Learn from Sophie Alcorn about the future of immigration law and whether Trump’s proposed policies are actually workable. Sophie discusses the wall, islamophobia, H-1Bs, the International Entrepreneur Rule for startup founders in Silicon Valley, and more. Please share your questions and comments for future videos.
Sophie Alcorn, founder of Alcorn Immigration Law, encourages all US citizens to vote in the November 8, 2016 general election in this video. Because everybody on the North American continent came from immigrants at some point in time. #vote2016
Hillary Clinton will be the next president of the United States, according to Moody’s Analytics. Moody’s, which has correctly predicted the presidential election winners since 1980, forecasts Clinton will pick up 332 electoral votes on election day, while Donald Trump will receive 206. To become president, a candidate needs at least 270 electoral votes. Moody’s bases…
If you have been working at a foreign company, how can you move to the US? If you’re a manager or executive, such as a startup founder, or an employee with specialized knowledge, you might have an opportunity to come to the United States with an L-1A or L-1B visa or even possibly an EB-1C…
Congress narrowly avoided a government shutdown by passing temporary funding legislation at the end of last month that kept the federal government running through Dec. 9. In that legislation, Congress also included a provision to continue the EB-5 Regional Center Program also until Dec. 9. That gave Congress time to review the program. The EB-5…
I took an immigration case in June through my volunteer work with the Mesa Verde Pro Bono Project. I’m thrilled to report that last week an immigration court judge granted asylum to my West African client. Akosua was released from the detention facility where she’s been incarcerated since spring. She joined her relatives living on the…
Immigration has been the hot-button issue of the 2016 presidential race. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were taking opposite roads to immigration reform—until last week. In the wake of a meeting with his new Hispanic advisory council, Trump made comments that suggested he may be softening his hard-line immigration policy. The Republican nominee is currently…
Someone claiming to be from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is calling people to threaten, intimidate and scam money from them. Scammers appear to be calling from Washington, D.C., showing up on recipient’s caller ID as a phone number with a 202 area code, or from the toll-free USCIS National Customer Service Center number. The scam callers are…
Last November, we pointed out that the Obama administration was finally making plans to implement the “startup visa” that was announced in the President’s 2014 speech that touched on immigration reform. A source close to the White House indicated that tomorrow the startup visa regulations might actually be announced. On August 1st, the Office of Management and…
Some U.S. visas and green cards are based on the premise that the U.S. economy benefits from capital contributed by foreign investors. The E-2 visa for treaty investors and the EB-5 immigrant investor green card fall into this category. Both the E-2 and EB-5 enable foreign investors to live and work in the U.S. Still,…