U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) provided details last month on how it will resume the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in June. The USCIS announcement came on August 22, 2020, more than two months after the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration illegally ended DACA…
Meet Andrea Brinkley, a paralegal who joined Alcorn Immigration Law’s business immigration group shortly before we began sheltering in place. “I love being a business immigration paralegal,” she says. “I find the process and the relationships that develop over the years from working with people on their initial visa petition and their extension very rewarding.”…
We’re pleased to introduce Gilberto Orozco Jr., an associate attorney, who focuses on business immigration. Gilbert joined the Alcorn Immigration Law team earlier this year after working as a staff attorney at a large immigration law firm in the Bay Area. There, he focused on complex Request for Evidence (RFE) responses, PERM reviews, and nonimmigrant…
We’re thrilled to introduce Amenah Keshari. She joined the Alcorn Immigration Law team last fall as an associate attorney in our business immigration team. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, Amenah has been working remotely from Houston. She manages all aspects of employment-based immigration matters, including H-1B, L-1, E-1, E-2, F-1, O-1, TN, EB-1, and EB-2…
The COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on the importance of immigrants to medical research and health-care in the U.S. More than 11,000 immigrants on H-1B visas and green cards are working on treatments and vaccines for COVID-19 at major major biotech and pharmaceutical companies in the U.S., according to a new analysis by the…
Photo by Joey Csunyo on Unsplash Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. “Your questions are vital to the spread of knowledge that allows people all over the world to rise above borders and pursue their dreams,” says Sophie Alcorn, a Silicon Valley immigration attorney. “Whether you’re in…
We have new immigration data showing what has been going over the last couple of years through the most recent government fiscal year of 2019. Although denial rates for H-1B, L-1, O, and TN visas, as well as Requests for Evidence (RFEs) increased, it remains possible to craft a strong strategy and win. Feel free…
We’re pleased to introduce Samuel Nguyen. Samuel joined Alcorn Immigration Law last year as an administrative assistant with our business immigration team. “Every day we create opportunities for people to start a new business, a new job, and a new life in the U.S.,” he says. “That’s exciting!” Samuel became interested in law while taking…
I was super excited to see a recent report by the Conference Board, a business research group. It sparked my imagination on how the U.S. can realign our immigration policy to target our national needs and long-term economic goals. You can read the Committee on Economic Development (CED) of the Conference Board’s report, “Boosting Immigration.”…
I recently participated with two international founders on a panel at Tech Crunch Disrupt Berlin on how to scale your startup globally. Danny Crichton, the managing editor of Tech Crunch Extra Crunch, moderated the panel. My fellow panelists included Karoli Hindricks, founder and chief executive of Jobbatical, and Holger Seim, co-founder and chief executive of…