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Author: New York Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova The Immigration laws of the United States do not provide for special work visas for fashion models. It means that workers in this category have to compete for limited employment visa slots with all others seeking employment in the US. With visa categories named from A to Z, and no clear legal ...
Author: New York Employment Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova There are limited employment visa options for those who would like to work in the US. Among the most popular ones are H1B, L1, O and P visas, as well as E and TN. Like an H-1B Visa holder, the L-1 visa holder may seek to procure lawful permanent resident status without fear of jeopa ...
Author: New York Employment Immigration attorney Alena Shautsova A TN visa is a work visa available for citizens of Canada and/or Mexico. The visa is much easier to receive than other work visas and in fact, may be applied for at the border. The traditional, in-conuslate application can be submitted as well, and sometimes is preferred. The proces ...
Author: Work visas lawyer Alena Shautsova On April 7, 2016 USCIS announced that the cap for H1B petitions for the next fiscal year has been reached. It means that no new petitions subject to cap would be accepted. USCIS also announced that it received more petitions that the allocated quota and all received petitions subject to cap will be partici ...
Author: New York visa attorney Alena Shautsova One is authorized to work in the United States if his status permits him to do so (for example, an Asylee does not need a work authorization to accept employment or to be self-employed), or if he has an approved I-765 application (for example, L2 visa/status holders). A person whose status is pending ...
Employment Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova An H1B worker may stay and work in the U.S. for a total of 6 years only. It means, that upon conclusion of the 6 -year period, the H1B holder has to leave the U.S., and will not be able to qualify for another H1B visa, unless he/she spends 1 year abroad. However, recognizing the need of the U.S. emp ...
New 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 ...
Author: 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 ...
Author: 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 ...
Author: US Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova Usually, for one to be able to immigrate to the US, the person needs to have some connection to the US in a form of a close family member or an employer. However, there are some exceptions. One of such exceptions, is an ability of worker to sponsor him/herself by filing a self-petition and requesting ...