Hiring Foreign Workers Means Proving Your Ability To Pay Them The Prevailing Wage

2021-12-29T08:47:23-05:00

E-2 Visa Attorney – H-1B Visa Attorney.

Employers sponsoring foreign workers for green card employment must show that they have the ability to pay the new worker’s wages. When hiring through the EB-2 or EB-3 visa categories, employers must present all proposed job duties and minimum requirements for the position, and the Department […]

Hiring Foreign Workers Means Proving Your Ability To Pay Them The Prevailing Wage2021-12-29T08:47:23-05:00

Are You Eligible for a Visa Under the Petty Offense Exception?

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

{3:30 minutes to read} When people apply for visas at US embassies and consulates around the world, the embassy or consulate adjudicates based on:

1. whether the applicant meets the criteria for the specific visa for which the applicant is applying; and,

2. the legal […]

Are You Eligible for a Visa Under the Petty Offense Exception?2021-12-29T08:50:22-05:00

U.S. Embassies and Consulates—Duties and Powers

2021-12-29T08:46:00-05:00

{4:20 minutes to read} The U.S. currently has 294 physical embassies, consulates and diplomatic missions across the world. In addition to assisting U.S. citizens and U.S. green card holders abroad, these posts also adjudicate visa applications as well as final adjudications of immigrant visa petitions and waivers (legal pardons) for previous deportations/removals […]

U.S. Embassies and Consulates—Duties and Powers2021-12-29T08:46:00-05:00

2016 – Update on EB-5 Investor Program

2016-01-07T19:32:12-05:00

https://youtu.be/jLK2WNg1SvE?list=PLKi-fQbduX4iUJQee_IJF03j7qnwHdvy8

 

 

{3:42 minutes to read} Congress just extended the Regional Center Program. The only change in the law is an extension of the effective date for the program through September 30, 2016. Why is this significant?

— All indications are that this is the last window […]

2016 – Update on EB-5 Investor Program2016-01-07T19:32:12-05:00

Stop-Gap Measures for Returned H-1B Petitions

2015-06-10T21:07:11-04:00

{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 annual cap of 85,000 visas per year. This year USCIS announced on April 7 that […]

Stop-Gap Measures for Returned H-1B Petitions2015-06-10T21:07:11-04:00

5 Questions on Immigration Reform

2024-03-04T12:28:47-05:00

1. What are the reasons for the Executive Action announced by the President on November 20th?

President George W. Bush gave a national TV address in May, 2006 to address the immigration problem in the U.S. and the need to reform the immigration system. He said that the vast majority of illegal immigrants […]

5 Questions on Immigration Reform2024-03-04T12:28:47-05:00

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