House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday announced two votes on immigration legislation in the United States House of Representatives, derailing efforts by bipartisan group of U.S. Representatives to secure the signatures necessary to vote on competing immigration reform bills using a discharge petition. The upcoming votes on two separate immigration bills – one proposed by… [Read More]
FordMurray Releases Family Sponsorship Guide
FordMurray is pleased to release our 2018 Family Sponsorship Guide. The 14-page guide, authored by Senior Counsel Aga Asbury, serves as a helpful resource to U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents who would like to sponsor a spouse or family member for a U.S. “green card.” The Family Sponsorship Guide features information about the sponsorship… [Read More]
FordMurray Welcomes Attorney Aga Asbury
FordMurray founding partners Russell Ford and Michael Murray are pleased to announce the addition of Portland immigration attorney Aga Asbury to the FordMurray team. Aga will expand FordMurray’s reach to include family immigration matters in Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, as well as assisting small business owners and entrepreneurs with E-2 and L-1 visa statuses…. [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]
5 US Business Visas for Foreign-Born Physicians
This article explains immigration pathways for foreign physicians. For a comprehensive look at healthcare immigration for Human Resource Leaders, click here. For a detailed overview of healthcare immigration for foreign medical graduates or foreign medical students enrolled in U.S. medical training programs, click here. The United States is predicted to have a significant shortage of qualified physicians in… [Read More]
Extraordinary Ability, Pizza, and America’s First Lady
The month of March brought news stories that had many people unfamiliar with business immigration asking, “What is extraordinary ability, anyway?” “Extraordinary ability” is a term used for temporary O visas and EB-1 petitions for permanent residence. Broadly, these processes are used to bring the best and brightest to the United States – and sometimes… [Read More]
Recruiting Foreign Students in the Trump Years
For the first time in years – if not decades – colleges, universities and graduate programs in the United States are facing a decline in enrollment of foreign students. This month, CNN reported F-1 visas issued to foreign students decreased nearly 20 percent in the year that ended September 20, 2017. The Wall Street Journal… [Read More]
6 Tips to Reduce Your Risk for RFE when Filing Your H-1B
The 2017 H-1B season saw an unprecedented increase in Request for Evidence (RFE) challenges to H-1B visa petitions from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and there is no indication 2018 will be any different. With the filing deadline for the 2018 lottery on April 6th, it is important to learn from the 2017… [Read More]
Presidential Thoughts on Immigration
On Monday, the federal government will be closed in honor of President’s Day – a holiday originally commemorating George Washington’s birthday. It is an apt time to remember that American presidents throughout our history debated the merits of immigration. At our country’s inception, our forefathers recognized the United States as a nation of immigrants, even… [Read More]
Hiring on an O Visa
If your company wants to hire an exceptionally talented individual for a temporary period of time, then the “O” visa may be right for you. The O visa is a short-term, non-immigrant visa meant to provide entry to the US for international people of extraordinary ability in certain designated fields. Generally, this type of visa… [Read More]
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