Our firm successfully processed a National Interest Waiver Petition for a researcher from China working at a prestigious University in Philadelphia conducting research in the field of understanding the molecular mechanisms of disease. The Chinese National had used the approved NIW I-140 Petition to extend...
A nonimmigrant who entered in G-2 status as a representative of a recognized foreign member government to an international organization met a United States Citizen while in the United States, fell in love, and married. Our firm filed an application for adjustment of status on...
Our immigration lawyers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania successfully processed a H-1B Cap Subject Petition for a Software Engineer working for a start-up telecommunications company in New Jersey. The company's proprietary software enables telephone calls to be made over the Internet, including through mobile phones. We provided...
Our immigration law firm represents a major Hospital in Pennsylvania that employs over 10,000 individuals. As part of our practice we assist the Hospital in sponsoring medical residents for H-1B status. Due to certain timing issues, 5 medical residents needed a 6 day extension of...
Our firm recently received green card approvals for the principal alien and derivative spouse and children based upon approval of a Labor Certification Application. Our firm had been retained following approval of the Labor Certification to complete the I-140 and I-485 processing. The derivative family...
Our law firm has received another approval notice for an H-1B cap case that we filed on April 1, 2010 for a Secondary Market Coordinator, a position involving the analysis of mortgages, rates, and pricing for loans for the purpose of selling such mortgages into...
Getson & Schatz, P.C. received its first approval of a FY-2011 H-1B cap case that was filed on April 1, 2010 for a change of status from F-1 to H-1B effective October 1, 2010. Based upon the approval the F-1 student will be able to...
The U visa was designed to provide immigration status to the victims of particularly severe crimes. As many lawyers remain unaware of this visa, it has been utilized infrequently. My client was smuggled to the United States in the late 1990s in a cargo container...
A new client recently contacted us and faxed a letter from the Detention and Removal Office requesting that he appear in person within one week. The Detention and Removal Office is the arm of the Immigration Service that arrests, detains, and actually deports immigrants with...
A few weeks ago, I received a phone call from a jail in Texas. The call was from a Chinese woman from Indonesia who was a friend of one of my old clients and she told me that she had been arrested by Immigration officers...
