Get on board! The H-1B Visa roller coaster ride is here for US employers who need to hire foreign nationals with university degrees.

2023-02-15T17:36:46-05:00

The annual roller coaster ride, known as the H-1B visa application process, is about to go up the hill and come speeding down, with unknown twists and turns coming your way. For the next eight [...]

Get on board! The H-1B Visa roller coaster ride is here for US employers who need to hire foreign nationals with university degrees.2023-02-15T17:36:46-05:00

Tech layoffs and the 60 day grace period

2022-12-23T15:36:21-05:00

An impromptu race for new employment has begun nationwide in the U.S. tech sector. With Twitter, Meta and Amazon all announcing massive layoffs, tens of thousands of workers, many highly skilled engineers, are scrambling for [...]

Tech layoffs and the 60 day grace period2022-12-23T15:36:21-05:00

National Interest Exemption Gutted

2021-03-07T17:16:56-05:00

On March 2, significant changes were made to the criteria for granting National Interest Exceptions to Presidential Proclamation 10143 (extending PP 9993), which suspends travel from Schengen countries, the Ireland and UK to the United States. [...]

National Interest Exemption Gutted2021-03-07T17:16:56-05:00

Trump is not leaving before setting more fires

2021-01-11T15:56:18-05:00

With a painful transition of power underway, the attack on immigrants marches on until the last moments of the Trump administration. On December 31, 2020, the Trump administration issued a presidential proclamation extending the ban of entry [...]

Trump is not leaving before setting more fires2021-01-11T15:56:18-05:00

The hardest year in half a century for immigrants

2019-12-09T14:32:42-05:00

The holidays are here and another year is about to come and go, but 2019 has been the hardest year in half a century for immigrants. The current administration has denied visas at astronomically rising [...]

The hardest year in half a century for immigrants2019-12-09T14:32:42-05:00

H-1B Transfer Activity Will Be Unprecedented

2019-07-03T08:51:14-04:00

On May 1, prospective employers who sponsored H-1B visa candidates this year began to get receipt notices for US Masters Cap cases. In the month to follow, employers will find out the fate of the [...]

H-1B Transfer Activity Will Be Unprecedented2019-07-03T08:51:14-04:00

Foreign National Students: Optional and Curricular Practical Training, Transition to H-1B Status and Individual Income Tax Filings

2021-12-29T08:49:17-05:00

Foreign students come to the U.S. for full-time study under the F-1 visa. In order to qualify for the visa, they must first apply to an authorized educational institution, which can include any private elementary [...]

Foreign National Students: Optional and Curricular Practical Training, Transition to H-1B Status and Individual Income Tax Filings2021-12-29T08:49:17-05:00

Immigration Status and Employment Laws in New York

2021-12-29T08:49:20-05:00

Foreign workers in the U.S. occupy every position from farmhand and dishwasher to engineer, doctor and CEO, and their visas and legal statuses also vary greatly. For the majority of the twelve-plus million undocumented immigrants, [...]

Immigration Status and Employment Laws in New York2021-12-29T08:49:20-05:00

“Outside-In Immigration”

2018-10-16T14:42:26-04:00

SMA Law Firm has its origins in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where its founder, Steve Maggi, set up shop in 2004 and started offering U.S. immigration legal assistance to people and companies from his native Argentina. [...]

“Outside-In Immigration”2018-10-16T14:42:26-04:00

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