Foreign physicians who received medical training in J-1 program must either return to their country or obtain a waiver before they can apply for an immigration visa, or change to almost any other nonimmigrant status. A J-1 waiver can be granted when the physician commits to practice medicine in an underserved area of the United… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: November 2009
EB-5 Immigrant Investors
The EB-5 Immigrant Investors Program is recently extended to September 30, 2012. The statutory requiments of the EB-5 visa are burdensom. Approximately only about 1,000 people a year have immigrated in this category — just one-tenth of the visa available. For the regular program, the enterprise must (1) be one in which the person has… Continue Reading
B-1 Business Visitors
B-1 visa is for the visitor who has an unabandoned foreign residence, intends to visit only temporarily and intends to engage only in permitted business activities. B-1 business visitor may be admitted for the purpose of enaging in business but not for the purpose of local employment or labor for hire. in distinguishing, the determination… Continue Reading
Four Immigration Program Extended
On 10/28/2009, President Obama signed into law which extends the non-minister religious worker, the “Conrad 30″, the EB-5 visa (investor visa) and the E-Verify program through September 30, 2012. The law also includes statutory authority for USCIS to complete processing of permanent residence applications for surviving spouses and other relatives of immigration sponsors who die… Continue Reading