Can I travel while my extension of status is pending? Yes, if you have an extension application pending, it is possible to travel without abandoning the application. This is different…
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Scott Legal, P.C., just had a non cap H-1B approval from USCIS. The approval was the last premium processing petition that we filed prior to the suspension of premium processing.…
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We just had an E-2 visa approval for a national from Finland. The applicant was renewing his E-2 visa and the visa was granted for the maximum amount of time. …
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We just had a client that obtained her green card after being in deportation proceedings! The client had an order of deportation that we were able to get cancelled and…
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We just had an E-2 visa approval though USCIS. The applicant applied for a change of status from an F visa to an E-2 visa. Click on the buttons below…
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During election campaign, Donald Trump was a vocal critic of the H-1B system claiming that the visa program stole jobs from American workers. As the H-1B program (like many immigration…
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What is an L-1 visa? An L-1 visa is a great visa for an employee or owner of a company abroad who wants to transfer to a U.S. office or open a…
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USCIS has issued a new policy that takes hard aim at computer related technology jobs. The crux of the policy memo is that computer programmer jobs are not presumed to…
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Scott Legal, P.C. just had an approval for an O-1 Visa for a business professional that specialized in the Insurance Industry. The applicant was a national from Italy who is…
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USCIS has announced that the H-1B cap was reached even before the Friday April 7th deadline. As such, the government will reject any cap subject petitions received after April. 7th. …
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Scott Legal, P.C. just had E-2 Employee Visa Approval at Consulate in Dublin Ireland. The company was a recruitment firm in the U.S.. Click on the buttons below in order…
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We are pleased to announce that Nathaniel Howard, Esq. will join Scott Legal, P.C. on April 10, 2017 as an immigration associate in our New York office. Mr. Howard has…
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An E-2 visa is a visa that can be issued to nationals of certain countries who want to start a business in the U.S. that will ultimately hire U.S. workers. …
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Will DACA become obsolete under President Trump? Amid recent immigration raids as well as arrests and detention of individuals paroled under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), immigrants and…
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The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that permits a company to hire workers in specialty occupations. To be eligible for an H-1B visa, you must have a job offer…
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We have developed a power point presentation on the key business immigration visas that a company can consider. We have conducted this presentation with many of our clients and thought…
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We just had an approval for a renewal application at the U.S. consulate in Toronto. The client was a law firm and the application was renewed for 5 years. Click…
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We just had an E-2 Visa approval for an employee in Tokyo Japan. The approval was for an E2 employee visa for an aerospace consulting company. Click on the buttons…
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For Australian nationals seeking to live and work in the United States, an E-3 visa may be an excellent option. The E-3 visa classification is only available to Australians, and…
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What is Due Diligence? When you are buying a business you are contracting with a third party to buy either 1) the shares associated with the business; or 2) the…
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We have just received an E-2 visa approval for a national from the U.K. The E-2 visa was approved at the London Consulate for a Consulting business. The visa was…
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Asylum is a humanitarian immigration benefit applied for by individuals who fear severe harm or persecution if they return to their country of origin. For more information on asylum and…
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Scott Legal, P.C. just had an E-2 visa approval for a national from Australia that set up a home renovation and property management company. The applicants applied for the visa…
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Scott Legal, P.C. just had an E-3 Visa Approved for Australian National in Melbourne. The national was an employee of a Executive Search Firm. You can set up a consultation…
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Scott Legal recently had an E-2 visa Approved for a Pharmaceutical Sales Company in Peru. The E-2 visa was the first visa issued in Peru. Click on the buttons below…
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