Category : ABIL

Form I-129 Petition for Nonimmigrant Worker Requests Under Higher level of Scrutiny The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services department has updated their policies calling for more careful inspection when… Read More

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has updated it’s policy guidelines, and these updates may have an effect on nonimmigrant visa extensions. Essentially, USCIS has instructed all officers to review… Read More

Issuance of new order: Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on President Trump’s executive order 13780, “Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States,” often called the… Read More

Congress has extended the EB-5, E-Verify, Conrad state 30 (physician J-1 waiver), and religious workers programs until December 11, 2015, as part of congressional passage of a continuing resolution to… Read More

The 2014 edition of the Global Business Immigration Practice Guide has been released by LexisNexis.  Dozens of members of the Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers co-authored and edited the guide,… Read More

The Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers (ABIL) is preparing an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief (PDF) to the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) in response to U.S. Citizenship and… Read More

Many foreign entrepreneurs want to start businesses or invest in the United States. Other wealthy individuals want green cards to live in the United States, but may be hesitant because… Read More

Webinar Articles: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 The first EB-5 investor due diligence checklist provided by ABIL’s attorney presenters during last month’s webinar included several questions investors… Read More

Webinar Articles: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 In Part 1 of the partial summary of ABIL’s April 2011 EB-5 webinar made clear, there are several “types” of clients… Read More

Webinar Articles: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 In 2011, expect USCIS to issue around 6,000 of the 10,000 EB-5 visas available each year. That’s according to Stephen… Read More