January 2010 - Developers Apply For EB-5 Regional Center Designation As A Viable Alternative To Traditional Bank Financing. A program under the immigration laws known as EB-5 is a hot topic in the construction world as developers learn how to fund projects through foreign investment capital. EB-5 (short for the fifth preference employment based category for immigrant investors).... more

December 2009 - What Every Foreign Investor Should Know Before Risking Their Capital In An EB-5 Project Part 2 In 1990 Congress created the Immigrant Investor Pilot Program as an adjunct to the EB-5 Program. The pilot program allows immigrant investors to invest the required capital in government-designated Regional Centers established to promote economic growth and job creation.... more

December 2009 - What Every Foreign Investor Should Know Before Risking Their Capital In An EB-5 Project In 1990 Congress created the immigrant investor program as the fifth preference within the employment-based category commonly referred to as the EB-5 Program... more

November 2008 - EB-5 Immigrant Investor Pilot Program On September 30th, 2008 President signed into law a resolution which extends the EB-5 regional center pilot program. - The Immigrant Investor Pilot Program (commonly referred to as the Regional Center Program) was established pursuant to Section 610 of Public Law 102-395 on October 6, 1992 and differs in certain aspects from the basic EB-5 investor program... more

October 2007 - The Naturalization Test (Revised) USCIS publicly introduced a redesign of the naturalization test on September 27, 2007.... more

September 2007 - Worksite Raids by ICE to Increase Employer Compliance with U.S. Immigration Laws On February 22, 2007 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the largest investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security, conducted raids at 63 locations of the Florida based company Rosenbaum-Cunningham International (RCI).... more

August 2007 - DHS Regulation on No-Match Letters - New DHS rule makes employer's accountable for the workers they hire ... more

August 2007 - Have Foreign Applicants Jumping Through Bureaucratic Hoops A large number of foreign nationals sponsored for a green card by a U.S. employer in recent years have experienced long waiting periods before being able to file the third and last step in the green card ... more

July 3, 2006 - Important Information on Employer Compliance and Form I-9 Employment Verification In 1986 Congress passed the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) which requires all employers to verify the employment eligibility and identity of all employees hired to work in the United States. To comply with IRCA, an employer is responsible for the completion of an Employment Eligibility Verification Form (Form I-9) for each employee... more

May 2006 - Strategy for Immigration and Custom's Enforcement How employers should protect themselves! ... more

February 15, 2006 - Important Information on Visa Retrogression As you know, there has been a sudden and significant retrogression of immigrant visa numbers that directly affects individuals who are applying for lawful permanent resident status under the Third Employment-based immigrant visa category. .. more

February 2006 - The O-1 Solution: An Advanced Analysis. The O-1 visa could be called the “hidden visa,” as it seems that attorneys often contemplate every other visa option before considering a person’s eligibility under this category. Admittedly, the first glimpse of the eligibility criteria is daunting; however, a narrowly defined occupational classification, detailed testimonial letters, and strategically selected evidence will clad many an accomplished individual with O-1 status.. more

October 2005 - EB-3 Retrogression Imagine you are a foreign professional holding valid H-1B nonimmigrant alien visa status. Your current employer has agreed to sponsor you for a green card, and so you filed a Labor Certification Application with the Department of Labor that has come back approved... more.

August 2005 - H-1B Cap Reached. What are the Alternatives? On August 12, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that the 65,000 congressionally set H-1B visa numbers for the 2006 fiscal year have run out. In consequence, new H-1B applications will not be accepted prior to April 1, 2006 with an employment starting date of October 1, 2006... more

June 2005 - REAL I.D. ACT On August 12, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that the 65,000 congressionally set H-1B visa numbers for the 2006 fiscal year have run out. In consequence, new H-1B applications will not be accepted prior to April 1, 2006 with an employment starting date of October 1, 2006... more

December 2004 - New Provisions for H-1B and L-1 Visa Categories for Fiscal Year 2005 For fiscal year 2005, U.S. employers intending to file petitions for H-1B non-immigrant alien workers and L-1 intra-company transferees will face a rise in governmental fees and amendments to the H-1B and L-1 visa categories... more

Jume 2004 - Religious Worker Visa. The 1990 Immigration Act established a special visa category for ministers and religious workers, under which they can file for a nonimmigrant or “special immigrant” R-1 visa. Before the 1990 inclusion and specification of a religious worker category, the U.S. admitted ministers without numerical limits... more