The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled on Thursday that the Trump Administration lacked the authority to eliminate the Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. On…
Scott Legal, P.C. just had an approval of an E-2 visa for a national of the U.K. at the U.S. consulate in London. The applicant runs a successful trucking business…
Scott Legal just had an approval of an E-2 visa for a restaurant that was purchased in a shopping mall. The applicant was a national from Colombia and nationals from…
Scott Legal just received an E-2 visa approval for a data analysis and management platform company based in New York. The applicant is a national from the United Kingdom.
We just had a green card approval for an EB-2 National Interest Waiver applicant. The green card was granted without an interview, as the petition was filed prior to March…
USCIS has announced plans to expand the InfoPass pilot program. InfoPass, Information Services Modernization Program, is a free online service that allows individuals to schedule an appointment with a U.S.…
USCIS and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) have announced that they are extending the joint agency pilot program for Canadian citizens seeking L-1 nonimmigrant status under the North American Free…
We just had an E-2 employee visa approval at the U.S. Consulate in Madrid. The applicant was previously granted an E-2 employee visa at the U.S. Consulate in Osaka and needed a…
We just had an E-2 investor visa approval at the U.S. Consulate in Sydney. The applicant was renewing the E-2 visa and the business provides financial management services to small businesses and individuals. The…
In the coming days, a revised Labor Condition Application (LCA) will be published in the Federal Register that will require employers to name the end-client or vendor for H-1B, H-1B1,…
In response to the temporary preliminary injunction issued against the termination of temporary protected status (TPS) for El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Sudan nationals issued last month by Judge Edward…
Michaela Vrazdova graduated from the Faculty of Law at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic in September 2016. While studying at Charles University, Ms. Vrazdova interned at the Organization for…
We just had an H-1B employee visa approval at the U.S. Consulate in Shanghai for an Accountant. The applicant has a Master's degree from a U.S. University and was granted the…
As of October 17, 2018, Canada became the second country in the world to legalize recreational marijuana use and certain commercial activities. Despite the fact that cannabis is also legal…
USCIS released an updated policy manual regarding the Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record. USCIS officers use Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record, to…
Ian E. Scott recently lectured at Harvard Law School to the Immigration Law School class. The lecture focused on business immigration and covered visa topics such as H-1B, E-2, EB-5,…
Scott Legal, P.C. just had a TN approval at Pearson International Airport for a Canadian lawyer under the category of lawyer. The visa was approved for 3 years for a…
Scott legal was able to attend the fall American Immigration Lawyer Association Conference in London England in October. The conference covered a number of immigration topics as well as data…
Scott Legal, P.C. just had an H-1B approval for a market analyst. The approval was based on the April H-1B season and the petition was approved for 3 years. H-1B…
Scott Legal, P.C. had another approval for an E-2 visa at the U.S. Consulate in Helsinki. The approval was for an advertising business. The visa was granted to a national…
USCIS has updated a policy guidance clarifying the “married” and “living in marital union” requirements for applicants filing for spousal naturalization. In short, the applicant and his or her U.S.…
In the newly released 2018 visa bulletin, EB-2 and EB-3 visas have remained at the dates set in last month’s visa bulletin, after it was restored to current in October…
Scott Legal, P.C. just had an E-2 visa approval for a hair salon that will open in Naples Florida. The approval was at the U.S. Consulate in Helsinki, Finland and…
U.S. Federal Judge Willian Orrick has blocked the Trump Administration from placing conditions on public safety grants to “sanctuary cities”. Sanctuary cities refers to municipal jurisdictions that limit their cooperation…