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

2018-11-06T18:40:45-05:00

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 Practice2018-11-06T18:40:45-05:00

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

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

Hang On! Tips for Surviving the 2018 H-1B Roller Coaster Ride

2018-03-08T08:07:27-05:00

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 four weeks, employers are scrambling to decide whether to sponsor foreign nationals for professional positions, American university grads from foreign countries […]

Hang On! Tips for Surviving the 2018 H-1B Roller Coaster Ride2018-03-08T08:07:27-05:00

My view on President Trump’s 4 Pillars of Immigration Reform

2018-02-07T16:02:45-05:00

At his first State of the Union address, President Trump announced his 4 Pillars of Immigration Reform. The pillars are:

  1. Dreamers’ Path to Citizenship
  2. Securing the Border
  3. End of Diversity Lottery
  4. End of Chain Migration

With any potential immigration reform, there is no perfect package that exists, but the one proposed by President Trump does […]

My view on President Trump’s 4 Pillars of Immigration Reform2018-02-07T16:02:45-05:00

How I Feel About President Trump’s (sh**thole) Comment

2018-01-13T10:22:57-05:00

Six years ago, I wrote my first ever blog, titled “U.S. Immigration Policy: Don’t give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”, discussing the trend towards an increasingly selective and contradictory immigration system. On the eve of comments by President Trump which referred to immigrants from Central America, the […]

How I Feel About President Trump’s (sh**thole) Comment2018-01-13T10:22:57-05:00

Can Your Business Investment Bring You to the United States?

2021-12-29T08:50:23-05:00

Business owners and investors are using Treaty Investor visa, also known as the  E-2 visa, to set up shop in the US.

The E-2 visa allows passport holders from any of the 80 E-2 countries that have treaties with the US to set up businesses in the US. […]

Can Your Business Investment Bring You to the United States?2021-12-29T08:50:23-05:00

The H-1B Visa under Trump

2021-12-29T08:50:22-05:00

President Donald J. Trump recently announced plans to issue an executive order which would change the way the H-1B visa is used by U.S. employers. The “specialty occupation” visa is essentially used by U.S. employers to hire foreign nationals to occupy professional positions that generally require a minimum of a bachelor’s degree […]

The H-1B Visa under Trump2021-12-29T08:50:22-05:00

Looking Forward to the Trump Era: U.S. Immigration

2021-12-29T08:50:23-05:00

Part I: The Future of Investor Visas

Trump Bay Street development in Jersey City, New Jersey, a project of Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, is supposedly using $50 million from EB-5 investors. Why is this relevant? It signals that Mr. Trump is a proponent of foreign investment in the U.S. […]

Looking Forward to the Trump Era: U.S. Immigration2021-12-29T08:50:23-05:00

Time to File Visa Petitions is Now: Fees Going up December 23rd

2021-12-29T08:50:23-05:00

{2 minutes to read} For the first time in many years, applicants will need to pay substantially higher fees for certain visa petitions. The fees are set to increase on December 23, 2016.

If you file anytime before that date, you will only have to pay the current, less expensive fees.

Time to File Visa Petitions is Now: Fees Going up December 23rd2021-12-29T08:50:23-05:00

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