It’s been a long time coming, but Israeli investors will finally be able to obtain E-2 Treaty Investor visas to start businesses in the U.S. starting on May 1, 2019. E-2 Investor Visas for Israelis The E-2 Investor Treaty between the U.S. and Israel was signed by President Obama back in 2012. However, for the […]
Our asylum laws authorize the Attorney General to grant asylum if an applicant is unable or unwilling to return to her country of origin because she has suffered past persecution or has a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of political opinion, race, religion, nationality or membership in a particular social group. This commitment […]
The Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 (H.R. 1044) would eliminate per-country quotas for employment-based immigration and more than double per-country quotas for family-based immigration. While per-country quotas are unfair and counter-productive, if they were simply and swiftly eliminated without doing more, a new host of problems would arise. Why Getting Rid […]
On March 8, the USCIS posted a new version of form I-539 online for persons seeking to extend or change their status. Although the current form I-539 can be used until March 21, after that the USCIS will accept only the new form. In addition, a new I-539A supplement will be required. Each family member […]
Last week, retired Immigration Judge Nathan “Nate” Gordon passed away. At his funeral, dozens of immigration attorneys, judges and others shared their stories of this wonderful man. Judge Gordon changed many people’s lives in a very positive way. I have a lot of stories about Judge Gordon. Let me share one of them with you. […]
On December 15, 2018, Cancer Nurse Maria Mendoza Sanchez returned to the US after being separated from her 4 children in the US for over a year. Her story speaks volumes about our misguided immigration policies and how they continue to wreck havoc on immigrant families. Maria first arrived in the US from Mexico over […]
On December 3, the USCIS proposed a rule which would eliminate the current requirement that employers file cap-subject H-1B petitions during the first week of April. New Online Registration System Instead, should the regulation become effective in 2019, employers will be given a 15-day period at least 2 weeks prior to April 1 to submit […]
Some good news: On February 4, 2021, years after I wrote the article below, newly-elected President Biden announced that the U.S. would raise the number of refugees admitted to our country from 15,000 per year to 125,000 annually starting on October 1. ****************************************************** Refugee resettlement is a small, but very important part of our country’s […]
The United States and New Zealand have entered into an agreement which allows citizens of New Zealand to open businesses in the US and become E-1 Treaty Traders and E-2 Treaty Investors to manage and grow their companies in the US. The KIWI Act was signed into law by President Trump in August and has […]
This happened to one of our clients who is a VA physician. Ever wonder what you would do if the USCIS suddenly revoked the benefits that they had given you in the past and now wants to deport you? A couple months ago, we were contacted by a foreign-born VA physician who was employed in […]
