If you want to temporarily visit the United States for pleasure, you should apply for a B-2 tourist visa. Please note that if you qualify for ESTA, you can come…
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The White House issued another presidential proclamation imposing travel restrictions and quarantines on travelers from Iran starting on 5 PM EST March 2, 2020 due to the coronavirus. This does…
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We just had an EB-2 national interest waiver approval for an engineer. The application was approved without an RFE and the applicant will now transition to a green card. National…
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We just had an EB-5 approval for a UK national for a petition filed with a Regional Center. The petition was filed in September of 2019 and it was approved…
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The initial registration period for the FY2020 H-1B cap will open at noon Eastern Standard Time on March 1 and run through noon EST on March 20. During this time,…
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USCIS has announced that the H-2B nonimmigrant visa quota has been reached. USCIS has conducted the lottery on February 20 and petitions that have not bee selected will be returned…
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If your child is a U.S. citizen and is 21 or older, he/she can sponsor you for a green card under the immediate relative of a U.S. citizen category. If…
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Let’s analyze the following scenario: Your employer filed an employment based petition (I-140) and you filed an Adjustment of Status application based on the approved employment-based petition. Your green card…
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The O-1 nonimmigrant visa is for individuals who show they are extraordinary in a particular field. For more information about O-1 petitions, please click here. The O-1 visa allows individuals to…
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In some cases, visas are issued for up to 10 years. For example, B-1 and B-2 visas can be issued for 10 years and E-1 and E-2 visas can be…
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The State Department is working to expedite their new public charge rules in an effort to implements the rule on February 24, the same day as the Department of State’s…
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1. What is the O-1 nonimmigrant classification? The O-1 is a nonimmigrant employment-based visa classification for a person of extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, athletics or in…
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If your green card application is pending and you need to travel outside the U.S., you have to have an Advance Parole card. There are couple things you should keep…
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On top of travel restrictions of travelers from China starting on February 2, 2020, U.S. Consulates are also delaying visa issues to foreign nationals from other countries if they have…
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The White House issued a presidential proclamation imposing travel restrictions and quarantines on travelers from China starting on February 2, 2020 due to the coronavirus. The US will temporarily bar…
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Interfiling is an administrative procedure described in the USCIS Policy Manual. It is possible for an applicant whose application is based on a particular immigration category (either family or employment…
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The O-1 nonimmigrant visa is for individuals who possesses extraordinary ability in certain fields. These people are good at what they do and have been recognized by their peers for…
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On January 27, 2020, the Supreme Court lifted a nationwide injunction blocking the new public charge rule initially slotted to take effect on October 15, 2019. Starting on February 24,…
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USCIS announced on January 29 an operational change in the EB-5 application adjudication process. Previously, USCIS adjudicated EB-5 applications in a first come first serve basis. Applications that were received…
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We just had a green card approval in New York for the spouse of a U.S. citizen. In cases where a green card is granted when the couple has been…
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Spouses of E-2 Investors or E-2 employees can apply for a Work Authorization Card (EAD card). What is the automatic 180 day extension? Aliens that are in the U.S. in…
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We just had an O-1B visa approval at the U.S. Consulate in Bridgetown, Barbados. The O-1B employee is a national of the Czech Republic and works as a Senior Designer in New York.
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Our clients often have the following questions: Can I Work for a Cannabis/Marijuana Company in the United States? Can I be Denied Citizenship Due to Working in the Cannabis/Marijuana Industry?…
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The Department of Homeland Security announced on January 9 that the U.S. and Honduras had finalized the steps on implementing an agreement that would send third country asylum seekers from…
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We just had an O-1 visa approval for a social media influencer aka branding consultant at the U.S. Consulate in London. The applicant was renewing his expired O-1 visa and…
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