{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 the top of their fields and can self-sponsor their green card. […]
{5 minutes to read} In my last blog, I discussed the E-2 investor visa for entrepreneurs. In this blog, I want to talk about another kind of entrepreneurial visa, which actually is a little broader in scope than the E-2.
The E-2 is only available to people from countries that have treaties with the […]
{5:36 minutes to read} The most international city in the U.S., New York City, is full of ethnic businesses, especially in the restaurant industry, where every nationality’s cuisines have representative places to eat. Fueling the growth of foreign fare restaurants is the E-2 investor visa.
Immigrants with a reasonable amount of capital and a solid […]
{3:18 minutes to read} USCIS announced on February 24th that they’re going to extend the eligibility for employment authorization to certain H-4 visa dependent spouses. An H-4 dependent spouse is the husband or wife of someone who holds an H1-B employment visa. […]
{3:45 minutes to read} When I was 11-years-old and in 6th grade, I was going to school in Spanish Harlem. That year, I read the slave narrative of Frederick Douglass. My class went to Douglass’ former residence in Anacostia, Washington, D.C., where he had lived (close to where I lived when I went to […]
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Starting April 1, 2015, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin accepting H1-B visa petitions, used by U.S. employers to hire skilled professionals from abroad. If lessons are to be learned from the last two years, employers who are serious about hiring a foreign national should start […]
{Time to Read: 1 1/4 minutes} Since my last article was published on Executive Action and the new immigration reform, USCIS has announced that they will begin accepting applications for the now-expanded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals initiative (DACA) on February 18, 2015. […]
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We are almost a month into 2015 and so far there has been no news on immigration reform. It looks like the regulations and the guidelines on the new remedies under the Executive Action won’t be released until at least mid-February.
Expectations are that the extension of the Deferred Action for […]
[Time to Read: 3 mins] 2015 has just begun and already we have exciting news to share from SMA Law!
New Year’s News #1
The Melbourne, Florida office of SMA Law Firm was launched as of January 1, 2015. Launching a Florida office was a logical step for SMA, given the large number of immigrants […]
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The end of 2014 is almost here, so let’s look forward to 2015:
What will be the effect of this immigration reform?
I believe the primary effect of President Obama’s Executive Action will be to mobilize people who are undocumented. Potentially 5 million people can apply for the […]
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