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In the wake of President Trump’s Immigration Executive Order, and the uncertainty surrounding what the future holds for business visas, we’re getting calls from many concerned clients and individuals. In this newsletter we address common questions and highlight...

The H-1B visa has received much media attention in recent years, mostly for the wrong reasons.  Despite well-documented bi-partisan efforts during the Obama administration, there has been no real reform of the H-1B category (apart from employment authorization for...

In an exciting step for international business, the White House announced a new rule at the end of August 2016 which will enable foreign entrepreneurs to start and grow high potential companies in the US.  The quid pro quo is significant public benefit for the US...

What is an H-1B Visa? H-1B visas are for foreign graduates (bachelor’s degree or higher) with a U.S. professional job offer, i.e., one which requires a degree.  The applicant and the position must therefore be professional and the degree must be relevant to the...

The demand for H1B visas in the first week of April 2015 was over 233,000, up from 172,000 in 2014 and 124,000 in 2013.  The annual worldwide quota of 85,000 H1B visas is made up as follows: 58,200 for Bachelor’s degree holders 6,800 for H-1B1 visas for nationals of...

The Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery opened on October 1st, 2015, at noon, EDT (4 hours behind GMT), and will close on November 3rd, 2015 at noon, EDT (5 hours behind GMT).  The Diversity Visa program makes 50,000 permanent resident visas (more commonly known as Green...

In this piece we discuss briefly reasons why a person might have difficulty securing a visa to enter the US.  Whether you’re a tourist or a business person, you don’t want to find out too late that you’re inadmissible to the US because of some past transgression. ...

The Bureau of Consular Affairs reports that it continues to address technical issues with its worldwide passport and visa issuance systems, and does not expect the system to come back up until next week. The State Department has posted information on their...

As reported on Reuters.com:   (Reuters) - A federal judge in Texas on Monday declined to lift a block of the White House's immigration plan for at least 10 more days, court records show. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen in Brownsville, a city along the border...