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E2 Visas Help Fix U.S. Financial Crisis
Eyeing foreign investment to help fix the financial crises The cause of the economic downturn in the U.S. will be a hotly debated subject for years to come. To begin, a look back helps in assessing forward movement to initiate economic change. Beginning in 2003, funds from developing economies were being infused into developed economies.

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Immigrants, Beware of Phone Scam 2016
Immigrants all over the country are being targeted for phone scams. Don’t be one of the victims! Scammers pretend to be a government official and call immigrants saying there is a problem with their immigration record. Sometimes they know personal information about the immigrant. They ask for personal and sensitive details, and demand immediate payment

Mandated H-1B Cap for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017
Recently, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reached the congressional mandated H-1B cap for fiscal year (FY) 2017. USCIS has also received more than the limit of 20,000 H-1B petitions filed under the U.S. advanced degree exemption. USCIS will use a computer-generated process, also known as the lottery, to randomly select the

News for International Entrepreneurs
WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is proposing a new rule, which would allow certain international entrepreneurs to be considered for parole (temporary permission to be in the United States) so that they may start or scale their businesses here in the United States. Read the advance version of the notice of proposed rulemaking: International

New News for Foreign Entrepreneurs
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today published a final rule to improve the ability of certain promising start-up founders to begin growing their companies within the United States and help improve our nation’s economy through increased capital spending, innovation and job creation. Under this final rule, DHS may use its “parole” authority to grant

U.S. Visas for Female Fighters in Mixed Martial Arts
MMA is taking the U.S. by storm. In most cities and towns there are gyms offering Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, karate, boxing and other mixed martial arts. The sport of MMA is growing and evolving and not just with internationally known male fighters. Female MMA fighters are also trending in MMA. The key to a U.S. work visa

Current Statistics and Information on President Trumps Executive Order
Most foreign Nationals are concerned about leaving the country and trying to reenter the U.S. in light of President Trumps Executive orders. Our Immigration office urges all foreign nationals holding dual citizenship, permanent residency or a temporary work, visitor or student visa, (such as E-2, H-1B, L-1, B-2, F-1, etc.) to review travel information and

U.S. Passports in Jeopardy for Serious IRS Tax Debt
Revocation or Denial of U.S. Passports in case of Certain Unpaid Taxes The IRS is working to restrict travel by U.S. citizens under section 7345 of the tax code. IRS may now certify individuals with seriously delinquent tax debt ($50,000.00 or more) to the U.S. Department of State (“DOS”). DOS is responsible for issuing and

USCIA Completes Data Entry of FY 2018 H-1 Cap Subject Petitions
USCIS announced on May 3, 2017 it has completed data entry of all fiscal year 2018 H-1B cap-subject petitions. USCIS said it has begun returning all H-1B cap-subject petitions that were not selected in the lottery. Due to the high volume of filings, USCIS was unable to provide a specific time frame for returning these

Winning Does Matter
Even though a foreign national may have felt like a winner in the H-1B Lottery, a blue sheet Request for Evidence (RFE) from USCIS leaves many feeling like a loser, lost in paper. Drafting a winning response to an RFE requires careful attention to the facts, regulations an current USCIS policy. The following points may

What in the world is an EB-5?
WHAT IS EB-5? Look out your window. Restaurants, high rise apartments, hotels, and other significant commercial enterprises will bring you face to face with EB-5. The EB-5 program is an Immigrant Investor Program that Congress created in 1990 to stimulate the U.S economy through job creations and capital investment by immigrant investors by creating new