The EB-5 immigrant investor program has been under the microscope due to a surge in demand and controversy, including an incident involving the family business of President Trump’s son-in-law. Still,…
DetailsZDNet security editor Zack Whittaker interviewed founding attorney Sophie Alcorn for her insight on how immigration officials evaluate visa applications. Alcorn’s comments were included in Whittaker’s article, “Black Hat speaker…
DetailsWhen investors perform their due diligence on a startup and its founders, one area they rarely delve into is one that could jeopardize their investment: Compliance with immigration law. The…
DetailsAlcorn Immigration Update by Sophie Alcorn and Jaylen Dominguez Alcorn supports Immigration for Innovation by obtaining visas, green cards, and citizenship for highly-motivated investors, founders, talent, and families. In this article:…
DetailsBad news for startup founders. The International Entrepreneur Rule—the closest thing to a startup visa in the U.S.—is dying a slow painful death. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published…
DetailsThe U.S. Supreme Court last week temporarily allowed a scaled-down version of President Trump’s travel ban to go into effect. The Supreme Court will consider the legal challenges to the ban again…
DetailsA pro-immigration nonprofit group is urging individuals to tell their Senators to protect the International Entrepreneur Rule. The group, FWD.us, was founded in 2013 by Mark Zuckerberg and other technology…
DetailsJune is Immigrant Heritage Month. And it’s shaping up to be an action-packed one for President Trump’s revised travel and refugee ban. At the beginning of the month, the Trump…
DetailsTiming is everything. That’s the upshot of a recent decision from the Administrative Appeals Office of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to an H-1B appeal. The decision, which…
DetailsThe Financial Times interviewed founding attorney Sophie Alcorn for her insight on President Trump’s impact on international entrepreneurs and startup investors for a recent article, “Immigrant entrepreneurs in the US wait for…
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