A visa category that is not so well known is the E Category (Treaty Trader & Treaty Investor). E-1 and E-2 visas can be used by foreign nationals (either an owner or an employee), whose countries have a trading agreement with the USA. It is important to remember that these persons must have the same […]

The visa used most frequently to transfer managers and specialist employees to the United States is the L-1 visa. L Category (Company internal transfer) The so-called L classification of non-immigrants allows a foreign employer to send a manager or a specialist to its US branch office. If the main office is located in the USA,

O-1 Visa: The secret weapon for top personnel transfers Imagine that you want to send an employee for several years to the USA, but your colleague is a foreigner and works for you for less than 12 months. Or perhaps your company plans to hire someone from outside the firm for a US assignment. How

Applications to the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, or Green Card Lottery, can be made beginning on October 4, 2016. The program is a United States congressionally-mandated lottery program for receiving a United States permanent resident card. It is also known as the Green Card Lottery. Each year 50,000 permanent resident visas are made available to

On January 21, 2015, the U.S. government implemented changes in the ESTA (visa-free) travel to the United States, resulting from legislation signed by President Obama in December. The following persons are no longer eligible for travel with the ESTA program: • Nationals of VWP countries who have traveled to or been present in Iran, Iraq,

Applications to the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, or Green Card Lottery, can be made beginning on October 1, 2014. The program is a United States congressionally-mandated lottery program for receiving a United States permanent resident card. It is also known as the Green Card Lottery. Each year 50,000 permanent resident visas are made available to

The latest Op Ed by three prominent Americans–Sheldon Adelson, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates–raises the issue of immigration reform once again and makes clear the inability of the US Congress to address this important question.  See their editorial that appeared in the New York Times:  http://nyti.ms/1tDQmob