As the government shutdown enters its third week, many employers are beginning to wonder what impacts the shutdown will have on their international workforces. The good news – most services provided by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) are fee-funded, and do not depend on government fund appropriation. With that being said, some USCIS… [Read More]
Profiles in Immigration – Home for the Holidays
The holidays, for so many, are filled with joy and merriment. For newlyweds Joe and Camila, this Christmas season provides even more to reasons to celebrate – as they spend their first holiday together as husband and wife in the United States. Joe and Camila met in March on Christian Mingle, an online dating website…. [Read More]
Applying for an E-Visa? A Legal Primer on Business Entities and Business Start-up in the U.S.
If you are early in the Investment Visa process, you have probably learned that applying for an E-2 visa is one of the LAST steps of the process, once you have already made substantial strides toward opening your business. With that in mind, we reached out to leading business attorney Christopher Branson, who offers up… [Read More]
The Good, the Bad and the Unexpected — What Type of Evidence Should You Include in Your Extraordinary Ability Petition?
One of the most important components of an extraordinary ability petition is showing evidence to support your case – in other words – what makes YOU so extraordinary? If you are considering an extraordinary ability petition, you will need to be prepared to show that you are the best of the best, a person of… [Read More]
HR Pulse Magazine Features Attorney Michael Murray
FordMurray founding partner Michael Murray is featured in the Fall 2018 edition of HR Pulse – the quarterly newsletter from the American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration (ASSHRA). In his article “Hiring Foreign Workers and HR Compliance During the Trump Administration,” Michael discusses challenges and solutions for Human Resource professionals who hope to hire… [Read More]
EB Visa Availability Update
Retrogression of visa category priority dates impact EB petition applications According to recent information that the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) gained from the U.S. Department of State, the EB-1 Worldwide category is likely to remain retrogressed through December 2018. When visa categories are retrogressed, applicants can still file I-140 petitions; however once the I-140… [Read More]
Cricketers in Maine Show the Positive Impacts of Immigration
We love this article in the Portland Press Herald about the Maine Cricket League – a group that has been playing competitive cricket in Maine for nearly a decade and has its championship game Saturday at 3 p.m. As immigration attorneys, we help businesses and individuals obtain visas and green cards to live and work… [Read More]
Rule By Memorandum: What You Need to Know about USCIS Updates to NTA Policy
A memo published July 5 by the United States Customs and Immigration Services (USCIS) outlines a policy change that could have far reaching implications for those in the United States on work or student visas. Change in Notice to Appear Policy The July memo, which, among other decrees, instructs USCIS to issue a Notice to… [Read More]
Why President Trump Doesn’t Need to Change Laws to Rewrite Immigration Policy
The “zero-tolerance” policy on illegal immigration instituted by Attorney General Jeff Sessions in April and discontinued Wednesday via executive order by President Trump has resulted in the separation of children from their parents and placed a human face on one of the hallmarks of President Trump’s approach to immigration reform – using unyielding interpretation of existing… [Read More]
Green Card and Visa Solutions for Foreign-Born Entrepreneurs
What do Sergey Brin (co-founder, Google), Liz Claiborne (founder, company namesake), Andrew Grove (co-founder, Intel), Jerry Yang (co-founder, Yahoo!), and Elon Musk (CEO, Tesla) have in common? They are all entrepreneurs who immigrated to the United States and helped to revolutionize the industries where they made their mark. Attracting remarkably talented people to the United… [Read More]
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