The L-1 Visa: How to Apply

What is an L-1 Visa? An L-1 visa is a non-immigrant visa used to enter the United States for the purpose of employment. It is typically issued for one year if it is a new company, or up to three years, depending on the situation, with a maximum of seven years in all. In some instances, permanent residency may be …

What is an L-1A Visa?

A L-1A nonimmigrant has some very strict legal requirements. Namely, the intracompany transferee must establish that within the three years preceding the application for admission, s/he was employed abroad continuously for one year by a parent, branch, affiliate, or subsidiary of the U.S. petitioning company. Although ‘temporariness” is no longer an issue of concern to Immigration because of ‘dual intent’, …

What is an H-1B Specialty Occupation Visa?

A H-1B nonimmigrant visa is generally for persons who want to temporarily come to the United States to work in a specialty occupation. These visas are currently capped at 65,000 per fiscal year, minus free trade visas for Chile and Singapore, resulting in 58,200 H-1B visas per year. If the cap was met for the current fiscal year, USCIS will …

What is a B-1 Visa?

A B-1 nonimmigrant visa is for persons who want to temporarily visit the United States to engage in commercial transactions that do not involve gainful employment. The temporary authorized period of stay upon admission in B-1 status will not exceed six months. While in the United States, a B-1 visitor must not receive any salary or remuneration from a United …

H-1B Season on the Horizon-The Time to Prepare is Now!

With the beginning of the New Year, it is also the time to start preparing H-1B visa petitions for the 2016 fiscal year lottery, which is now less than three months away!  Starting on April 1, 2015, individuals will be able to try and submit their petitions into the H-1B lottery, where a cap of 65,000 visas will be allotted for those …

How to Obtain a Work Visa | Change of Employer

How to Obtain a Work Visa — AC-21 Change of Employer, Similar Occupation Issue I am currently in the “Adjustment of Status” phase of the Green Card process and would like to know if I can switch jobs at this time and maintain my status on the Green Card process. I am getting sponsored by my employer. I believe that …

How Do You Get A Work Permit | B-1 Business Visa

Legitimate Use Of B-1 Business Visas — How Do You Get A Work Permit?  I have a small business partnership in Jamaica. I buy merchandise here in the U.S. and ship it to Jamaica. My partner has a better understanding of the customers needs and I would like for her to get a visa to come do the major purchases. …

USA Work Visas | Green Card Process

RM Advertising Requirements — USA Work Visas  I have a question regarding the Green Card PERM process. My employer wants to process a green card for me. They started with PERM process and are in process of putting together an advertisement. I wanted to know what kind of advertisement should this be?Should it be the same advertisement that ran while …