USCIS Publishes Two New Forms for Regional Center Program

Posted on August 14, 2017

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that the Department of Homeland Security is withdrawing a 2018 notice of proposed rulemaking that proposed to remove the International Entrepreneur program from DHS regulations. The International Entrepreneur (IE) parole program, first introduced in 2017, will remain a viable program for foreign entrepreneurs to create and develop start-up...

What Does It Take To Qualify For an EB-5 Entrepreneur/Investor’s Visa?

Posted on August 14, 2017

There’s no denying that immigration is a hot button issue in America today. But almost everybody agrees that creating jobs in America and boosting its economy are beneficial outcomes, so federal law allows qualified entrepreneurs or investors to...

Study in the U.S. With an Academic Visa

Posted on August 14, 2017

How can I obtain an academic visa to come to the United States?

The United States has some of the greatest academic programs and institutions in the world. Foreign students desiring to come to the U.S. to study can apply for an F-1 visa. Thousands of schools across the nation are approved...

Novo formulário para verificação de elegibilidade para trabalho deve ser usado a partir de 18 de setembro

Posted on August 11, 2017

O Serviço de Cidadania e Imigração dos Estados Unidos divulgou em 17 de julho uma versão revisada do Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification Form (Formulário de Verificação de Elegibilidade para Trabalho). A partir de 18 de setembro de 2017, os empregadores devem usar o formulário revisado com data de 07/17/17 N. Eles podem usar...

USCIS divulga orientação para avaliar isenções de inadmissibilidade

Posted on July 31, 2017

O Serviço de Cidadania e Imigração dos Estados Unidos (USCIS) vai começar a ampliar as entrevistas feitas pessoalmente com certos imigrantes que solicitam benefícios que, se concedidos, permitiriam que eles vivessem permanentemente no país.

Essa mudança atende à Ordem Executiva 13780, “Protegendo a Nação contra a Entrada de Terroristas Estrangeiros nos Estados Unidos", e é...

USCIS retoma processamento premium para alguns vistos H-1B

Posted on July 31, 2017

O Serviço de Cidadania e Imigração dos Estados Unidos (USCIS) retomou esta semana o chamado processamento premium para certas petições referentes a vistos H-1B que não estejam sujeitos à cota, que é de 65 mil vistos a cada ano fiscal. Há ainda uma cota de 20 mil vistos H-1B destinada a aplicantes que concluíram...

Como funciona o Ajuste de Status

Posted on July 31, 2017

O Ajuste de Status (AOS, na sigla em inglês) é um processo usado por cidadãos presentes nos Estados Unidos para se tornar residentes permanentes legais (LPR) no país. O ajuste de status é uma alternativa à obtenção de um visto de imigrante em um consulado americano no exterior, procedimento chamado de “processamento consular” (CP)....

Secretary Napolitano Strengthens Employment Verification with Administration

Posted on July 28, 2017

Types of J Waivers

There are five statutory bases for a waiver of the two-year foreign residence requirement:

a no objection statement from the home government,a...

USCIS Releases Revised FORM I-9

Posted on July 28, 2017

On July 17th, 2017, USCIS released a revised version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification Form. On September 18th, 2017, employers must use the revised form with the revision date of 07/17/17 N. Employers can continue using the older Form I-9 with a revision date of 11/14/16 N through September 17th. Employers...

USCIS to Resume Premium Processing for Certain H-1B Cap-Exempt Petitions

Posted on July 26, 2017

How would the proposed new U.S. immigration system work?

New legislation backed by President Trump could drastically alter the current immigration system. Under the new system, highly educated, English speaking immigrants will be given priority to immigrate to the U.S. While potential immigrants in many countries fear these changes to come, Indians...

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