On August 27, 2024, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced updates to its policy manual concerning F/M nonimmigrant student classifications. This new guidance, effective immediately, brings several important…
On August 27, 2024, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced updates to its policy manual concerning F/M nonimmigrant student classifications. This new guidance, effective immediately, brings several important…
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We are pleased to announce that our firm's real estate team successfully navigated a complex transaction involving the sale of rooftop telecommunication leases and the grant of a rooftop easement…
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On June 18, 2024, the Biden-Harris Administration announced plans to simplify obtaining employment-based nonimmigrant visas for U.S. college graduates with job offers, including DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipients.…
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H-1B visas are one of the most widely used visas for non-immigrant workers in the United States. This is because it allows companies to hire foreign workers for specialized jobs…
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Categories: Citizenship , USCIS
With the U.S. Department of State (“DOS”)’s publication of its September 2024 visa bulletin, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) has decided that it will continue to use the…
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Categories: USCIS
In 2022, USCIS started allowing employers who were enrolled in E-Verify to remotely examine their employees’ Form I-9 documents. If employers began using the remote examination method, they must do…
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Categories: Citizenship , USCIS
In a recent update from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), new clarifications were provided regarding the acquisition of U.S. citizenship by children born abroad. To clarify, acquisition…
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In March 2024, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) conducted an initial round of random selection on electronic registrations that were properly submitted for the fiscal year (FY) 2025…
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Categories: Business Immigration , Entrepreneurship , Immigration Law , International Entrepreneur Rule , USCIS
Effective October 1, 2024, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will increase the investment and revenue thresholds under the International Entrepreneur Rule (IER). This adjustment mandated every three years…
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Categories: Citizenship , Citizenship Green Cards , Green Cards
This article was written by Sheetal A. Patel and published in New India Abroad’s weekly e-paper on July 27, 2024. Visit New India Abroad and go to page…
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Categories: Citizenship , Law Firm , Lawyers , Legal Services
The Biden administration has announced new policies that would offer legal status to a wide array of immigrants living in the United States without the proper and necessary documentation. This…
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Categories: Attorneys , Citizenship , Law Firm , Lawyers , Legal Services
Beginning on May 22, 2024, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a new update in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding family-based immigrant petitions. This policy update explains how…
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Categories: Indian Startups , Startup Law , Startups
Expanding a startup business into the United States can be a lucrative prospect for Indian founders. Understanding the complex landscape of U.S. business entities and ownership regulations prior to taking…
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Categories: Commercial Transactions , Corporate Law , Software Agreements , Technology Law
As a busy business owner, you juggle many responsibilities. However, slowing down to review key provisions in service agreements can save you from costly surprises, inadvertent breaches of contract, and…
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Categories: Indian Startups , Startup Law , Startups
As of 2024, Compulsorily Convertible Preference Shares (“CCPS”) have become the default form of equity offered to venture capitalists and other sophisticated investors in the early financing rounds of an…
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Categories: Citizenship , H-1B Visa , Law Firm , Lawyers
On April 1, 2024, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that enough electronic registrations were received during the initial registration period to reach the numerical allotments (H-1B cap)…
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Categories: Attorneys , Citizenship , EB-2 , EB-3 , Law Firm , Lawyers
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a policy guidance in their policy manual announcing the adoption of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)’s definition of “science or art”…
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