by SW Law Group, P.C. | Oct 6, 2023 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, Visas
In a recent development, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued updated policy guidance to offer comprehensive clarity on the evaluation criteria for the Extraordinary Ability (E11) and Outstanding Professor or Researcher (E12) immigrant visa...
by SW Law Group, P.C. | Oct 5, 2023 | General News, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Latest News, Visas
Introduction Excitement fills the air as the doors to opportunity swing wide open! The highly anticipated DV-2025 Diversity Visa Lottery Program is set to begin accepting applications from aspirants worldwide. Starting from noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4) on...
by SW Law Group, P.C. | Oct 3, 2023 | Visas
Introduction: In a recent and significant update, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has recently announced changes to the validity periods of certain Employment Authorization Documents (EADs). These changes, implemented on September 27, 2023, have...
by SW Law Group, P.C. | Apr 11, 2023 | H-1B, Immigration News, L-1, Non-Immigrant Visas, Visas
In a down economy, we often say termination and layoffs of nonimmigrants especially in the tech industry. We decided to give our readers some updates with regards to considerations. Terminating an employee is always a difficult decision....
by SW Law Group, P.C. | Feb 13, 2023 | H-1B, Immigration News, L-1, Visas
Visa Revalidation to Commence in Washington DC this year Back in the day, when I started practicing immigration law, some 29 years ago, and up until about 19 years ago, in other words, for the first ten years of my career, our firm was able to send foreign...
by SW Law Group, P.C. | Dec 25, 2022 | Bulletin, Visas
Department of State slowdowns in China The U.S. State Department recently announced that consular operations at various consular posts in China, will be reduced because of operational impacts caused by the surge of COVID-19 infections” across the country. The U.S....