IMMIGRATION

Visas, citizenship, and immigration are our firm’s areas of expertise. In categories like family-based immigration, employment-based immigration, visas, citizenship, deportation defense, and immigration appeals, we provide complete immigration services at affordable rates. We invite you to schedule an appointment to consult with our esteemed team of professionals.

Usually, those who want to reside and work in the US do so with the aid of a work visa. There are numerous categories for work visas. Depending on the qualifications of the applicant, as well as the proposed position and employment responsibilities, the compatible work visa will be granted.

Foreigners looking for work in the US can choose from a number of different work visas. A few of the more typical work visas are as follows:

H-1B: A category for employees who have earned the equivalent of a bachelor’s degree or higher in the United States and who plan to work in a specialty occupation that calls for that level of education as its minimum requirement.

L-1A: A categorization for company transferees who have had or will hold an executive or managerial position and have spent at least one out of the previous three years working for a branch, parent firm, affiliate, or subsidiary abroad.

L-1B: A categorization for employees who are transferred by their employer, but who have worked for a branch, parent business, affiliate, or subsidiary overseas for at least one of the three years prior and who will use their specialized knowledge of the employer’s products, processes, procedures, or services.

O-1: A categorization for people with exceptional talent in the arts, sciences, business, education, or athletics, or noteworthy accomplishments in the realm of motion pictures and television, who wish to continue working in their field in the United States.

TN: A categorization for citizens of Mexico and Canada who intend to work in the United States in a professional capacity and who meet the criteria outlined in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

E-1: A categorization for citizens of nations with which the United States has signed a treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation or a bilateral investment agreement and who want to visit the country to engage in significant trade.

E-2: A categorization for citizens of nations with whom the United States has signed a treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation or a bilateral investment agreement, and who want to relocate to the US while managing and expanding the operations of a business in which they have made a sizable capital investment.

A non-immigrant visa called an F-1 is given to anyone who wants to come to the US and study full-time at an educational institution. A full course of study at an accredited college, university, seminary, conservatory, academic high school, private elementary school, other academic institution, and/or language training program must be planned by applicants for an F-1 visa.

For foreign nationals, there are several ways to get a green card based on a work offer or employment opportunity. Some classifications allow the employer to file an immigration petition right away, while others need the employer to first submit a labor certification in order to start the green card procedure. Please get in touch with us for a free evaluation so we may thoroughly explain the correct work visas the applicant is qualified for, as well as the relevant green card procedures.

Close relatives of American citizens and lawful permanent residents are eligible for the family visa. For immigration reasons, a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident can sponsor their immediate family members. The number of family visas that can be issued each year is capped for extended family members of U.S. citizens and permanent residents, while it is unlimited for most immediate relatives of U.S. citizens.

Green card holders who wish to become citizens of the United States may naturalize. There are two main categories of people who qualify:

• Those who have been lawfully residing in the country for five years and are at least 18 years old.

• Legal permanent residents who are at least 18 years old, have lived with the same U.S. citizen for the last three years, are married to that person, and who have been lawful permanent residents for at least three years.

The lawful permanent resident must be physically present in the country for about half the time necessary to meet the criteria for continuous residence. As a result, if a lawful permanent resident is required to have lived in the country continuously for five years, they must be physically present here for a total of about two and a half years. Additionally, if the threshold for lawful permanent residency is three years of continuous residence, the applicant must have spent at least 1.5 years in the country.