The E-2 Treaty Investor is a great visa to use for a broad range of clients. From large publicly traded corporations to an entrepreneur who is creating the next big thing. The E-2 visa is a way for the US government to attract new investment...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]It's the beginning of the 2017 H-1B Cap filing season! US employers who wish to have professional "specialty workers" obtain one of the golden 65,000 H-1B visas or 20,000 H-1B visas for those with a US master's degree...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Our practice does not normally involve giving advice to those travelling on the Visa Waiver Program ("VWP") because these cases are very basic and a lawyer's advice really isn't needed unless there is a complicating issue such as...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]In December 2015 the US Congress passed the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015 and yesterday the US Departments of Homeland Security and State issued implementation guidance effective immediately. Our office has already...
Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed a bill to restrict the Visa Waiver Program and could bar those with dual nationality or were born in Iraq, Iran, Syria and the Sudan. I have been working in the field of US immigration law since 1996 so I...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Yesterday, 10th November 2015, the US Citizenship & Immigration Services issued a policy memorandum regarding the update of the Adjudicators Field Manual clarifying the distinction between news and entertainment for the purpose of adjudicating the I Media Visa...
This is the first instalment of a blog that a fellow US immigration lawyer, B. John Ovink, wrote about his time volunteering at the Dilley Detention Center which has been in the news recently for the conditions in which immigrant children and mothers are being held there....
If you want to renounce your U.S. citizenship by the end of the year (December 31, 2015), we recommend that you move quickly. Appointment availability at the U.S. Embassy in London has dramatically slowed down in the past week. In order to schedule a renunciation appointment...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] H-1B Professional Worker Update Today's post is about the H-1B Professional "Specialty" Worker visa updates and the H-1B "filing season". This temporary visa category is used by US businesses to bring foreign nationals to work in positions that require...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Good morning on this very windy and dark morning in England! This is the second instalment of my 2015 blog where I discuss something that's on my mind about US immigration law. When clients come to me asking for...