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What Happens to Immigration if the US Federal Government Shuts Down?
September 29th, 2023
What happens to immigration and immigration-related agencies if the government shuts down?
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The Department of State (DOS) has Issued All Available Diversity Visas for the 2023 Diversity Visa Program
September 21st, 2023
The Department of State (DOS) has Issued All Available Diversity Visas for the 2023 Diversity Visa Program
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How to Help your Lawyer Prepare an O-1A Visa Case
September 14th, 2023
Many noncitizens to ask us if they qualify for an O-1A visa for persons of “extraordinary ability” in the sciences, education, business, or athletics. Of course, it all depends on your evidence.
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What Can You Do if You're Not Selected in the H-1B Cap Lottery?
March 24th, 2023
H-1B Cap Exempt Options By, Nikki Whetstone, Attorney You weren’t selected in this year’s H-1B Cap lottery. What next? Many know about the H-1B Cap lottery held annually in March with about a 1 in 3 chance of selection. If selected, an employer c…
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We are regularly asked by our clients—both those in non-work-authorized statuses such as B (tourist or business), and those in work-authorized statuses such as H-1B (specialty occupation) who want to do side jobs—whether they can perform remote w…
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How do I get my foreign fiancé, spouse, or love interest into the US?
October 20th, 2022
For starters, those who are engaged or thinking of getting engaged, will often ask about the fiancé visa. If there’s one piece of wisdom I can impart to you it’s this: AVOID THE FIANCE VISA AT ALL COSTS!
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Here Comes the Sun: USCIS Breathes Life into the International Entrepreneur Parole Rule
May 25th, 2021
Here Comes the Sun: USCIS Breathes Life into the International Entrepreneur Parole Rule Following many bleak years of systematically chipping away at employment-based immigration, the US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) last week breathed…
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Client Alert: Public Charge, TPS and upcoming webinars
March 17th, 2021
View & Subscribe Public Charge Halted On Wednesday, March 10, 2021 the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it is halting the 2019 Public Charge regulation pushed forth by the Trump Administration. The controversial rule, referred to b…
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New form I-9 Released by USCIS
February 4th, 2020
Feb. 4, 2020 After much anticipation, the new form I-9 was released by USCIS last week with minimal changes. There is a grace period of 90 days (until May 1) for employers to start using the new form, which is marked with a revision date of October 2…
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Even legal marijuana use under state law could be an obstacle to becoming a U.S. citizen.
May 21st, 2019
By: Yeon Me Kim In many states and the District of Columbia, the cultivation, possession, distribution, and use of both medical and non-medial (recreational) marijuana has become legal. However, if you are planning on becoming a U.S. citizen, you sho…
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