13, 2020
We just received an H-1B approval from USCIS for a cap-subject H-1B. The applicant is an Engineer and has a Master’s Degree in Engineering from a U.S. University. USCIS issued a Request for Evidence in August. Scott Legal submitted a…
Jenny ZhanFebruary 12, 2020
The State Department is working to expedite their new public charge rules in an effort to implements the rule on February 24, the same day as the Department of State’s public charge rule implementation. The original public charge rules were…
Jenny ZhanFebruary 12, 2020
1. What is the O-1 nonimmigrant classification? The O-1 is a nonimmigrant employment-based visa classification for a person of extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, athletics or in the television and motion picture industry who is coming to…
Jenny ZhanFebruary 11, 2020
Scott Legal had a TN approval for a Canadian national. The applicant was granted a visa for three years (the full amount permitted for a TN visa) under the classification of graphic designer. In order to qualify for a TN…
Jenny ZhanFebruary 11, 2020
If your green card application is pending and you need to travel outside the U.S., you have to have an Advance Parole card. There are couple things you should keep in mind when entering the U.S. on your Advance Parole…
Jenny ZhanFebruary 10, 2020
