If you are in H-1B status, and you can manage to fit in classes with your current schedule, it is fine to also study in the United States. Your H-1B…
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Immigration has announced plans to begin issuing green cards (“Permanent Resident Card”) and work permits (“Employment Authorization Document”) that have a new design starting on May 1st, although you may…
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Scott Legal just had an O-1 Visa Approved for Photography Re-finisher. The petition was filed with USCIS and the visa was approved for 3 years.
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Scott Legal, P.C. was able to obtain an E-2 visa approval for a franchise. The business was a Firehouse subs franchise and the visa was approved for 5 years. The…
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The E-2 visa can be granted to certain foreign nationals who want to invest in and start a business in the US that would hire US workers. For most applications,…
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Immigration petitions can be filed either at a Consulate or United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”). While the petition or form will be in English, supporting documentation is often…
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The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that permits a company to hire workers in specialty occupations. This visa category requires that the beneficiary (the foreign worker) have a Bachelor’s…
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Can I travel while my extension of status is pending? Yes, if you have an extension application pending, it is possible to travel without abandoning the application. This is different…
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Scott Legal, P.C., just had a non cap H-1B approval from USCIS. The approval was the last premium processing petition that we filed prior to the suspension of premium processing.
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We just had an E-2 visa approval for a national from Finland. The applicant was renewing his E-2 visa and the visa was granted for the maximum amount of time. …
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We just had a client that obtained her green card after being in deportation proceedings! The client had an order of deportation that we were able to get cancelled and…
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We just had an E-2 visa approval though USCIS. The applicant applied for a change of status from an F visa to an E-2 visa.
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During election campaign, Donald Trump was a vocal critic of the H-1B system claiming that the visa program stole jobs from American workers. As the H-1B program (like many immigration…
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What is an L-1 visa? An L-1 visa is a great visa for an employee or owner of a company abroad who wants to transfer to a U.S. office or open a…
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USCIS has issued a new policy that takes hard aim at computer related technology jobs. The crux of the policy memo is that computer programmer jobs are not presumed to…
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Scott Legal, P.C. just had an approval for an O-1 Visa for a business professional that specialized in the Insurance Industry. The applicant was a national from Italy who is…
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USCIS has announced that the H-1B cap was reached even before the Friday April 7th deadline. As such, the government will reject any cap subject petitions received after April. 7th. …
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Scott Legal, P.C. just had E-2 Employee Visa Approval at Consulate in Dublin Ireland. The company was a recruitment firm in the U.S..
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We are pleased to announce that Nathaniel Howard, Esq. will join Scott Legal, P.C. on April 10, 2017 as an immigration associate in our New York office. Mr. Howard has…
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An E-2 visa is a visa that can be issued to nationals of certain countries who want to start a business in the U.S. that will ultimately hire U.S. workers. …
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Will DACA become obsolete under President Trump? Amid recent immigration raids as well as arrests and detention of individuals paroled under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), immigrants and…
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The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that permits a company to hire workers in specialty occupations. To be eligible for an H-1B visa, you must have a job offer…
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We have developed a power point presentation on the key business immigration visas that a company can consider. We have conducted this presentation with many of our clients and thought…
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We just had an approval for a renewal application at the U.S. consulate in Toronto. The client was a law firm and the application was renewed for 5 years.
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We just had an E-2 Visa approval for an employee in Tokyo Japan. The approval was for an E2 employee visa for an aerospace consulting company.
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