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Current Trends in EB-1B Outstanding Researcher Cases
When offered a tenure-tracked position within an institution of higher education, or a permanent research position from a private employer, EB-1-2 category, an outstanding professor or researcher, is one plausible way to obtain an immigrant visa in the United States. [...]
I-601 Provisional Waiver – Key Priority of USCIS in 2012
USCIS is considering changes that would allow certain immediate relatives who can demonstrate extreme hardship to a U.S. citizen spouse or parent to receive a provisional waiver of the unlawful presence bars before leaving the United States. On March 15, [...]
O-1 Approval in Three Days: Applicant Is a J-1 Holder
As the H1B cap has been reached, many qualified applicants have to file an O1 in order to work for a private employer. We have helped a lot of companies and research institutes obtain the O1 status filed on behalf [...]
National Interests Waiver: Still a Chance for Success (III)
Trends in Recent NIW decisions We have successfully handled numerous NIW cases for foreign nationals in a wide range of fields, including in civil engineering, medicine, material sciences, software engineering, environmental engineering, and aerospace engineering. We have reviewed a lot [...]
National Interests Waiver: Still a Chance for Success (II)
A. Substantial Intrinsic Merit The engineering of bridges possesses substantial intrinsic merit. NYSDOT states that the importance of bridges, and their proper maintenance, is immediately apparent. If the construction and maintenance of bridges possesses substantial intrinsic merit, many occupations will [...]
National Interests Waiver: Still a Chance for Success (I)
In 1998 the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) published a precedent decision restricting the use of national interest waivers (NIWs) as a way to bypass labor certification for individuals in the EB-2 immigrant visa category. Since then, USCIS has become [...]
Expert Opinion Letters: Key to a Successful NIW Approval
Response-to-RFE: Approval in Five Days for a Self-petitioned NIW from NSC Following the NIW approval in 5 days for a self-petitioned NIW case, our firm received another NIW approval in 5 days, which is quite remarkable for a case filed [...]
O-1 Visa: an Alternative to H-1B
Since a bachelor’s degree or an equivalent is the minimum degree requirement for an H-1B visa, this category is perhaps the most frequently used method for U.S employers to hire foreign nationals on a temporary basis. Severity of Unavailability of [...]