Your O-1 Petition Meets Three Criteria. That Is No Longer Enough.

2026-09-09T11:42:55-04:00
Your O-1 Petition Meets Three Criteria. That Is No Longer Enough.
What the new USCIS data — and a quietly abandoned federal appeal — tell us about the sharp rise in extraordinary-ability denials
By Steve Maggi, SMA Law Firm

Over the past several months, our O-1 practice has seen a pattern we had not seen before […]
Your O-1 Petition Meets Three Criteria. That Is No Longer Enough.2026-09-09T11:42:55-04:00

What Twins (1988) Gets Right About Nationality and U.S. Immigration Law

2026-08-24T09:53:11-04:00

Same DNA, Different Passport

What Twins (1988) Gets Right About Nationality and U.S. Immigration Law

Julius and Vincent Benedict were made from the exact same raw material. In Ivan Reitman’s Twins, a secret genetic experiment combines DNA from six exceptional donors into a single embryo, engineered to produce the most complete human being possible. The embryo splits, unexpectedly, into […]

What Twins (1988) Gets Right About Nationality and U.S. Immigration Law2026-08-24T09:53:11-04:00

The Girl from Savannah Who Proved the American Dream Is Still Limitless

2026-07-15T14:03:51-04:00

I was in the arena the night Flau’jae Johnson won a national championship as the freshman starting 2 guard for the LSU women’s basketball team. I watched her grow from a promising freshman into one of the most recognizable names in women’s basketball, and being chosen #8 overall in the WNBA […]

The Girl from Savannah Who Proved the American Dream Is Still Limitless2026-07-15T14:03:51-04:00

Behind Every Great Global Brand Launch in America Is a Great Immigration Attorney

2026-07-13T10:02:17-04:00

Joe and The Juice. citizenM. Lululemon. WeTransfer. Steve Maggi Helped Bring Them All to the U.S.

When a multinational company decides to expand into the United States, the business plan gets all the attention. The real estate team scouts locations. The marketing team builds the launch campaign. The PR […]

Behind Every Great Global Brand Launch in America Is a Great Immigration Attorney2026-07-13T10:02:17-04:00

New York City’s Zoo-like status has reached its highest chaos level ever

2024-11-04T14:30:55-05:00

Scorpions, the greatest rock band of all time, wrote a song about New York City at the beginning of the 80s, appropriately titled “The Zoo.” New York City has always prided itself on being the most chaotic and unbridled city in America, perhaps the world. Now, it has upped its game, becoming the center […]

New York City’s Zoo-like status has reached its highest chaos level ever2024-11-04T14:30:55-05:00

The A to Z of US Immigration

2024-11-05T13:14:01-05:00

U.S. Immigration law is an alphabet soup of visa categories and concepts, and I thought it would be interesting to try to go from A to Z and see if I could come up with something for each letter. Here goes!

A: Alien – This is the term used for any foreign national involved in […]

The A to Z of US Immigration2024-11-05T13:14:01-05:00

Why “Rock Stars” Deserve Green Cards Too!

2024-11-05T13:34:49-05:00

The recent Super Bowl ad, which had the godfather of heavy metal, Ozzy Osbourne, and Paul Stanley, the face of glam rock, objecting to the use of the term “Rock Star” for non-music-related overachievers was proof positive of the modern-day ubiquity of the term to connote being at the top of your field.

In 2017, […]

Why “Rock Stars” Deserve Green Cards Too!2024-11-05T13:34:49-05:00
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