Following are some highlights for the comprehensive bipartisan immigration reform bill introduced in the Senate on April 17, 2013. H-1B Cap Raised, but New Restrictions on Temporary H-1B Workers. In an effort promote market-based limits, the annual H-1B cap would be raised from 65,000 to 110,000, and would be adjustable upwards to as high as… Continue Reading
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Subscribe to Investment immigration RSS FeedImmigration Reform: Comparing the Senate Proposal with the White House Proposal
Posted in Citizenship, Employment eligibility and verification, Immigration legislation, Investment immigration, VisasThis week, both President Obama and the Senate announced frameworks for comprehensive immigration reform. The following is a comparison of key elements in each of the plans. Path to Citizenship Similarities: Neither plan permits a direct route to citizenship. A foreign national must first become a permanent resident with a “green card,” and then wait,… Continue Reading
EB-5 Investor Scams Target Immigration Lawyers
Posted in Investment immigrationMuch attention in the press recently has focused on encouraging foreign investors to set up businesses in the United States through the EB-5 Investor Visa program, but there has been little attention to a related phenomenon: “Man-in-the-middle” fraud schemes targeting immigration lawyers who handle EB-5 cases. In these cases, the scam artists seek to victimize immigration lawyers by… Continue Reading
Immigration Initiatives for Investors Expanding?
Posted in Investment immigrationNew opportunities for immigration through investment in the United States may be expanding. The Director of the Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napalitano, and the Director of its agency U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Alejandro Mayorkas, have been promoting “a series of new policy, operational, and outreach efforts that will help fuel the nation’s economy and… Continue Reading
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