Corporate Immigration Archives - Maggio Kattar Immigration Law

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Blog, Employer Compliance
January 6, 2021

E-Verify System Was Unavailable January 4th and 5th 2021: What Employers Need to Know

The E-Verify system experienced technical issues which caused it to be unavailable beginning at some point January 4^th, 2021through the entire business day of January 5^th, 2021

For employers who participate in E-Verify, it is important to note that the unavailability of E-Verify has no impact on an employer’s ability to timely complete the Form I-9 and employers should never delay and employee’s start date due an inability to create a case in E-Verify.

Theresa Nahajzer
Corporate Immigration
April 13, 2020

Form I-944, Affidavit of Self-Sufficiency,List of Supporting Documents

Under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), an individual could be denied a visa to the U.S. or a green card if the U.S.

Theresa Nahajzer
Corporate Immigration
April 13, 2020

PUBLIC CHARGE RULE FAQs

As of February 24, 2020, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) requires new forms and additional documents for most types of immigration cases in order to address the revised Public Charge Rule.

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Blog, Non-Immigrant (Temporary) Visas
February 24, 2020

Creating an employer myUSCIS account

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has recently announced the implementation of the H-1B registration process for H-1B cap-subject Petitions. The H-1B Petition registration period will begin on March 1, 2020.

Theresa Nahajzer
Non-Immigrant (Temporary) Visas
February 14, 2020

Important information about your new immigration matter

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Corporate Immigration, Temporary Visas
March 5, 2019

J-1 Exchange Visitor

The J-1 exchange visitor visa classification is intended to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries by means of educational and cultural exchanges.

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Corporate Immigration, Temporary Visas
March 5, 2019

L-1 Intracompany Transferee

The L-1 nonimmigrant visa category allows existing employees of a multinational employer abroad to transfer to that employer’s United States operations.

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Corporate Immigration, Temporary Visas
March 5, 2019

TN (Mexican + Canadian citizens)

The TN nonimmigrant visa category, created by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), allows for the expedited processing of Canadian and Mexican professionals seeking short-term productive employment in the United States.

Maggio
Corporate Immigration
March 5, 2019

Waivers

Foreign nationals may be inadmissible to the United States for a multitude of reasons, including health-related grounds, economic grounds, criminal grounds, moral grounds, violations of the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding entry or documentation, fraud or misrepresentations, security and related grounds, and other miscellaneous grounds.

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Temporary Visas
March 5, 2019

B-1 Business Visitor

A B-1 business visa is the most common type of visa to conduct business in the United States. B-1 business visitors are admitted to the United States for a limited period of time for the purpose of engaging in short-term commercial or professional activity, but not for productive employment or so-called “local labor for hire.”