We just had an approval of an O-1 visa at the U.S. Consulate in Kuala Lumpur that one of our Scott Legal lawyers worked on. The client was well-prepared for…
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We just had a TN approval for a software engineer who will be joining a startup company based in California in the role of Director of Technology. The client applied…
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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…
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One common question that comes up in relation to the O-1 visa is whether an applicant needs a job offer commanding a high salary, or in a case where the…
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Scott Legal, P.C. just had a B-1 visa approval for a Canadian national. The applicant prepared his own TN petition that was denied and came to our firm to apply…
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One of our Scott Legal lawyers received an approval on an O-1 petition that he recently worked on. Despite the client's extensive experience and qualifications in the motion picture and…
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One of our Scott Legal lawyers just had an approval on an O-1 petition that he recently worked on. After a thorough preparation of the petition to ensure filing the…
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We just had an H-1B approval with U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services for an accountant position with a company based in New York.
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Scott Legal, P.C. just had an approval of an E-3 visa at the U.S. Consulate in Barbados. An E-3 visa is a visa that is similar to an H-1B visa…
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On June 28, 2019, the new EB-5 rule has been cleared by the Office of Management and Budget’s review. The rule was originally sent to the OMB in February 2019.…
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When the U.S. citizen is living in the U.S. and the beneficiary (the person the U.S. Citizen will marry) is outside the U.S., the U.S. citizen can file an application…
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We just had an B-1 visa approval in Melbourne, Australia. The applicant was granted a B-1 business visitor visa in order to come to the United States to investigate E-2 investment…
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We just had a fiancée visa approval with USCIS. When the U.S. citizen is living in the U.S. and the beneficiary (the person the U.S. Citizen will marry) is outside the…
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The State Department announced on June 13, 2019 that, due to high demand, a cutoff date of May 1, 2017 will be applied for Indian EB-5 applications. Every year, Congress…
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Scott Legal, P.C. just had an approval for a TN visa for a Canadian national. The applied by crossing the U.S. border and paying a $50 fee. You can find…
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USCIS has released data for the first half of fiscal year 2019 confirming that denial and RFE rates have continued to increase for nonimmigrant visa applications such as the H-1B,…
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USCIS announced that starting on June 10, 2019, it will accept premium processing requests for all remaining FY 2020 H-1B Cap cases. Premium processing costs $1410 and guarantees that USCIS will take…
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The U.S. Embassy in New Zealand announced that starting on June 10, 2019, eligible New Zealand companies and nationals will be able to apply for the E-1 Treaty Trader and…
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We just had an E-3 visa approval at the U.S. Embassy in London for an Executive of a media company. The applicant was applying for a replacement E-3 visa due to…
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The Department of Homeland Security have submitted a proposal to charge an unknown amount of fee for companies registering foreign nationals for the upcoming H-1B cap online registration system. Starting…
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USCIS have announced today that it has began to accelerate USCIS’ transition into a digital business model. Starting today, Form I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status can now be filed…
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We just received an H-1B approval from USCIS for a cap-subject H-1B. The applicant is a Nanotechnology Engineer and has a Master's Degree from a U.S. University. The employer is…
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USCIS has announced on May 17, 2019 that is has completed all data entry for fiscal year 2020 H-1B cap-subject lottery selection. USCIS has also announced that this year, they…
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A Presidential Memorandum was released on April 22 directing the Departments of State and Homeland Security to recommend ways to reduce the number of visitor visa and visa waiver program…
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We just had an E-3 employee visa approval at the U.S. Consulate in Vancouver. The applicant was granted the visa for 2 years and the business is an aerospace consulting…
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