Real Estate Investment As A Means to a Visa
*Steve Maggi co-authored this article with Lorna McManus. {4:54 minutes to read} The E-2 visa is known as the Treaty Investor visa. We’ve talked about this visa in past blogs, but to refresh, essentially anyone who comes from one of the 80 [...]
Stop-Gap Measures for Returned H-1B Petitions
{5 minutes to read} What do employers who sponsored H-1B candidates, and had their petitions returned as fatalities of the H-1B lottery, do now? As many people know, the H-1B season starts each year on April 1 and has an [...]
H-1B Porting: A Year-Round Solution for U.S. Employers
{4:15 minutes to read} This year there were 233,000 petitions filed for 85,000 H-1B spots. Of the 233,000 petitions filed, 148,000 petitions were returned, envelope unopened. Essentially, those cases never existed and the employer must come up with a plan [...]
Entrepreneurial Visas: The Extraordinary Ability Visa – EB-1
{4 minutes to read} One of the most underutilized visa categories is the EB-1, extraordinary ability green card. It is actually an employment-based category, but does not require an employer. The EB-1 can be used by individuals who are at [...]