We recently received a 5-year approval at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto for an E-2 visa filed on behalf of a French national treaty investor. The investor is a certified medical support clinical hypnotherapist…
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We recently received an approval at the U.S. Consulate in Rio de Janeiro for an E-2 visa filed on behalf of a French national treaty investor. The investor started a consulting company providing assistance…
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We just received an approval at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto for an E-3 visa filed on behalf of an Australian national to work at an oil and gas equipment manufacturer.…
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We recently received a 5-year approval at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto for an E-2 visa filed on behalf of a Canadian national treaty investor. The investor purchased a gas station and convenience…
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Ano ang Filipino World War II Veterans Parole Policy (FWVP Policy)? Ang FWVP Policy ay isang discretionary na desisyon ng U.S. Citizenship at Immigration Services (USCIS) na nagpapahintulot sa mga…
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We recently received an approval at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for an E-2 visa renewal filed on behalf of a Romanian national treaty investor. The investor purchased an auto repair business…
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We recently received an approval at for an L-1A New Office visa filed on behalf of an Iranian national Executive. The business is a general trading company that exports grain and agricultural…
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We just received an approval at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto for E-2 visas filed on behalf of two Spanish treaty investors. The investors founded a consulting firm specializing in the Aerospace Industry, providing…
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We just received a 5-year approval at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto for an E-2 visa filed on behalf of a Canadian national treaty investor. The investor founded a business strategy consulting firm…
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We are pleased to announce that Amir Rasoulpour, Esq., will join Scott Legal P.C. as a full-time associate in our New York office on August 1, 2016. Mr. Rasoulpour will focus primarily on…
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We just received a 5-year approval at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto for an E-2 visa filed on behalf of a Canadian national treaty investor. The investor founded a tech company providing…
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We just received a 3-year approval at the U.S. Consulate in Frankfurt for an E-2 visa filed on behalf of a German national treaty investor. The investor founded a startup art consulting…
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We just received an approval at the U.S. Consulate in London for an E-2 visa filed on behalf of a U.K. national treaty employee. The applicant was approved for an Employee Visa for…
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What is the Filipino World War II Veterans Parole Policy (FWVP Policy)? The FWVP Policy is a discretionary grant by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) allowing family…
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We just received a 5-year approval at the U.S. Consulate in Rome for an E-2 visa filed on behalf of an Italian national treaty investor. With his American partner, the investor co-founded…
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Scott Legal obtains USCIS Approves I-751 Waiver of Joint Filing Application for Conditional Resident
We just received an approval from USCIS for a Form I-751 Waiver of Joint Filing for Conditional Resident recently divorced from her U.S. Citizen spouse. Client is now a legal permanent resident and…
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Effective May 10th 2016, F-1 students with degrees in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) who elect to pursue 12 months of post-completion optional practical training (OPT) may extend their…
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Abbreviations, jargon, and buzzwords. Every profession is plagued with obscure, industry-specific vocabulary. We routinely use these terms and phrases and because careers are such an important part of our lives,…
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USCIS announced on May 2, 2016, that it has completed data entry of all fiscal year 2017 H-1B cap-subject petitions selected in the computer-generated random process. USCIS will now begin returning…
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We just received an approval at the U.S. Consulate in Frankfurt for an E-2 visa filed on behalf of a Norwegian national, his spouse and two children. The investor purchased and will…
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If you are in H-1B status and decide to take a leave of absence, you may wonder what happens to your visa status. The impact on immigration status is dependent…
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We recently received a decision from an immigration judge granting our motion to reopen and terminate the deportation order for an undocumented Colombian petitioner. The petitioner was grandfathered under INA…
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reached the congressionally mandated H-1B cap for fiscal year (FY) 2017. The agency has again received more than the limit of 20,000 H-1B petitions filed…
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On April 18, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear U.S. v. Texas, the landmark immigration case where Texas and 25 other states sued the Federal government to…
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The B-1, Business Visitor Visa has many uses and is a valuable visa for people seeking to come to the United States to perform limited business activities such as attending…
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