If you are in the U.S. on a visa, you are only permitted to engage in activities consistent with that visa. We often think of visas as containing a bundle…
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No. The Immigration and Nationality Act explicitly states that the biological parent and any prior adoptive parent of a U.S. citizen receives no rights, privileges, or status for immigration purposes…
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Many that are on an E-2 visa ask the questions: How do I Convert my E-2 visa to a Green Card? What is the EB-5 Direct Program? An E-2 visa…
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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 foreign worker have at least a…
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What is a Public Access File? H-1B visa is a highly regulated visa and an H-1B employer has a lot of obligations he/she has to comply with. One of such…
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We just had a National Interest Exception Application approved at the U.S. Consulate in Amsterdam for a B-1 business visitor who is a national of Netherlands. It took the Consulate…
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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 degree, and…
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In short, TN applicants who received a degree from an educational institution not located in Canada, Mexico, or the United States must provide an evaluation of their foreign educational credentials.…
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When the government has unreasonably delayed a decision on an immigration petition, one option to force the government to act is to sue. The specific name for this legal action…
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The initial registration period for the FY2022 H-1B cap will open at noon Eastern Standard Time on March 9 and run through noon EST on March 25. During this time,…
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In 2017, a new court decision (Matter of Dhanasar), changed the standard for the National Interest Waiver (NIW) which made this category much more approvable for entrepreneurs. An NIW is a…
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Example: Your spouse was granted an E-2 visa/E-2 status and you are currently in the U.S. on an E-2 spouse status. You want to start looking for a job in…
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The L-1A visa allows companies abroad that have qualifying relationships with U.S. companies to transfer employees to the U.S. For the L-1A, the employees must be coming to the U.S.…
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If you recently submitted a non-immigrant visa application to a U.S. Consulate abroad (e.g. an E-2 investor application), you may be wondering when your visa interview will be scheduled. Unfortunately,…
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Every time you receive an I-797 Receipt Notice or Approval notice from USCIS, it is every important that you check that all information on the Notice looks correct. If you…
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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 degree, and…
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Holding an A-1 diplomatic visa -- or any diplomatic visa -- does not, alone, prove diplomatic immunity. Whether a diplomat to the United States has diplomatic immunity can not only…
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We just had an H-1B Approval with U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services. The H-1B petition was originally filed as Consular Processing and due to Covid-19 pandemic & Presidential proclamation 10052,…
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Overview of EB-5 Direct Investment Program The EB-5 Investment Immigration program allows a petitioner who has invested $800,000 into a Targeted Employment Area (TEA) or $1,050,000 into a non-TEA area…
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An L-1 visa is a great option when a foreign company wants to transfer an employee working for abroad to a U.S. office. These are the four main requirements to…
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It is not unusual that during the validity period of Labor Condition Application (LCA) (which can be issued for up to 3 years), the H-1B employee’s place of employment changes.…
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We just had an H-1B approval with U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services. The applicant is in the U.S. on an H-1B and changed employers. The company is an architecture firm…
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President Biden took office on January 20 to the relief of many immigrants and non-immigrants in the U.S. On his first day, he signed 17 Executive Orders, many of which…
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We just had a National Interest Exception Application approved at the U.S. Consulate in Belgium for a B-1 business visitor who is a national of Belgium. Please see more about…
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I am outside the U.S. and planning to enter. For how long must my passport be valid? In general, for admission to the U.S., the nonimmigrant must present a passport…
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