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01, 2023
Employment-Immigration Filing Fees Proposed to Increase
Photo by Jp Valery on Unsplash USCIS published a proposed rule that outlined a new fee schedule for filing of different petitions. There are significant changes to employment-based petitions in particular. Alongside steep increases in fees, USCIS is also indirectly indicating filing should be done online. One of these changes is the steep increase in […]
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06, 2021
Investment Visa
Do your investments have to be “at-risk” to obtain an investment visa? Foreign investors can gain immigration status in the United States with an E-2 temporary nonimmigrant visa and an EB-5 permanent immigrant visa (what is commonly known as a “green card”). Misleading advertisements promise a “no-risk” E-2 or EB-5 investment. To obtain one of […]
AILA: The Public Charge Rule
The Trump era public charge guidelines may be gone, but there is a new framework in place as of last month. Please read the below flyer from the American Immigration Lawyers Association or AILA on a new public charge inadmissibility test the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began using on December 23, 2022. This public […]