The O-1 Visa Extraordinary Ability Visa and The Contracts Needed To Secure A Three Year Period

2024-12-04T10:31:26-05:00

The O-1 visa is a non-immigrant, or temporary work visa, which can last for up to three years at a time and has no limit on the number of extensions. Extraordinary ability visas encompass all professions, including business, science, education, athletics, and the arts.

Since ability is a subjective standard, the law requires that it […]

The O-1 Visa Extraordinary Ability Visa and The Contracts Needed To Secure A Three Year Period2024-12-04T10:31:26-05:00

The Trump administration further attempts to restrict rights of asylum seekers

2024-12-04T10:39:47-05:00

On April 29th President Trump released a memo instructing the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security to formulate regulations that will further restrict our humanitarian asylum laws for those seeking asylum protection at the southern border.

The memo directs the implementation of regulations that will require asylum seekers to pay a fee to […]

The Trump administration further attempts to restrict rights of asylum seekers2024-12-04T10:39:47-05:00

H-1B Transfer Activity Will Be Unprecedented

2024-12-04T11:05:57-05:00

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 blind lottery used to determine which H-1B petitions will be adjudicated.

Every year, USCIS starts accepting H-1B petitions on April […]

H-1B Transfer Activity Will Be Unprecedented2024-12-04T11:05:57-05:00

Visas for Foreign Entertainers and Athletes and the Underlying Contracts

2024-12-04T11:14:35-05:00

When you look at the list of concerts coming to your city or look at professional sports rosters and see unique and exotic names from other countries, it may seem normal to you as a spectator. However, for each international artist who plays a show in the U.S., or for all those great international […]

Visas for Foreign Entertainers and Athletes and the Underlying Contracts2024-12-04T11:14:35-05:00

Anchor Babies, Birthright Citizenship and SMA’s Family Immigration Practice

2024-12-04T11:28:35-05:00

SMA has been helping reunite and keep together families through different immigration processes since 2004. This includes bona fide marriages where one or both of the spouses lives outside the U.S., or where they are both in the U.S. It also includes U.S. citizens petitioning for their foreign parents, children or siblings. This does […]

Anchor Babies, Birthright Citizenship and SMA’s Family Immigration Practice2024-12-04T11:28:35-05:00

“Outside-In Immigration”

2024-12-04T11:34:33-05:00

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. What developed from that was a specialization in what we call “Outside-In Immigration”. What does this mean? Essentially it […]

“Outside-In Immigration”2024-12-04T11:34:33-05:00
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