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Alternative Employment Visa Options to the H-1b Lottery.

The H-1b visa has long been a stalwart of US immigration law. For many foreign nationals it is how they obtain or extend their work authorization with their U.S. employers. Unfortunately, the demand for H-1b visas vastly exceeds the artifical quota created by Congress. Each year USCIS holds a lottery

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Who Gets An Automatic Extension Of Their Right Work?

Most immigration categories that enable you to work are eligible for an automatic extension of your right to work while an EAD renewal is pending. The most notable categories that do not provide automatic extension of work authorization are H-4, L-2, and E-2d. Here is a list of the more

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Should You Store Your I-9’s Electronically?

The Department of Homeland Security allows employers to store their I-9s electronically. Legislation was first enacted in 2004 with the regulations finalized on July 21, 2010 so that an employer may now store their I-9s electronically. Everything else is becoming automated, why not jump on the bandwagon and do it

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TPS – Venezuela and Burma

Over 320,000 Venezuelans and Burmese currently living in the United States are now eligible to stay and work here for another 18 months.  The United States has now designated people from Venezuela or Burma living in the U.S. as eligible for Temporary Protective Status (“TPS”). Moreover, the United States Citizenship

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Immigration Options for Foreign Managers and Executives

Let’s say you are the CEO of a top international company and now want to come to the U.S. to oversee a new U.S. branch office that just opened up in San Diego, California. Sounds like a legitimate reason to come to the U.S. but determining the best immigration strategy

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My Fiancé is Illegal

Today we tackle one of the most common questions an Immigration Lawyer receives: I am a United States Citizen, my fiancé is illegal. What can I do? If he has entered without any documentation and did not go through a border to be inspected, most likely his case will need

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