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Hi Peter, thank you for your time. I accidentally ripped my certificate of naturalization in half. How much of a risk is it to keep the halves and not get a new one? New one was $555 last I checked; is there any reprocessing or is it just law of supply/demand?
Hey Peter, thanks in advance. I've been on an H1B for 4 years now and have had Greencard filed a few yrs ago. I've been working for almost 5 years and want to take a longer time off, two or three months sabbatical/unpaid leave. I would still like to stay in US (my parents live here). Is this possible? Will I lose my visa or greencard status?
Hi Peter, I work for a large tech company that has recently announced internally that they will be putting all PERM filings on pause indefinitely. The reasons cited are: — The 10-day in-house job posting is of dubious quality now because there is no one at the office to to see it (it's closed and empty because of Covid), and they believe the Department of Labor may notice this and refuse applications. — Because of th…
Really both. First, your company can post the notice of filing electronically so that's not a real issue. But yes, there's a chance that PERM filing will be scrutinized more closely and audited and denied with greater frequency. But that hasn't happened yet so I guess in the end I don't buy that approach. I just don't think it makes sense to base decisions on things that might happen.
Interesting to see you think that way.
My wife recently got her PERM application denied. The reasoning was that the in-house job posting did not include the salary for the position. We think it was a clerical mistake on part of the company attorney and we are trying to move on by looking at other options.
However, last year her colleague obtained PERM with the same job posting template. It gave us the impression that indeed the PERM filings are being scrutinized and denied with greater frequency.
My wife moved here last year on a K-1 Visa and currently has her EAD while awaiting her green card which has been delayed even further than normal due to Covid-19 office closures. She's a data scientist and has had numerous interested recruiters call her only to ask if she has a green card. When she states she has an EAD and IS awaiting her Green Card they say that's not sufficient and end the conversation. Is this l…
Hey Peter! Former client, And used your firm for several employees. You’ve become an expert in this space. How do you think about scalability and succession planning? What motivates you to keep being so hands on? What has motivated you to become a leader in this field?
I am from India and a recent graduate from a top tier university. I have only recently starting working (1 year so far) in the corporate landscape. What is the best route / plan for me to get opportunities to work in Europe? How flexible are the immigration policies of Europe for Indians? Thank you so much for doing this!
I've done it for one of my team members, it's pretty easy.
Hi peter, I was on a H1b and quit my job in March (I still have a year and few months left on my H1b). I applied for a change of status to a h4 (this is still in progress with the USCIS) and had planned to relocate to India in June to start my company, but am still in the US waiting for the covid situation to resolve. Is there any option for me to start the company here?
Canadian citizen here, working at a late stage startup. I could not fly out to renew my visa due to the pandemic, so we went through USCIS. My visa appeal has gone into an RFE, and there is a chance it could get denied. I have a couple more months left. Do American companies have to do anything special immigration-wise for an employee to work from Canada (either temporarily or permanent)? Or is it just a matter of me…
Can you speak at all to how a US based company that is 100% remote should hire "employees" in various countries? Today we make most of them contractors, but are trying to understand if there is a better method. It seems particularly difficult especially when we only have 1 person in a given country.
Do you think there is any chance that the current administration will try to kick permanent residents out of the United States?