New Trade Treaty with New Zealand Opens Up Visas Here and There
Last year New Zealand joined the list of countries with a trade treaty with the U.S. New Zealand does not yet appear on the Department of State’s list of treaty…
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…
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…
Calling All Brilliant Individuals and Their Employers: Take Action Before August 1
If you are eligible to file for an adjustment of status for a green card under an EB-1 petition, do it by July 31. On August 1, all foreign nationals…
Hope for Founders Even Without International Entrepreneur Rule
Although the end is near for entrepreneur parole under the International Entrepreneur Rule (IER), startup founders have alternatives to build amazing companies in the U.S. After nearly a year of…
Startup Green Card: EB-2 NIW Dhanasar
There are a lot of reasons to consider getting a green card through an EB-2 National Interest Waiver (EB-2 NIW). With Matter of Dhanasar, it’s a lot easier to get for…
Video on L-1A and L-1B Visas and EB-1C Green Cards
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…
Can Parole Lead to a Green Card?
Foreign entrepreneurs would be allowed to create and grow their startup in the U.S. under the proposed International Entrepreneur Rule. But because entrepreneurs will not receive a visa, obtaining a green card…
A Secret Weapon for Foreign Investors & High-Net-Worth Individuals
Applying for an L-1A visa may be the quickest—and cheapest—way for foreign investors and high-net-worth individuals to become permanent residents in the U.S., especially if they’re already working for a company abroad.…