Our Blog readers and Facebook fans often inquire about other temporary work visa options other than the H-1B Visa. This article was prepared by Attorney Yingfei Zhou from our office. For individuals who possesses extraordinary ability in the field of sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics, or who has a…
Beginning today, March 4, certain immigrant visa applicants who are the spouses, children and parents of U.S. citizens (immediate relatives), and have been unlawfully present in the United States, can start applying for provisional unlawful presence waivers through a new process. The new provisional unlawful presence waiver process is for…
Written by Ekaterina Powell Our office has extensive experience working on EB-2 National Interest Waiver petitions for scientists and researchers in a variety of academic fields. Many clients come to us after their NIW petitions have already been denied as a result of their first attempts to file the petitions…
There is real optimism that in 2013 immigration reform may become a reality. But until the United States Congress finally acts, and the President signs that bill into law, no one is sure exactly what form this new legislation will take. While there is hope for comprehensive changes to U.S.…
AILA recently shared an internal email communication between ICE and other agencies. The title of the attachment in the email is: “Prospective Criminal Apprehension Initiative”. The focus of course is on criminals, but more so, the need to meet certain numbers. See the complete email report here: http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/603861-ice-documents.html Deportation numbers…
Our Blog readers often inquire regarding visa wait times and priority dates. This article will answer the top three frequent asked questions by previous clients, which are “What is the visa waiting list?”, “Why there is a preference category?” and “What is the current cut-off date for my visa category…
What a great speech tonight at the State of the Union Address. The president continued his push for Congress to act on politically volatile issues such as immigration reform. He said: Our economy is stronger when we harness the talents and ingenuity of striving, hopeful immigrants. And right now, leaders…
Many immigrants have different skills from the native-born population, and complement the skills of the U.S. labor force. Immigrants make the economy more efficient by reducing bottlenecks caused by labor shortages, both in the high-skill and low-skill area. That’s because the educational backgrounds of immigrants and native-born Americans are different.…
My office received a few concerned calls from family members of Aristotle University Students. The University is in a center of a heated media investigation into the legitimacy of this Institution to provide education and issue student visas. Questions have been raised by students for some time about this school.…
After the November 2012 presidential election in the United States, lawmakers from both political parties have shown interest in making changes to U.S. immigration laws and started taking action. Best Chance In Many Years for Immigration Overhaul Democratic President Barack Obama campaigned on immigration reform. Democrats in the U.S. Congress…