LAW ENFORCEMENT – WITNESS INFORMANTS VISAS S visa is a very special nonimmigrant visa usually given to certain aliens to come to the United States as nonimmigrant informants of criminal organization information or terrorist activities information. By statute, the program is set to expire seven years after it was created i.e., program must end in 2000. […]
LIFE – VISAS The Legal Immigration Family Equity Act and its amendments (LIFE Act) established a new nonimmigrant category (V) within the immigration law that allows the spouse or child of a U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident to live and work in the United States in a nonimmigrant category. The spouse or child can remain in the […]
LEARNING – STUDENT VISAS The U.S. attracts many foreign nationals to its diverse and strong institutions of learning. The F-1 Visa (Academic Student) allows one to enter the U.S. as a full-time student at an accredited (U.S. government-approved) college or university. The student must be enrolled in a program or course of study that culminates in […]
LABOR – VISIT OR WORK VISAS There are many types of labor visas, each with specific requirements as to the type of position, type of employer, duration, etc. The H1B and L-1 Visas are for temporary workers. The E-1 (Treaty Trader) and E-2 Visas (Treaty Investor) allow nationals of countries having commercial treaties with the U.S. […]
LABOR – VISIT OR WORK VISAS Immigrant visas allow individuals of foreign nations to come to the United States to live and work permanently in the United States. A person who came on immigrant visa is generally called Permanent Resident. Usually foreign individuals may be able to come to the United States as Permanent Residents […]
What is Naturalization? Naturalization is commonly referred to as the manner in which a person not born in the United States voluntarily becomes a U.S. citizen. People not born in the United States who want to become citizens of the United States must go through a legal process to become naturalized citizens. Naturalization is the […]
Most another common type that allows individuals of foreign nations to immigrate to the United States. Through employment-based immigration, an alien will be allowed to live and work permanently in the United States. Aliens who would like to immigrate to the United States are subject to numerical limitations based on their preferences and per-country limitations. […]
One of the most common forms of immigration is through close family ties to US citizens or permanent residents. The overall cap for the allotment of immigrant visas based on family sponsorship is set at 480,000 visas for each fiscal year. This number may be enhanced by the unused visas from the previous fiscal years, […]