We just had a K-1 visa approved at the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok. K-1 visas can be granted to fiancé(e)s of U.S. Citizens. Once a person enters the U.S. on the K-1 visa, they have 90 days in which to marry…
Jenny ZhanSeptember 18, 2019
The Department of Homeland Security’s proposal to terminate the H-4 employment authorization program is still under review with the Office of Management and Budget. DHS sent the proposed rule to the OMB for review in February. Typically, proposed rules clear…
Jenny ZhanSeptember 11, 2019
Scott Legal, P.C. just had a TN visa approval for a Mexican national under the category of Lawyer at the U.S. Consulate in Mexico City. A TN visa is a visa available to Canadian and Mexican nationals for certain professions. …
Jenny ZhanSeptember 10, 2019
Scott Legal, P.C. just had a green card approval for a petition based on marriage. The applicant completed the adjustment of status interview and the green card was approved a few days after the interview. A marriage based green card…
Jenny ZhanSeptember 10, 2019
One of our Scott Legal lawyers received an approval on an O-1 petition that he recently worked on. The client was an architectural and interior designer who was being petitioned by a leading hospitality design firm and was in the…
Jenny ZhanSeptember 6, 2019
The U Nonimmigrant status, also known as U visa, is designed to encourage immigrant community members to report crimes to law enforcement. The U visa allows qualifying applicants and, in some cases, some of their family members, to gain protection…
Jenny ZhanSeptember 6, 2019
USCIS announced a proposed regulation to change the process for granting or denying an initial application for employment authorization documents (EADs) by reforming the current 30-day timeline pertaining to pending asylum applicants. Under the new provisions, USCIS will no longer…
Jenny ZhanSeptember 6, 2019
Scott Legal just had an E-2 investor visa approval at the U.S. Embassy in London, England. The applicant will operate a frozen yogurt shop while also providing IT services. The visa was approved for 5 years. Click on the…
Jenny ZhanSeptember 6, 2019
We just had an E-2 visa at the U.S. Consulate in Tallinn for an Estonian national. The business is a real estate development company and is based in New Hampshire. Estonian nationals can be granted an E-2 visa for 5…
Jenny ZhanSeptember 6, 2019
The Department of Homeland Security proposed a new rule to collect five years of social media history from applicants of certain immigration benefits, including the following applications: ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) and Form I-94W, Nonimmigrant Visa Waiver Arrival/Departure Record for Visa Waiver Program…
Jenny ZhanSeptember 5, 2019
Today, the Department of Homeland Security has announced a proposed rule that will require employers seeking to file H-1B cap-subject petitioners to pay a fee of $10 for each electronic registration submitted to USCIS. In the new proposed system, which…
Jenny ZhanSeptember 3, 2019
The U Nonimmigrant status, also known as U visa, as designed to encourage immigrant community members to report crimes to law enforcement. Immigrant individuals, particularly those undocumented, are often reluctant to report crimes to the police or court out of…
Jenny ZhanSeptember 3, 2019
The U Nonimmigrant status, also known as U visa, is designed to encourage immigrant community members to report crimes to law enforcement. The U visa allows qualifying applicants and, in some cases, some of their family members, to gain protection…
Jenny ZhanSeptember 3, 2019
The U Nonimmigrant status, also known as U visa, is designed to encourage immigrant community members to report crimes to law enforcement. Immigrants are often reluctant to report crimes to the authorities out of fear, this is particularly true for…
Jenny ZhanAugust 30, 2019
The O-1 nonimmigrant visa is for individuals who possesses extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics, or who have a demonstrated record of extraordinary achievement in the motion picture or television industry and has been recognized nationally…
Jenny ZhanAugust 30, 2019
We are looking for a person with 2+ years of immigration paralegal experience to assist busy attorneys and our legal research analyst. The Immigration paralegal will primarily be involved in assisting with the preparation and submission of employment-based nonimmigrant visa…
Jenny ZhanAugust 29, 2019
We just had an E-2 investor visa approval at the U.S. Embassy in Bishkek. The applicant is the CEO of a real estate development company and was renewing the E-2 visa. Nationals of Kyrgyzstan can be granted E-2 visas for…
Jenny ZhanAugust 28, 2019
If you are a U.S. citizen and your child was born outside the U.S., your child may acquire U.S. citizenship at birth. However, simply being born to a U.S. citizen parent is not enough for the child to get the…
Jenny ZhanAugust 28, 2019
The Trump Administration issued a proposed rule last week that will overturn the current Flores Settlement. The proposed rule would allow immigration children waiting for court dates to be detained in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities indefinitely. The Flores…
Jenny ZhanAugust 27, 2019
Scott Legal, P.C. just had a TN visa approval for a Canadian national under the category of Economist. The visa was approved for 3 years. A TN visa is a visa available to Canadian and Mexican nationals for certain professions. …
Jenny ZhanAugust 27, 2019
We just had an B-2 extension of status application approved with U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services. The applicant was granted a six month extension of B-2 status. Cohabitating partners and extended family members of people on temporary work visas may qualify for…
Jenny ZhanAugust 23, 2019
We just had an H-1B approval with U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services for a software developer at a consumer goods company. The employee changed from H-4 status to H-1B status and will work in New York. Click on the buttons…
Jenny ZhanAugust 23, 2019
Scott Legal attorneys Ian Scott, Kelly Weiner, and Michaela Vrazdova will attend the 9th Biennial Global immigration Conference in London, England on October 1, 2019. This is a three day event hosted by the International Bar Association and the Nationality Law Committee. The…
Jenny ZhanAugust 21, 2019
One of our Scott Legal lawyers received an approval on an O-1 petition that he recently worked on. The client was a talented digital and graphic designer who held considerable experience and had worked on numerous design projects for a…
Jenny ZhanAugust 21, 2019
