Immigration Resources

As more people receive the COVID-19 vaccine, President Joe Biden lifted the immigrant visa ban on February 24, 2021.

Depending on an individual’s unique circumstance, there may be different work visas that are applicable to their situation.

There are two main immigrant visa categories that may allow you to self-sponsor your green card: an EB-1A green card and EB-2 National Interest Waiver Visa.

Any individual who plans to leave the United States for longer than a year is required to ensure that their permanent residency status is maintained in order to reenter the country.

There are two main ways that a United States citizen whose partner is living abroad can bring that person into the United States: as a spouse through an immigrant visa or as a fiancé(e) through the K1 visa process.

If you're an international resident seeking a way to live and work in the United States temporarily, you may be in luck. The O-1 visa is a visa classification for temporary workers and is granted to a noncitizen who possesses extraordinary abilities in the sciences, arts, education, business, a...

If you're seeking permanent residency in the United States, you may be curious about the possibility of a National Interest Waiver (NIW). This application provides sanctioned individuals with a direct path to a green card without going through the time-consuming and often tricky labor certifica...

As a result of the application cap for H-1B nonimmigrant visas, employers are having to turn toward different methods to ensure that their new hire can work legally in the United States.

For many individuals who are looking to become legal citizens of the United States by obtaining their green card, the process can seem confusing. However, if you happen to have a criminal conviction in your past, it can become even more complicated.

GENERAL INTRODUCTION
An Adjustment of Status is an application filed by an alien who is physically in the United States to adjust his/her non-immigrant status or no status at all to immigrant status, (i.e. permanent resident status). In the past, the USCIS allowed an alien to file I-485 adjustmen...

This article discusses some of the challenges of an EB-3 to EB-2 Downgrade to take advantage of the October 2020 Visa Bulletin

I CAME TO THE UNITED STATES ON A B-2 TOURIST VISA AND MARRIED MY US CITIZEN HUSBAND. CAN I FILE FOR ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS? An adjustment of status (AOS) refers to the petition that an alien physically present in the United States submits to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in ord...

An “adjustment of status” (AOS) refers to the process by which an alien physically in the United States files a petition with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to adjust his or her status from nonimmigrant to immigrant (example H-1B to “Green Card”) When an applicant files for Ad...

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has begun conducting on-site inspections of F-1 STEM optional practical training (OPT) employment. Whilst Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has had the authority to make site visits since the regulations governing the program were revised in May 2016,...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was scheduled to begin processing some undocumented immigrants under new expedited removal rules that greatly expand who can be deported without a hearing before an Immigration Judge. Per a memo dated July 24, 2019, ICE Director Matthre Albence said the a...

If you have applied for an employment-based green card, as of October 2, 2017, you must appear for an in-person interview with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). If you filed an I-485, Adjustment of Status to Permanent Resident for an EB-1, EB-2, or EB-3 visa after March 6, 2017, ...

If you entered the United States without inspection or you have been unlawfully present in the U.S., you may experience additional hurdles in obtaining a visa in the future. In this article, we will explore what a stateside waiver is, why you might need one, and how to apply for a waiver. What is...

Receiving news that you have been approved for a Green Card as an employment-based applicant is an exciting moment and undoubtedly brings a feeling of relief. However, as you consider the new possibilities that will open by having a Green Card, you might be wondering what this means for your fam...

Petitioning for Relatives The majority of immigrants in the United States arrive on the basis of their relationship to a family member, whether a legal permanent resident or a citizen. To accomplish this, the family member files an I-130 form. IR – Immediate Relative Immigrant U.S. citizens can, ...

A U-Visa is a United States non-immigrant visa that is available for victims of certain crimes, as well as their family members. If the individual qualifies for the U-Visa, it can be a way for that person to obtain legal permanent residency status, otherwise known as a green card, and eventually ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on July 24, 2018, announced that they have served Notice of Inspections (NOI) to more than 5,200 businesses around the country since January demanding form I-9 records from businesses. A NOI informs business owners that ICE is going to audit their hiring ...

Many different mechanisms can be used to obtain legal permanent residency in the U.S., and one of the more commonly-used methods is the green card. EB-1 Priority Workers An individual may apply for an EB-1 Priority Worker visa if he or she is deemed to have an extraordinary ability, is an outstan...

The Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump's travel ban Tuesday, ruling 5-4 that a proclamation Trump issued last September to impose new travel restrictions was constitutional and within the president's statutory authority. “The Proclamation is expressly premised on legitimate purposes: pre...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has recently posted a policy memorandum indicating that they want to change how the agency will calculate unlawful presence for students and exchange visitors in F, J, and M non-immigrant status, including F-2, J-2, or M-2 dependents, who fail to ...