The EB-5 Visa – A Flexible Immigration Investment Option

The EB-5 Visa provides the most flexible path to a green card based on a US investment. The EB-5 visa does not require the applicant to manage the day-to-day affairs of a business. One may invest in an existing business, or a new business. More than one person may invest in the same business. The
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Consular Assistance

US immigration law provides a number of avenues for non-immigrant visa holders to change or extend their valid status inside the United States. However in many instances where certain requisites are not met, non immigrant visa status can only be issued, renewed or extended at a US Consular office outside the United States. At the
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USA National Interest & Exceptional Skills

The U.S. offers persons with exceptional skills or accomplishments a fast track to a green card. The visa category EB-1 includes those with exceptional skills in the U.S. national interests and persons with extraordinary skills. In a nut shell; famous businessmen, world-class scientists and artists qualify. Scientists and artists must demonstrate international recognition in their
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Options After Practical Training

Students hoping to stay in the U.S. after practical training have few options. They can get married to a U.S. citizen or find a job and apply for an H-1B or an E visa. Recent university graduates usually qualify as professionals for H-1B status. Experience is not a requirement for H-1B visa professional or specialty-worker
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USA Travel While Studying

All students who wish to leave the U.S. must obtain an endorsed Form I-20ID from a designated school official each time the student leaves the U.S. The school’s endorsement proves that the student is still in school and making satisfactory progress under the approved educational program. Students who try to enter the U.S. with a
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Employment While Attending School

  The following programs allow students to work while attending a school in the U.S: On-Campus Employment Any full-time student in good academic standing may work 20 hours a week at an on-campus facility during the school year and full-time between quarters or semesters. Pilot Off-Campus Employment Program This program permits 20 hours a week
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Studying in the USA

    Students use F-1 visas for academic programs and M-1 visas for vocational programs. To be eligible for either of these visas the student must first be accepted by a school. Once the student is accepted the school will prepare Form I-20 for the student to submit to the INS or to a consulate.
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USA E Treaty Countries

  Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Bosnia-Herzegovina Bulgaria Cameroon Canada China (Taiwan) Colombia Congo Costa Rica Czech Republic Ecuador Egypt Estonia Ethiopia Finland France Georgia Germany Grenada Honduras Iran Ireland Italy Jamaica Japan Kazakhstan Korea Kyrgyzstan Latvia Liberia Luxembourg Mexico Morocco Moldovia Mongolia Netherlands Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Philippines Poland Romania Senegal Slovak
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USA E-2 Visas

The Treaty Investor Visa permits citizens of certain countries to reside in the United States through an investment in the U.S.A. The investor must come to manage or oversee the investment. The Treaty Trader visa is the same as the Treaty Investor visa except that it involves qualifying trade between the US and the treaty
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USA L-1 Visas

Those who serve as a manager of a business located outside of the U.S.A. and who are transferred to a business in the U.S.A. as a manager or executive may qualify for a L-1 visa if the foreign and U.S. business are linked by 50% or more common ownership. Those who fall under this definition
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