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O-1 Future Engagements
If an O-1 visa is filed with an agent-petition, the petition needs to present at least 2 future engagements. One of the benefits of an …
Three O-1B (Artist Visa) Misconceptions
1. Award Truth: An award is not the only requirement. Although winning an award is part of the evidentiary criteria, it is not all …
Do You Really Need a Lawyer?
So let’s talk about the big elephant in the room. Do you really need an immigration lawyer to assist you in receiving or securing a …
5 REASONS FOR O-1 VISA RFEs (Request for Further Evidence)
1. WEAK FUTURE ENGAGEMENTS A common reason for a case to receive an RFE is because of a weak contract. A future engagement is memorialized …
Immigration Lawyer in NYC
With many types of US immigration visas, securing one has many intricacies and pathways that will spell success or failure. As the process of …
A holistic approach to understanding the various aspects of the O visa
Scientific progress and technical expansions played a key role in transforming the world in a Global Village. Geographical distance can no longer limit the ambitions …
Hand-Picked Tips to Choose a Respectable and Reputable Lawyer
There would be times when you would face tremendous challenging situations. And then, there would be times when you would have no other options left …
Qualities That Every Good Lawyer Should Possess
Hiring a lawyer is an important step when you are facing an unexpected situation in your life. It can be anything from a personal injury …
How can you choose the best women attorney?
Choosing the right women lawyer or law firm can be a solid step towards a successful project. It is important to know what you are …
Things to Know Before Applying for an O1 Visa
An O1 Visa or artist visa is for the non-immigrants who are extraordinarily exceptional in the field of arts. In addition to this, it is …
How can you choose the best immigration lawyer?
The immigration process for the US can be complicated and highly taxing. When you are stuck in this challenging process, you would want an immigration …
Workload Transfer Between Service Sites
The Service Center Operations Directorate (SCOPS) consists of five service centers which process and adjudicate certain authorized immigration applications and petitions. The five service centers are located in California, Nebraska, Potomac, Texas, and Vermont. Applications and petitions can only be received through the mail, filed online or filed with a USCIS Lockbox. On occasion, cases are transferred between service centers in an attempt to balance the workload and ensure timely processing. Recently, USCIS has transferred case work from the Vermont Service Center to the California Service Center after it experienced an excess of workload.
When To Use Comparable Evidence in EB-1A cases
There are many interpretations of “comparable evidence.” Some immigration attorneys interpret this alternative criterion to mean that it is only applicable if the profession, not the particular type of evidence, doesn’t fit into the other criteria. For documentary evidence submitted for a particular EB-1 regulatory criteria, as outlined in Policy Memorandum PM-602-0005.1, USCIS recognizes that, “In some cases, evidence relevant to one criterion may be relevant to other criteria set forth in 8 CFR 204.5(h)(3).” (PM-602-0005.1 at page 6).
What Is Employment-Based Visa Sponsorship
Employment-based visas allow a foreign national to work in the U.S. for a period of
time. This usually involves sponsorship for employment visa by U.S. employer to work
in the U.S.
WHAT DOES THE RAISE ACT ENTAIL FOR IMMIGRANTS IN AMERICA
The RAISE act is a bill that focuses on a skills based immigration system in America. RAISE stands for Reforming America’s Immigration for Strong Employment. The two republican politicians that co-sponsored were Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton and Georgia Senator David Perdue. This bill’s goal is to cut the percentage of legal immigration in the United States by 50% each year over the next 10 years by reducing the number of green cards issued. Hopefully, the bill will face opposition in congress from Democrats and some Republicans as well. This act will greatly impact the United States’ immigration system, which currently gives green cards to more than a million people a year. This bill would attempt to cut this number in half to become about 500,000 people a year.
USCIS Site Visits
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) works to deter and detect fraud in all immigration programs. The H-1B visa program helps U.S. companies recruit highly skilled foreign nationals when there is a shortage of qualified workers in the country. Since 2009, USCIS has been increasing targeted inspections and anti-fraud site visits in regards to the H-1B visa, to ensure that employers and foreign workers are complying with the requirements of the H-1B nonimmigrant classification. These compliance review site visits are conducted to review foreign national employees specifically to ensure that the employer is complying with claims made in the I-129 petition, and specifically that they are authorized to work in their current positions.
USCIS Increases Premium Processing Fee
Effective October 1st, U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) has increased the premium processing fee from $1225 to $1410 for Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker and Form I-140, Immigration Petition for Alien Workers.
