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…
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An E-2 visa is approved based on the specific business and documents that are presented to a Consulate or USCIS. This documentation normally includes a Business plan that describes the…
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An E-2 visas allow applicants to live and work in the U.S. based on either starting or buying a U.S. business. The E-2 visa is based on Treaties between the…
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If you are applying for an E-2 investor or an E-2 employee visa, your spouse may apply for an E-2 spousal visa. Please note that your spouse does not have…
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The TN visa is available to Mexican and Canadian nationals who are coming to the U.S. to engage in business at a professional level. For purposes of the TN visa,…
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Interfiling is an administrative procedure described in the USCIS Policy Manual. It is possible for an applicant whose application is based on a particular immigration category (either family or employment…
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On January 9, 2020, USCIS formally announced details of the new H-1B cap registration process for FY 2021. The H-1B visa is a nonimmigrant visa suitable for individuals who have…
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The O-1 nonimmigrant visa is for individuals who possesses extraordinary ability in certain fields. These people are good at what they do and have been recognized by their peers for…
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An E-2 visa can be obtained by nationals from certain countries if they buy or start a business. You can find out more about an E-2 visa by clicking here. …
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USCIS announced on January 29 an operational change in the EB-5 application adjudication process. Previously, USCIS adjudicated EB-5 applications in a first come first serve basis. Applications that were received…
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If you are outside of the United States, you must apply for an E-2 visa at a U.S. Consulate. The application is normally done at the U.S. Consulate in the…
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Spouses of E-2 Investors or E-2 employees can apply for a Work Authorization Card (EAD card). What is the automatic 180 day extension? Aliens that are in the U.S. in…
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The State Department issued a new regulation that prohibits pregnant foreign nationals from obtaining a B-1/B-2 visitor visa if the consular officer determines that the primary purpose of the trip…
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USCIS has announced today that nationals of Iran and their dependents are no longer eligible to change or extend their stay in E-1 or E-2 status due to the termination…
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Scott Legal, P.C. has started a new E-2 and E-1 visa support page! The first E-2 visa petition that the firm ever filed was for the founder and as such…
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Many investors that are in the U.S on an E-2 visa may have the opportunity to apply for a green card. For example, let us say that the spouse of…
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If you are applying for a visa or a green card and you were convicted of (or you admitted to commission of) a crime involving moral turpitude, you are deemed…
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The Department of Homeland Security announced on January 9 that the U.S. and Honduras had finalized the steps on implementing an agreement that would send third country asylum seekers from…
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There are a number of steps associated with obtaining an E-2 visa. This document summarizes the various steps as they relate to the E-2 visa requirements. You can find out…
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On Thursday, USCIS has formally announced details of the H-1B cap registration process for FY 2021. Starting next year, employers will have to register each individual foreign national they would…
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