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The US consulates in Germany have introduced a new system for booking visa appointments. The new system requires that the contact email is confirmed when creating a profile. In addition, three security questions/answers must be created. These security questions must be answered correctly each time you log in. The new system has significant problems. In […]

The US Embassy in Berlin announced that they will be implementing a new system for booking visa appointments at the US consulates in Germany beginning on October 26.  As a result, the present visa appointment booking system will be unavailable between October 23 and October 25.

The Diversity Visa Program (DV Lottery) is a program passed by the American Congress that allows up to 55,000 people each year to obtain a U.S. immigrant visa, also known as a green card. Anyone who meets several simple requirements, such as being at least 18 years old and coming from a qualifying country, can

The U.S. consulates in Germany have introduced a new process for applying for a visa by mail, without the need for an interview with a consular officer. First, an invitation to apply by mail is sent by email, with the relevant documents attached. After the consul determines that the applicant meets the requirements to apply

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

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,

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