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Month: March 2018

Trumpification Adds Social Media Profile Requirement

In response to the Trumpification of America’s immigration policy, the Department is also adding several additional questions for immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants. In response to the Trumpification of America’s immigration policy, the Department is also adding several additional questions for immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants: Applicants will be required provide any identifiers used by applicants for a list of

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How to sponsor an employee for permanent resident status

Are you a company owner or a human resources (HR) professional? If so, there may come a point when you want to learn more about sponsoring an employee for permanent resident status. While this sounds simple enough, especially if you know how the process will unfold, there are quite a few details to keep in mind. Thanks to a multi-step

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The essentials of E-1 Treaty Trader & E-2 Treaty Investor visas

Trade and investments play a large role in international commerce. For foreign nationals interested in trade or investing in the U.S., the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) offers two non-immigration visas to encourage trade and investment opportunities. E-1 Treaty Traders This non-immigrant visa classification allows a citizen of a county with which the U.S. has a treaty of commerce

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L-1A visa holders (and others) can obtain green card under the EB-1C category

The L-1A visa is a non-immigrant employment visa that allows a qualifying company to send a qualifying owner, manager, or executive employee to a qualifying related U.S. company with existing offices in the U.S. as an executive or manager or send the owner, manager, executive as manager or executive to the U.S. to establish an office in the U.S. The

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Trump Thumping Continues with H-1B 3rd Party Worksite Policy Memo

This Policy Memorandum (PM) supplements and supersedes preceding 3rd Party Worksite PMs and continues the Trump Thumping of the H1B program to further the Buy American and Hire American Executive Order under the scheme of protecting U.S. workers. The PM compels USCIS officers to request detailed documentation to ensure an employer-employee relationship exists and is maintained while an employee is

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USCIS Form I-131 Denials for travelers on H/L visa outside the US

USCIS Form I-131 Advance Parole is file with an I-485 Application to adjust status to lawful permanent residence. The general rule is that I-131 advance parole requests are denied where the I-485 applicant travels outside the US before approval of the I-131. An exception to the general rule has existed for decades that an I-131 Advance Parole request accompanying an

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How to hire a foreign employee for short-term work in the US

Approximately 140,000 employment-based immigrant visas are made available each fiscal year to international applicants seeking work in the United States. If you want to hire a foreign national for employment in the U.S., the process can seem overwhelming. Determining which forms to fill out, what government agency they need to go to and when can be a struggle if you

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