Forbes.com reported that analysis of new data obtained from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reveals the agency has dramatically increased denials of L-1 and H-1B petitions over the past four years, harming the competitiveness of U.S. employers and encouraging companies to keep more jobs...
Getson & Schatz, P.C. was contacted by our client, a postdoctoral researcher from India, regarding the self-petition of an I-140 Petition for an Alien of Extraordinary Ability. Our client and her three children initially entered the United States with H-4 visas as dependents of their...
Our client was issued a B-2 Visa in 2004 to legally come to the United States as a visitor from his home country of Burkina Faso. A B-2 Visa typically is valid for a six month stay in the U.S. and is subject to an...
Our client, a citizen of the United Kingdom, was engaged to a U.S. citizen and contacted our Philadelphia Immigration Firm regarding coming to the United States so that he could marry and live with his fianceé. Current immigration law allows for a U.S. citizen to...
Our law firm provides immigration representation to many companies and organizations throughout the United States. One of our corporate clients supplies computer software and consulting services to North American manufacturers and the U.S. federal government. The company wanted to employ a nonimmigrant as a software...
On January 31, 2012 the Department of Homeland Security issued a statement that The President is deeply committed to fixing our broken immigration system so that it meets our 21st century national security and economic needs. As a part of comprehensive immigration reform, the President...
Getson & Schatz, P.C. provides immigration representation to a large hospital in Pennsylvania. The hospital needed help petitioning for a prospective H-1B employee for a change of employer. An H-1B nonimmigrant visa allows specialty occupation workers to temporarily work in the United States. There are...
Last week, an Immigration Judge in York, Pennsylvania granted our client’s green card case after a long legal battle that had kept him in jail for almost one year. Our client came to the U.S. many years ago and had a green card through his...
The White House announced that President Obama will sign an Executive Order and announce new initiatives to significantly increase travel and tourism in the United States. The U.S. tourism and travel industry is a substantial component of U.S. GDP and employment, representing 2.7% of GDP...
The American Immigration Law Council reported that during its nine-year history, issues have arisen with respect to restrictions on counsel by the Department of Homeland Security’s immigration agencies. Tuesday, in response to calls from the American Immigration Council and the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the...
