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Are there courses in law school that prepare you well for this specific kind of law work, or did you learn most of what you do through working with folks who had the necessary expertise that could then be passed along through training?
Regarding the GC backlog for India, what is your best guess for the number of years it will take for priority dates in 2016 to become current?
Which category? 1st 01JAN12 2nd 01JAN11 3rd 01JAN09 OW 01JAN09 4th 01SEP18 OW = other workers. So check the diff between those dates and your date.
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The J-1 is not supposed to be used to fill regular positions although the J-1 is sometimes abused by companies. The J-1 is supposed to be for training and career development and the J-1 trainee/intern is supposed to have the intent to return to his or her home country or last place of foreign residence. All that being said, it's generally pretty easy to get a J-1 visa.
I work in a tourist town that only stays operational by bringing in thousands of J-1s each summer, and it honestly looks to me more like trafficking more than a legit use of the J-1 program - housing tied to job status with instant evictions if you lose a job, that kind of thing. I've always felt like the whole program feels sketchy with the way it is used here. Is there a good resource for understanding what is actu…
European, PhD, what's the fastest way available for me to get a green card?
I've heard of the investor visa, but I can't invest 1mil, or hire 10 people.
I've also heard of the H1B, but from what I understand that means years of uncertainty.
I've held a L1B, not sure if that matters.
Hi I am not really asking for specific advice (since I know our situation is already not working out to nice…), I just want to highlight how absurd the state of affair is and maybe get some input on that. My wife is a US citizen and we currently both live in Germany and planed to move at the and of this year. We’ve filed a I130 in November last year and got an initial estimate of it being done right now (7 Months not…
Unfortunately I've seen these terrible delays with our own clients and there's little that can be done other than what you suggest: get to the U.S. on some type of work visa and then pursue the green card when here, which is a very fast process. But one correction: you are allowed to travel to the U.S. as a visitor while your green card application is pending; you just need to maintain a home abroad and not work when…
Dual Irish/US Passport holder here -- if I wish to emigrate to the US do I have to do anything other than buy a plane ticket?
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This was my path, so it's possible. I dropped out after year two of my degree to join a startup and worked for 10 years in industry. I converted 8 years of that experience to 2 years of a bachelor's degree to make the full 4 required, and had a University professor provide a letter of endorsement. I was applying from Europe, and even then it was apparently a fairly expensive process for my sponsor.
Absolutely correct. The requirement is a four-year U.S. bachelor's degree or it's equivalent which can be a foreign degree or a combination of education and experience (or even just experience) evaluated to be the equivalent of a U.S. bachelor's degree. The rule of thumb is that 3 years of professional experience is the equivalent of 1 year of college education.
I know you don't make the rules, but on the surface it would seem that these numbers are switched around ;-)
how are tax records examined when applying to transition from lpr to citizenship?
I understand there are certain visas that an individual can obtain independently (like a TPS visa, or being the spouse of a L1 visa holder) without employer sponsorship, and other visa types that require employer sponsorship and other paperwork (I believe even visas like a TN require some coordination with candidates).
Generally speaking, are there any considerations you recommend small startup employers take when interviewing and hiring visa holders? Which visa types require the company to hire an immigration lawyer vs other visa types that don't? Links to external resources would also be helpful if there's a go-to source for this type of information.
How can startups more effectively use the OPT program? (I work at a university) I see a lot of graduating international students who would love to stay in the US post graduation and work at startups but navigating that seems difficult for startups.
Isn't OPT quite simple for the employer compared to H1-B, etc.? For the basic OPT, you don't really do any paperwork--the school and student do some paperwork and obtain an EAD that you use for the I-9 form. For the STEM OPT extension, you have to be participating in E-Verify (required in many states anyway), and fill out a training plan for the two years: https://www.ice.gov/doclib/sevis/pdf/i983.pdf I think the big…