New York Lawyer's Legal Updates
R-1 Non-immigrant Visa For Religious Workers
27 January 2016Author: New York Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova Over time, a religious organization may encounter the need for a minister, religious worker in occupation, or religious worker in vocation who is currently stationed overseas. For religious organizations with an already established US bona fide non-profit organization the basic requirements for t ...
P Is For Performing – P Non-immigrant Visa Overview
25 January 2016New York Visa lawyer Alena Shautsova The P Non-immigrant visa category has four (4) separate classifications, P-1, P-2, P-3 and P-4. The main distinction between O and P visa is that the P visa is limited to a specific event whether it be a competition, sports season, tour, exhibition, a performance even. This limitation does not limit the indivi ...
Waiver Of Expedited Processing Fee For O Visa Petitions
20 January 2016Author: New York Visa Attorney Alena Shautsova To receive an O visa, a US employer or agent has to submit a petition on behalf of the O visa / status beneficiary. Usually, USCIS considers such petitions within 4-6 months, and recently there were serious delays in adjudication of O petitions. O status / visa petitioners have an option to "expedi ...
O Non-immigrant Visa: Basic Classification And Requirements For Artists And Entertainers
18 January 2016Author: Visa Lawyer Alena Shautsova The O visa classification was created for those who were not covered by the H1B work visa category and did not have to jump through hoops of Deportment of Labor. An O Visa can be a great alternative to other business and work visas. The benefits of the O visa process are absence of a “cap” (which is recently w ...
I-9 Compliance For Employers
06 January 2016Author: Alena Shautsova I-9 compliance is a necessity nowadays, and if you do not know what I-9 means you should at least read this article: I-9 Audit. Today’s article will be focused on internal audit that employers should conduct to avoid penalties for missed compliance. It is important to remember that employers cannot discriminate against empl ...
Recourse For Widow(er)s After The Death Of The Beneficiary
06 January 2016Author: Green Card Attorney Alena Shautsova We all know that life happens, and sometimes it happens unpredictably. It may occur that one who started the immigration process for his/her family members passes away and the beneficiary is left in the middle of a crisis unsure about his/her immigration status. For situations like that, USCIS created s ...
New Proposed Rule Regarding Non-immigrant Work Visas
06 January 2016Author: Visa lawyer Alena Shautsova The New Year comes with new proposed changes in work visas regulations. I would like to emphasize that the rule published is a proposed rule. It means it is not the law yet, and we can only speculate what the final result would be. However, it is worth to highlight certain proposed changes just to see the direct ...
How To Get An O Or P Visa
28 December 2015Author: New York Immigration attorney Alena Shautsova The US government offers some non-immigrant visas for people with extraordinary ability in the science, arts, education, business or athletics, or in the motion picture and television field. Such visas known as O visas, if granted, are usually given first for three years, and then can be extend ...
Particular Serious Crime And Withholding Of Removal
09 December 2015Author: New York Deportation Lawyer Alena Shautsova Withholding of removal often is the only form of relief for those who either missed their one year deadline to file an application for asylum, or those with previous immigration problems and in particular, previous removal. See 8 C.F.R. § 208.31(e) (describing “withholding-only” proceedings). T ...
USCIS Reminder: Deadline To Register For Nepal TPS Is December 21
09 December 2015Author: New York Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova It is extremely important to remember that the deadline to register for Nepal TPS is approaching. All persons who qualify, regardless of their status (or absence of status) are encouraged to apply for the TPS. The TPS provides an opportunity to be protected from the removal and also allows its be ...