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Sixteen-year-old Mily Herrera grew up in the United States. She and was brought here at age 6 by her parents, who came here from Mexico legally on E-2 “treaty investor” visas. E-2 visas allow people to come to the U.S. to start businesses – but they are non-immigrant...
Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, is a program that allows people fleeing war or disaster to live and work in the U.S. legally. Currently, there are around 400,000 people in the TPS program, which applies to El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, Somalia,...
E visas are for traders and investors from countries with whom the U.S. has an existing treaty of commerce and navigation. An E-1 “treaty trader” visa could be a great way to work temporarily in the United States. The first step is to determine whether your home...
Last June, the Trump administration put in place a ban on H-1B visas for temporary skilled workers. The ban was intended to protect public health by preventing new people from entering the U.S. during the coronavirus pandemic. It was also meant to protect the U.S. job...
When athletes, artists, entertainers want to visit the United States individually or as groups, there are four types of visas available. These are all non-immigrant visas, meaning they do not allow you to relocate permanently to the U.S. P-1A: Internationally...
U.S. citizens who have relatives abroad can often sponsor those relatives for lawful permanent residence in the U.S. (a green card). This is true for both natural born and naturalized citizens. The relative you sponsor must be: Your spouse Your child If you are 21 or...
In June of last year, the Trump administration froze applications for many new work visas, along with new applications for green cards. Now, the Biden administration has ended that freeze. New applications can now be submitted. The following visas were affected by the...
If you have received a negative decision on an immigration petition, you may wonder if you have any right to appeal. Generally, you do have the right to appeal. There are several levels of appeal available: The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)...
If you are interested in coming to the U.S. for three to six years on a non-immigrant basis, you may wish to consider the H-1B visa. The H-1B is for “specialty occupation” workers, people hired for research and development projects by the Department of Defense, and...
With a change in president, we see new executive orders. President Joe Biden has issued orders on issues ranging from DACA to the “Muslim ban.” Here are the highlights: President Biden has fortified the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. He has...
