U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that lawful permanent residents now have the option to receive their temporary evidence of status by mail rather than having to physically visit a…
The Biden administration recently announced that it will be reviewing the cases of Ukrainians who fled Ukraine right after the war started in 2022, but who entered before April of…
The U.S. Consulate in Toronto has just approved an E-2 investor visa application for our client. The applicant, a national of Canada, will co-own and operate a private school in…
No, you should not submit Wikipedia as evidence of facts impacting your eligibility for an immigration benefit, because USCIS will not assign weight to information from Wikipedia, due to its…
The U.S. government now requires that those applying for an E-1 or E-2 visa who received treaty country citizenship through investment must be domiciled in the treaty country for at…
Challenges of applying for a change of status to F1 include long delays, inability to start classes before change of status is approved, pre-conceived intent issues, and proving ties to…
In limited situations, a newborn child abroad to a US green card holder (LPR) may obtain LPR status by accompanying the parent in their return to the US. In most…
To sponsor a foreign nanny for a green card, a US individual employer can obtain a labor certification and file the I-140, EB-3 Petition for Immigrant Worker on behalf of…
We just had an E-2 change of status visa petition approved by USCIS. The investor is from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the E-2 company is based in…
Nurses and physical therapist qualify as Schedule A occupations which are exempt from the recruitment procedures of the labor certification process, which fast-tracks the employer sponsored green card.
We just had an E-2 approval with U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services. The applicant was renewing the E-2 status and was granted another two years to develop and direct her…
Different standards are used to define extraordinary ability, and required evidence for O1B classification as compared to EB1A requirements. This post overviews five tips to successfully navigate this transition.
The O-2 visa allows essential supporting personnel who works with an O-1 artist or athlete to come to the U.S. to work alongside the O-1B artist or O-1A athlete in…