If you are in the United States on an E-2 visa and notice the expiration date on your visa stamp is approaching, you might worry about your legal status. The…
If you’re considering applying for or currently hold an E-2 visa, a common question is whether there’s a maximum time limit for maintaining this status in the United States. The…
Certain U.S. work visas allow for a 240-day extension of work authorization while the extension is pending if the extension is filed by the same employer.
You should remember what date you requested in your extension of status application as you will have to leave or file another petition before this date.
When the Form I-797A contains two validity periods, it is important to understand which applies to work authorization versus the period of authorized stay.
If you were in the U.S. on a non-immigrant visa and you remained in the U.S. beyond the period of authorized stay (you overstayed your I-94 ), your non-immigrant visa…
What is I-94 form? I-94 is a form that is issued to aliens that come to the U.S. (except green card holders) and that governs their lawful stay in the…
In certain situations, people who are entering the U.S. are referred to a deferred inspection. This usually happen if a CBP officer cannot make an immediate decision due to a…
The E-3 visa is a non-immigrant visa that permits a company to hire workers in specialty occupations. The visa is available to nationals from Australia only and is very similar…
When you enter the U.S. on a visa, your I-94 date governs the amount of time that you are permitted to stay in the U.S. Normally, when status is about…
At the moment, USCIS is not offering flexibility to nonimmigrant who are unable to depart the U.S. because of the COVID outbreak. Foreign nationals who are soon out of status…
The Visa Waiver Program or ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) is a program that allows citizens from certain countries (38 countries) to apply for admission to the U.S. using…
For national security reasons, airlines routinely transmit passenger information to Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) whenever a plane ticket is purchased. This is done at the purchase stage to give…
What is an I-94? The I-94 is the Arrival/Departure Record Card that the United States government uses to keep track of the arrivals and departures of foreign nationals. The only…