Our services include obtaining Employment based, Investment and Family based Nonimmigrant and Immigrant Visas. In order to expedite the pursuit of these benefits, our experienced attorneys and legal assistants utilize their familiarity with Human Resources management as well as our familiarity with Goverment personnel within the USCIS and Department of Labor.
We are also sensitive to the importance of recommending benefits and procedures that are consistent with your hiring policies and overall corporate philosophy.
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H-1B1. A classification that applies to a person in a specialty occupation such as a software engineer, attorney, or other position which requires the theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialized knowledge. This classification typically requires the beneficiary to have completed at least a Bachelor's degree in a field relevant to the offer of employment. H-1B holders can bring their spouses and children into the U.S. in H-4 status. H-4 holders cannot work inthe U.S. If you plan to work for multiple employer (either full time or part time), each employer must file separate H-1B petition.
H-2A classification applies to temporary or seasonal agricultural workers.
H-2B classification applies to temporary or seasonal nonagricultural workers. In a corporate context, this visa may be valuable to temporarily hire a group of workers to handle a seasonal influx of orders or jobs.
H4 classification is available for accompanying family member (spouse and minor children under 21).
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L-1 visas are available to persons who are being transferred temporarily to the United States to work in an executive or managerial capacity or in a position requiring specialized knowledge or skill. The alien must have been employed in that position for one of the last three years before being transferred. The work must be for the same company or an affiliate or subsidiary abroad. If transfered as a manager or executive, there may be significant benefits if permanent residence is being sought.
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The category "Professionals Under the North American Free Trade Agreement" is available only to citizens of Mexico and Canada. Under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) a citizen of a NAFTA country may work in a professional occupation in another NAFTA country provided that 1) the profession is on the NAFTA list, 2) the alien possesses the specific criteria for that profession, 3) the prospective position requires someone in that professional capacity and 4) the alien is going to work for a U.S. employer. The spouse and unmarried, minor children of the principal alien are entitled to derivative status, but they are unable to accept employment in the United States. Aliens entering under this classification are considered non-immigrants.
Please refer to the State Department for more information.
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The United States maintains treaties of commerce and navigation with certain countries. The Immigration and Nationality Act provides nonimmigrant visa status for a national of a country with which the United States maintains a treaty of commerce and navigation who is coming to the United States to carry on substantial trade, including trade in services or technology, principally between the United States and the treaty country, or to develop and direct the operations of an enterprise in which the national has invested, or is in the process of investing a substantial amount of capital. Applicants for visas should generally apply at the U.S. Embassy or Consulate with jurisdiction over their place of permanent residence. Although visa applicants may apply at any U.S. consular office abroad, it may be more difficult to qualify for the visa outside the country of permanent residence. This status can also be obtained by changing your status if you are currently in the U.S. in another valid status.
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Journalists currently in the United States who need to revalidate or renew their "I" visas may go in person to drop off their visa renewal applications. A drop off mail slot is located at 526 23rd Street, N.W.
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The O category is for individuals with extraordinary ability in the sciences, art, education, business, or athletics, demonstrated by sustained national or international acclaim and certain aliens accompanying or assisting the O visa applicant.
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The P-1 visa covers atheletes and entertainers who don't qualify for the O category. The P-2 status is for participation in an international cultural exchange and P-3 is for a culturally unique performance.
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Religious workers include ministers of religion who are authorized by a recognized denomination to conduct religious worship and perform other duties usually performed by members of the clergy such as administering the sacraments, or their equivalent. The term does not apply to lay preachers. A religious vocation means a calling to religious life, evidenced by the demonstration of a lifelong commitment, such as taking vows. Examples include nuns, monks, and religious brothers and sisters. A religious occupation means a habitual engagement in an activity which relates to a traditional religious function. Examples include liturgical workers, religious instructors or cantors, catechists, workers in religious hospitals, missionaries, religious translators, or religious broadcasters. It does not include janitors, maintenance workers, clerks, fund raisers, solicitors of donations, or similar occupations.
Please refer to the State Department's Information
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The "visitor" visa is a nonimmigrant visa for persons desiring to enter the United States temporarily for business (B1) or for pleasure or medical treatment (B-2). Persons planning to travel to the U.S. for a different purpose such as students, temporary workers, crewmen, journalists, etc., must apply for a different visa in the appropriate category. Travelers from certain eligible countries may also be able to visit the U.S. without a visa on the Visa Waiver Pilot Program. (eg. England)
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The Immigration and Nationality Act provides two nonimmigrant visa categories for persons wishing to study in the United States. The "F" visa is for academic studies, and the "M" visa is for nonacademic or vocational studies.
The "J" exchange visitor program is designed to promote the interchange of persons, knowledge, and skills in the fields of education, arts, and sciences. Participants include students at all academic levels; trainees obtaining on-the-job training with firms, institutions, and agencies; teachers of primary, secondary, and specialized schools; professors coming to teach or do research at institutions of higher learning; research scholars; professional trainees in the medical and allied fields; and international visitors coming for the purpose of travel, observation, consultation, research, training, sharing, or demonstrating specialized knowledge or skills, or participating in organized people-to-people programs.
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Many individuals have difficulty understanding the difference between the validity of a visa, which is a stamp placed in a national passport or in a laissez-passer, and permission to remain in the United States.
A visa is granted by the U.S. Department of State, either by the Visa Office in Washington, D.C., or at one of our Embassies and Consulates outside the U.S. A visa is used solely to make application to the U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), to re-enter the U.S. after being outside of this country. That is, a visa is used only to cross borders and has nothing to do with the length of your stay in the U.S. Permission to enter and/or remain in the U.S. and extensions of stay in this country are granted by the INS.
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A person whose occupation requires a labor certification must have prearranged employment in the United States. The applicant must complete DOL Form ETA-750B, Statement of Qualifications of Alien, and send this completed form to the prospective employer who completes Form ETA-750A, Application for Alien Employment Certification, Offer of Employment. The prospective employer submits both forms to the local office of the State Employment Service in the area in the United States where the work will be performed. The employer will then be notified by the appropriate regional office of the DOL of its approval or disapproval. All intending immigrants who plan to base their immigrant visa application on employment in the United States must obtain an approved immigrant visa petition from the INS. If a necessary labor certification is granted, the employer may then file a Form I-140, Petition for Prospective Immigrant Employee, with the INS for the appropriate employment-based preference category.
When your I-140(Petition for Immigrant Worker) is approved, you can either file Adjustment of Status(I-485) within US, or undergo "Consular Processing", which involves processing for permanent residency through the State Department. In consular processing, the interview for an immigrant visa takes place at a U.S. embassy or consulate located (with some exceptions) in the foreign person's country of nationality.
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Relatives of intending immigrants who plan to base their immigrant visa applications on family relationship must obtain a Form I-130, Immigrant Petition for Relative, from the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). The petitioning U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident must submit the Form I-130 to the INS office. Forms and instructions are available from INS. Once INS approves the petition, they will send the petitioner a notice of approval, Form I-797. INS will also forward the approved petition to the Immigrant Visa Processing Center, which will contact the intending immigrant with further information.
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Asylum may be granted to people who are already in the U.S. and are unable or unwilling to return their home country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. If you are granted asylum, you will be allowed to live and work in the U.S. You also will be able to apply for permanent resident status one year after you are granted asylum.
You may apply for asylum regardless of your immigration status, meaning that you may apply even if you are illegally in the U.S. In addition, you must qualify for asylum under the definition of "refugee."
Asylum applicants cannot apply for employment authorization at the same time they apply for asylum. Rather, you must wait 150 days after the USCIS receives a complete application before you can apply for employment authorization. The USCIS has 30 days to either grant or deny your request for employment.
If you are applying for asylum and want to travel outside the U.S., you must receive advance permission before you leave the US in order to return to the U.S. This advance permission is called Advance Parole (Travel Document).
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A citizen of a foreign country who would like to come to the United States to marry an American citizen and reside in the U.S. will have to obtain a K-1 visa. To establish K-1 visa classification for an alien fiance(e), an American citizen must file a petition, Form I-129F, Petition for Alien Fiance(e), with the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) having jurisdiction over the place of the petitioner's residence in the United States. Such petitions may not be adjudicated abroad. The approved petition will be forwarded by INS to the American consular office where the alien fiance(e) will apply for his or her visa. A petition is valid for a period of four months from the date of INS action, and may be revalidated by the consular officer.
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Adjustment of status is a procedure that allows an eligible applicant to become a lawful permanent resident of the United States without having to go abroad and apply for an immigrant visa. Between the time the adjustment of status is application is filed and the green card is approved, the applicant is considered to be in legal status as an "applicant to adjust status." EAD (Work Permit:I-765) and Advance Parole (Travel Document:I-131) can be applied at the same time as applying for Family Based Green Card (I-130), provided the priority date is current. This rule is effective immediately.
Materials Required for Adjustment of Status
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Please go to USCIS website.
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