An immigrant who has been convicted of selling or possession of a controlled substance, such as cocaine, heroin, or more than 30 grams of marijuana who has admitted having committed this crime, is deportable and/or excludable from the U.S. This deportation or exclusion is notand precludes any exception even if the drug offender has a...Read More

To enhance job creation in the U.S., an immigrant may organize a new commercial enterprise in which the investment must be at risk. By this active investment, the investor may receive provisional residence and two years later, permanent residence. The capital of this enterprise may be cash, equipment, inventory or other tangible property valued at...Read More

Last week the Administration advised it is changing the rule for pardons for undocumented spouses and children of U.S. citizens. To avoid long separation, visa waivers may be granted here rather than abroad. The visa process in the home country created fear that a pardon could be denied or delayed for months or even years....Read More

For many undocumented foreign national who entered the United States illegally, there has been no location to obtain residence because the law would not allow adjustment of status in the United States and if they went abroad are subject to a ten year bar from returning. Finally relief for many such individuals! A new proposal...Read More

The J Visa is for professors, research scholars, trainees, college or university students, teachers, foreign physicians, camp counselors, au pairs or students in a travel/work program. Candidates must be able to speak, read and write in English. For a trainee, a college degree is normally necessary plus one year of job related experience. J visas...Read More

Immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens who have not been married to a U.S. citizen for atleast 2 years and who have received provisional residence for 2 years may self petition whentheir conditional residence expires even though they have separated or been divorced from their U.S. spouses. The self petitioner has the burden of proof to...Read More

Undocumented aliens may find the U visa as a path to permanent residence if they have credible proof that they have been victims of criminal activity and that they have knowledge of the identity of the person(s) who were the perpetrators and that they have been of help in the investigation and prosecution of the...Read More

Elderly or infirm parents, cohabiting partners, and close family may be helped to stay here as a partner or close family member to a non-immigrant who would not otherwise be entitled to stay. This recent Immigration Memo would allow members of a nuclear family to stay here as long as the principal non-immigrant is allowed...Read More

New investors or traders who want to create a start-up company in the U.S. would be well advised to first come to the U.S. to locate where the business would be, and to seek to learn how business is handled in the U.S. as opposed to their country.To come here to look around, most Europeans...Read More

The H-3 visa is a nonimmigrant visa that allows the recipient to work and receive a Social Security Card and to remain in the U.S. for two years. Ostensibly, the program of training is not supposed primarily to provide productive employment for the petitioning individual or organization. To qualify the applicant must have a residence...Read More