Immigration Blog

EB-5/E-2 Investor Visa Checklists 5/3/19 If you have at least $900,000 to invest in a business in the United States, you and your dependents (spouse and children under 21) may potentially obtain a green card to live in the US under the EB-5 regional center investor visa program. We have been able to obtain E-2 visas for investments in businesses with startup costs as little as $15,000.

H-4 EAD Documents Checklist (Employment Authorization I765) What is Employment Authorization for H-4? H-4 Employment Authorization are work permits that have been granted to the H-4 spouses of H-1B holders. The reason for this is because most H-4 spouses of H-1B visa holders are graduates who possess high skill level.

New H1B Rules if Furloughed/Laid-off Due to Coronavirus? 4/18/20 This video clarifies and disabuses the media hype surrounding USCIS’s website update discussing options for laid off workers. The basic takeaway is that USCIS has in fact not introduced any meaningful change, but could we expect anything more from this administration?

ITServe Win Means No More Short H1B Approvals or Right to Control RFEs? 5/26/2020 ITServe is a prominent association of IT service organizations in the United States. Since 2018, ITServe filed litigation to oppose USCIS in their erratic decisions, and on March 10, 2020, ITServe had a big win in court against USCIS.

Game Changer: USCIS Losing Key IT Job Specialty Occupation Cases in Federal Court 5/26/20 Particularly as of late, USCIS has been giving harsh treatment to H1B petitions where it has applied an unduly narrow interpretation of what qualifies as a an “H-1B specialty occupation. These cases are: -Info Labs Inc., v.

USCIS Rescinds Anti-H1B Memos, Incredible News! June 17, 2020 USCIS has rescinded two of their most anti-H1B, namely the January 2010 Employer-Employee Relationship memo and the February 2018 Contracts and Itineraries Requirements memo. The memo itself can be read here: https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Laws/Memoranda/2020/PM-602-0114_ITServeMemo.pdf So, what does this mean? USCIS now says an H1B petitioner is not required to submit contracts between the petitioner and third parties.

K-3 Visa – An Endangered Species? 7/25/2022 Have you ever been to a farm? Have you seen any hens? Did you notice that hens do not have incisors or molars, basically meaning they do not have teeth. That is where the saying came from “rarer than hen’s teeth.” In the immigration world, the K-3 qualifies as the hens teeth of visas.