Australia Work Visas Potential Boon to U.S. Companies
By Sophie Alcorn and Valerie Dagama Pereira How can visas in the Land Down Under benefit U.S. companies? Australia offers a few visa options, including a pilot program that began…
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Alcorn Immigration Law Team Spotlight: Meet Aleen Bagdasaryan
Aleen Bagdasaryan recently celebrated her two-year anniversary as a member of the Alcorn Immigration Law team. Congratulations! As our firm’s senior case manager, Aleen organizes and monitors clients’ cases, completes…
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Group Seeks Reasons for Skyrocketing Naturalization Backlog
Nine nonprofits from across the country filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) seeking an explanation for the skyrocketing naturalization backlog. The…
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Federal Investigators to Target Employers That Hire Immigrants
The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the Department of Labor have joined forces to step up scrutiny of employers who sponsor or hire foreign nationals. More than ever,…
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DIY Immigration Applications Carry Bigger Threat of Deportation Under New Policy
Under a new policy, if U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) denies a visa, an extension, or another immigration benefit, the agency will immediately begin deportation proceedings against the foreign…
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What Young International Entrepreneurs Should Know
We recently held office hours at Draper University to answer immigration questions from the current batch of students in the summer startup training program. Thanks to one of our clients—a…
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Giving the Gift of Work
When Amelia and Oliver* left their native Australia nearly two years ago, the married couple was excited about embarking on their next life adventure in the U.S. Oliver, an algorithmic…
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How to Get an E-2 Investor Visa If You’re from China, India, Other Non-Treaty Country
An E-2 investor visa offers a relatively quick option for foreign investors to come to the U.S. to live and work by starting a company. It enables foreign nationals whose…
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3 Things Employers Should Know About a Notice of Inspection
A company recently retained the Alcorn Immigration Law team after it received notice that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would audit it for compliance with federal employment-verification laws. We…
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Alcorn Method Success Story: E-2 Visas for Student Founders
This is another in a continuing series of posts that describe some of the Alcorn Immigration Law team’s client success stories.* To maintain confidentiality, the name of the client has…
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