Does Your Employer Have Sufficient Income … Green Card?
Employment Based Immigration: Does Your Employer Have Sufficient Income And Assets For You To Get A Green Card? YOU HAVE been working in the United States for several years on a nonimmigrant employment visa (for example, an H-1B1). Recently, you decided the time is right to get a green card. Because your employer wants to [...]
What To Do When Coming And Going…
WHEN entering the US, visitors and individuals with non-immigrant visas must fill out a white I-94 or green I-94W Arrival-Departure document and retain it during their stay. It must be returned to Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) at the time you depart the US. It is important that the I-94 be returned to CBP because [...]
Want a Green Card? Make a Plan
I CAN’T tell you how many calls and emails I get from good people who want a green card and who could have easily qualified for one but who self sabotaged their chances by neglect. Brits actually have it easy. They are from a country that is a party to the Visa Waiver Program which [...]
Tis the Season…H-1B Cap Season That Is
This article was first published in March 2010 WHILE IT isn’t as anticipated as Christmas, many people look to April as the time of giving, when the H-1B cap season begins. Like accountants, immigration attorneys have a busy season that starts in March and ends in April. While accountants hunker down with their calculators and [...]
Immigrant Visas For Widows And Surviving Children Of A Deceased U.S. Citizen
This article was first published in February 2010 UNTIL RECENTLY, the death of a United States Citizen (“USC”) spouse had harsh immigration consequences for the surviving spouse and children. Under the previous regulations, if the USC spouse’s death occurred within two years of marriage or before adjudication of an application for an immigrant visa, already [...]
Visa Deadline Approaches
This article was first published in January 2010 THE H-1B cap limit for the 2010 fiscal year is reaching its limit. As of December 15, 2009, 64,200 H-1B petitions have been counted towards the annual cap of 65,000. For those who are unable to file an H-1B petition before the cap is reached, a number [...]
Everything You Need To Know About UK Passport Application
By Bob McKeegan-Brown, Passport Examiner Bob has written this as a voluntary service to the Union Jack Newspaper. We are grateful for his knowledge on this subject. AS SOMEONE who works in the North America Passport Production Centre in the British Embassy in Washington, I all too often see the anguish that is caused when essential [...]
