Going Down with the Ship by Steve Maggi

2024-12-02T14:20:52-05:00

What does a great leader do in times of turmoil and adversity? Whatever your answer might be to that question, it is probably not that they find a scapegoat and start a hateful campaign to punish that scapegoat in all the ways they can to deflect attention being placed on them and do things […]

Going Down with the Ship by Steve Maggi2024-12-02T14:20:52-05:00

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

Why become a U.S. citizen?

2024-12-04T11:10:43-05:00

In my profession, I get asked this question a lot. SMA assists many people to get permanent residence in the U.S., either through company sponsorship, self-sponsorship (extraordinary ability) or through family petitions or asylum applications, and the last step is to apply to become U.S. citizens, but not all people take that step, which […]

Why become a U.S. citizen?2024-12-04T11:10:43-05:00

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

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

2024-12-04T14:18:22-05:00

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 Reform2024-12-04T14:18:22-05:00

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

2024-12-04T14:21:12-05:00

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) Comment2024-12-04T14:21:12-05:00

The changing face of diversity in the US

2024-12-04T14:23:20-05:00

The changing face of diversity in the US, based on Immigration Policy Changes by the Trump Administration – “Merit-Based Immigration”

The memo titled “Immigration Principles and Policies” was published by the White House last week, and although this document is very vague, it does give us an idea of how the face of future immigrants […]

The changing face of diversity in the US2024-12-04T14:23:20-05:00

Coming To America Webinar

2024-12-04T14:28:00-05:00

Coming to America: Legal and financial planning challenges faced by practitioners when advising immigrant clients Thursday, August 17, 2017 | 2pm ET / 11am PT

This webinar will review the legal issues/challenges to becoming a citizen and then discuss the financial and tax planning issues, including:

• Income taxation of non-U.S. citizens

• Treaty planning for the […]

Coming To America Webinar2024-12-04T14:28:00-05:00
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