An E-2 visa is a great option if you want to start a business in the U.S., you have invested a substantial amount of money in the U.S. or you are in the processing of investing the money, and you plan to…
Jenny ZhanSeptember 17, 2020
If you are working for a company abroad and you are given the option to transfer to the U.S., questions may arise as to which visa option is best for you. Usually your company will have a particular visa in…
Jenny ZhanSeptember 8, 2020
An E-2 visa is available to entrepreneurs who want to start or buy a business in the U.S. You can find out more about the E-2 visa requirements by clicking here. While someone is in the U.S. on an E-2…
Jenny ZhanAugust 21, 2020
The L-1A visa permits a U.S. employer to transfer a manager or executive from a company abroad to a U.S. branch office or to a U.S. company that has a qualifying relationship with the company abroad. The L-1A also enables…
Jenny ZhanJune 15, 2020
A business plan is a standard requirement when applying for a New Office L-1 visa. These applications are adjudicated by USCIS and an adjudicator will read every word of the plan. USCIS is particularly good at using quotes from business…
Jenny ZhanJune 5, 2020
Covid-19 has changed the rules for travel, engagement and employment. Many companies have started to reduce wages and put staff on leave, and some companies have reduced hours or terminated employees. This situation can cause particular difficulties for people who are on…
Jenny ZhanMay 11, 2020
Covid-19 has changed the rules for travel, engagement and employment. Many companies have started to reduce wages and put staff on leave, and some companies have terminated employees. If your company had to terminate employment of an H-1B employee, here is a…
Jenny ZhanApril 14, 2020
Covid-19 has changed the rules for travel, engagement and employment. Many companies have started to reduce wages and put staff on leave, and some companies have terminated employees. For companies with H-1B employees that are taking the approach of decreasing…
Jenny ZhanApril 9, 2020
Covid-19 has changed the rules for travel, engagement and employment. Many companies have already started to reduce wages and put staff on leave. Some companies have terminated employees. For companies that have employees in E-3 or H-1B status, they must…
Jenny ZhanMarch 26, 2020
We just had an E-2 spousal visa approval at the U.S. Consulate in Islamabad, Pakistan. The E-2 employee visa was approved in 2019 and the E-2 employee qualified under the executive employee category. The E-2 business is based in New Jersey and is an…
Jenny ZhanMarch 10, 2020
The E-2 Investor visa is available for nationals of certain treaty countries who want to live in the U.S. to develop and direct the operations of a business. E-2 investors can either buy an existing business or start their own…
Jenny ZhanOctober 21, 2019
Ms. Lacroix received both her undergraduate and Juris Doctor degrees from Pace University and is licensed to practice law in the State of New York. After law school, Miriam was chosen to serve as a Justice Fellow in the inaugural…
Jenny ZhanOctober 18, 2019
To obtain an E-2 investor visa, an applicant must spend money in the U.S. The amount of the expenditures depends on the type of business and other factors (See more of a discussion on E-2 Investment amount requirements by clicking…
Jenny ZhanJuly 18, 2019
One way to apply for an E-2 visa if you are in the U.S. is to file an I-129 form to change status. While most applicants apply for E-2 visas at a Consulate, there are some instances where applying through…
Jenny ZhanJuly 1, 2019
The E-2 treaty investor agreement signed between the United States and Israel came into effect on May 1, 2019. Israeli nationals who are interested in investing in the United States can now apply for the E-2 visa. USCIS has also announced…
Jenny ZhanMay 3, 2019
We just had an E-2 employee visa approval at the U.S. Consulate in Paris. The applicant was granted the visa for 5 years and the business is a restaurant selling Mediterranean food. The applicant is an experienced chef and will play…
Jenny ZhanMarch 25, 2019
We just had an E-2 employee visa approval at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto. The visa was approved for 5 years for an architect. The visa was approved under the E-2 specialist category and the E-2 Specialist employee will offer…
Jenny ZhanFebruary 1, 2019
We just had an E-2 employee visa approval at the U.S. Consulate in London for an E-2 supervisory employee. The applicant will be the Head of Data Management department and the business is a Risk and IT Consulting Company. The…
Jenny ZhanJanuary 28, 2019
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 many foreign nationals who travel to the United States to…
Jenny ZhanAugust 20, 2018
We just had an E-2 employee visa approval at the U.S. Consulate in Calgary. The applicant was granted the visa for 5 years and the business is a producer of high quality leather goods. The applicant was a marketing manager…
Jenny ZhanMarch 5, 2018
Scott Legal, P.C. had an E-2 employee approval at the U.S. Consulate in London for a recruitment firm. The firm has processed both investor and employee visas for this firm in the past and the firm has also hired U.S.…
Jenny ZhanMarch 5, 2018
An L-1A 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 new office in the United States. To qualify for the L-1A visa, the applicant must…
IanScottJanuary 20, 2017
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 an office in the United States. For these visa applications there are always two…
IanScottDecember 7, 2016
An L-1A 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 new office in the United States. Opening a new office permits a foreign…
IanScottOctober 31, 2016
