Feburary 28, 2022
January 21, 2022, the Departments of State and Homeland Security announced new actions to advance predictability and clarity for pathways for international STEM scholars, students, researchers, and experts to contribute to innovation and job creation efforts across America in...
October 28, 2021
The application of the requirement for a "substantial" investment can vary widely between consular officers and United States Immigration Service (USCIS) immigration officers. The regulations do not impose a minimum investment, but it is important to note that the amount of the investment must be...
Read More...July 20, 2020
“Extraordinary ability” applies to the sciences, education, business or athletics. It requires sustained national or international acclaim in the field of endeavor and comparable evidence is allowed. You should still be at the top of your field when you apply. “Distinction” is the requirement for an O 1 visa classification in the Arts...
Read More...March 22, 2018
You have grown your business in your home country and have found the challenge of expanding abroad to be quite tempting. Perhaps you visited the U.S. on a tourist visa and realized that your business would do well in its vast and diverse market? Otherwise, you might potentially already have...
Read More...November 27, 2017
One of the most common changes of status that clients request is to change status from B-1/B-2 Business/Tourist to F-1 student. To change status from B-1/B-2 to F-1, the underlying B-2 status must remain valid until the 30 days immediately before the program start date indicated on the form I-20....
Read More...May 2, 2017
E-2 visa qualifications for dual nationals, and dual nationality seekers Do you have European or Japanese citizenship? Do you have $75,000? You may be able to qualify for an E-2 visa. The E-2 visa is a popular investor visa that permits a foreigner to buy or create or invest in business in the United States, and to thereafter reside in the United States and work...
Read More...October 13, 2016
As a highly specialized individual in sciences, education, business, athletics, motion pictures or another type of artist, you might consider an O-1 visa “for people with extraordinary ability or achievement” to come into the United States. Although most of the O-1 visa petitions are file by traditional employers (when the person is to perform only one specific job ...
Read More...July 7, 2016
The E2 employee visa allows a person who will be in an executive or managerial position and/or who has specific skills to come to the U.S. for the purpose of working for the considered business. This business has to either be owned and run by an E2 investor visa holder or to fulfill the E2 visa requirements. In both cases, you have to...
Read More...June 1, 2016
Very few visas which will allow your spouse to obtain a work authorization. The main category of visas which allow the spouse of the main visa holder to get a work authorization are the investors visas. Whether you are considering an essential employee visa (E2 treaty investor or E1 treaty trader)...
Read More...March 4, 2016
When we talk about investment visa, people usually think about either buying an existing business, or creating a new one. But there is also an option that is somewhat in between, the franchise. A franchise is the right or license granted by a company to market its products or services in a specific territory.
Read More...March 4, 2016
The L-1 Visa is given to “intracompany transferees” of high profile. This visa aims at facilitating the admission of multinational corporate executives and managers, or persons with specialized knowledge. And, a false common idea about this visa is that it’s reserved for profitable company: that is not true! The benefit of this visa is not limited to for-profit...
Read More..February 29, 2016
April 1st is quickly approaching, and given the limited quotas of the H1B work visa, it is imperative for H1B work visa applications to be ready to file by that date. With that in mind, is it time for you to contact our office in order to prepare your application? Have you found a potential employer yet? Confused about the process, or the benefits of an H1B work visa?...
Read More...December 7, 2015
The E-2 Visa procedure is consular, which means that the intending E-2 investor will have to defend his or her application with an officer of an US Consulate or Embassy. The file has to be put in a certain order, demonstrate certain points, and be supported by specific documentation. Although the processes for submission of E-2 Visa applications are changing in certain ...
Read More...June 6, 2015
Foreign nationals who have achieved national or international acclaim for achievements in certain fields are eligible for a special non immigrant visa classified as the O-1 visa. This will allow the applicant to travel to the U.S. to temporarily work in the field of extraordinary ability. The visa is not just for the talented but for the truly exceptional,..
Read More...April 1, 2014
H-1B holders are not trapped at their sponsor-employer, nor are non-sponsor employers completely barred from hiring H-1Bs. Thanks to the portability provision provided by the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act, foreign workers may take their H-1B status with them should they choose to work for a new employer...
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