On Friday, the House of Representatives passed the Community Safety and Security Act which addressed the federal definition of a “crime of violence” under immigration law which would prompt the…
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We just had an E-2 investor visa approval at the U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez for a renewal application. The investor has been running a mailbox franchise in the U.S. for…
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We just had an E-2 employee visa approval at the U.S. Consulate in Paris. The company is an upscale French fine dining restaurant and the applicant will be the restaurant manager…
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For business owners and entrepreneurs interested in expanding their business in the U.S. market, one important question is which U.S. visa is right for them. If available, the E-2 visa…
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The Trump administration announced a new rule on Thursday that would allow immigrant children waiting for court dates to be detained in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities indefinitely. After…
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District Judge Andrew Hanen denied the State of Texas and nine other States' request to halt the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. On September 5, 2017, the Trump Administration…
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Scott Legal just had an I-526 approval for a Chinese national. The approval was for a regional center project and the petition was approved without an RFE. The approval timing…
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We just had an E-2 investor visa approval at the U.S. Consulate in Bern. The applicant was granted the visa for 4 years and the business is a construction, renovation and…
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The Department of Homeland Security have announced that starting from September 30, 2018, the Form I-907 premium processing fee will increase from the current $1225 to $1410. Premium processing is…
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USCIS has extended and expanded the suspension of premium processing for certain H-1B cases. This suspension affects Fiscal Year 2019 pending cap cases and, starting from September 11, 2018, most…
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Scott Legal just had an approval of a marriage based green card for an applicant from Canada. The applicant used other counsel prior to coming to us and received an…
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We just had an E-2 investor approval at the U.S. Consulate in London. The applicant was granted the visa for 5 years and the business is a photography and event planning…
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We just had an E-2 Investor visa approval at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto. The applicant was renewing the E-2 visa and was granted a renewal for 5 years. The business is…
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The Department of Homeland Security has announced that current Somalia Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries will have until October 26, 2018 to re-register in order to maintain status through the…
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The Department of Homeland Security has notified the courts that the draft rule to rescind H-4 work authorization, one that was supposed to be announced by February, then postponed to…
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We just had an E-2 investor visa approval at the U.S. Consulate in Israel. The applicant purchased an online marketing company and the total investment was upwards of $100,000. Although…
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In May 2018, USCIS quietly changed the rules for offsite STEM OPT workplace placement on its website that disallowed STEM OPT students from being placed with a third party. For…
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The Department of Homeland Security has announced that current Yemen Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries will have until October 15, 2018 to re-register in order to maintain status through the…
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As reported on June 6, 2018, the Trump administration will publish a regulation that will seek to bar a number of legal immigrants from applying for lawful permanent residence or…
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On Wednesday August 1, 2018, President Trump signed into law S. 2245, the Knowledgeable Innovators and Worthy Investors Act (KIWI Act), thereby granting E-1 and E-2 visa status to certain…
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Scott Legal, P.C. just had an H-1B visa approval for an Operations Manager of a Commercial Bank for a national of India. The applicant was granted status for 3 years, and the application…
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We just had an O-1B petition approval at the Vermont Service Center for a period of 3 years. The applicant will join a large company and is an Art Director/Brand Designer and a…
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On May 18, 2018, USCIS issued a policy memorandum announcing that it will radically revise how unlawful presence is accrued for students and exchange visitors who fail to maintain their…
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USCIS have finished returning unselected H-1B petitions that were not selected in the FY2019 cap lottery. Employers should receive petition packages and fee checks by August 13, 2018. This year,…
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Announced in the September Visa Bulletin, Employment-Based Immigration: Second Preference (EB-2) visa have retrogressed for all countries except India to January 1, 2013, India has retrogressed to January 1, 2007.…
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