What is an E2 Visa?

2024-09-17T09:19:23-04:00

The E2 visa is a type of U.S. visa that allows individuals from treaty countries to enter, reside, and work in the United States based on their investment in a U.S. business. To qualify for this visa, the individual must:

  1. Be a national of a treaty country: The U.S. has treaties with various countries […]
What is an E2 Visa?2024-09-17T09:19:23-04:00

Tech layoffs mean massive foreign national casualties and abandoning the heart of Tech success

2024-09-18T10:05:13-04:00

Google recently laid off 12,000 U.S.-based workers, following a trend of other prominent US Tech companies that recently had massive layoffs.

The engine that drives these companies are the engineers and tech workers, and many of them are foreign nationals who are sponsored by the Googles of the world. Google simply downsizes/adjusts/streamlines (use whatever term […]

Tech layoffs mean massive foreign national casualties and abandoning the heart of Tech success2024-09-18T10:05:13-04:00

Yes, this is about Illegal Aliens and Dinosaurs

2024-09-18T10:07:05-04:00

Two years after his inauguration, when he called for immigration reform and asked for $3.5 billion to strengthen the border, it took a humanitarian crisis of epic proportions to finally force President Biden to get on Air Force One and see the real-world effect of his administration’s failure to devise a coherent and actionable […]

Yes, this is about Illegal Aliens and Dinosaurs2024-09-18T10:07:05-04:00

Making The Immigration Process Prohibitively Expensive – Is this the right way to curb immigration?

2024-01-02T12:10:52-05:00

Have you ever heard of pork-barrel legislation? Do you know where the money that taxpayers pay goes? If you take the time to read through an entire bill that is signed into law that has anything to do with spending or budgets, you will be amazed to find line items that have absolutely nothing […]

Making The Immigration Process Prohibitively Expensive – Is this the right way to curb immigration?2024-01-02T12:10:52-05:00

A Brief Respite from the Madness: Consular Interviews for Certain Visas Waived for 2022

2023-12-18T10:07:46-05:00

The good news on the U.S. immigration front has been few and far between since Covid-19 shut down the world in March of 2021. It’s hard to fathom all the barriers that the U.S. government created in that lapse of time, including country-specific bars to entry which kept millions of people from traveling to […]

A Brief Respite from the Madness: Consular Interviews for Certain Visas Waived for 20222023-12-18T10:07:46-05:00

The National Interest Exception – Who can Use This Crucial Tool to Continue Doing Business in the U.S.

2023-06-22T13:49:11-04:00

When the President issued a national state of emergency, one of the first steps he took was closing the borders and limiting the list of people who could enter the U.S. to U.S. citizens, green card holders, diplomats, and crew members. Based on various proclamations, he then barred people residing in certain countries from […]

The National Interest Exception – Who can Use This Crucial Tool to Continue Doing Business in the U.S.2023-06-22T13:49:11-04:00

Going Down with the Ship by Steve Maggi

2023-09-01T12:55:15-04:00

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 Maggi2023-09-01T12:55:15-04:00

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

2023-10-30T11:33:18-04:00

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 Period2023-10-30T11:33:18-04:00

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
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