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H-1B Entrepreneurs

Historically, foreigners have been instrumental in the creation of many successful companies in the US. However, the US immigration laws have become less and less welcoming to foreigners who wish to create their own companies. In 2010, a memo was promulgated that made...

ITIN Numbers

The obtaining of individual taxpayer identification numbers (ITIN) became significantly harder in 2012. ITIN’s are used by many undocumented immigrants to pay taxes on monies earned in the United States. We also use them for foreign nationals who are not...

Did You Know?

The USCIS Adjudicator’s Field Manual (USCIS AFM) which is the manual the CIS uses to adjudicate cases, says that a branch of a foreign entity CANNOT sponsor an L-1A manager for a green card through the I-140 process. Although the USCIS AFM does not have the same force...

What Proof?

Many people don’t this, but the standard of proof that the applicant has to show in an immigration case is the preponderance of the evidence standard. What that means is that it must be more likely than not that something is true. In other words more than 50% likely...