by admin | Jan 23, 2014 | General News
The obtaining of individual taxpayer identification numbers (ITIN) became significantly harder in 2012. ITIN’s are used by many undocumented immigrants to pay taxes on monies earned in the United States. We also use them for foreign nationals who are not...
by admin | Jan 23, 2014 | General News
The USCIS Adjudicator’s Field Manual (USCIS AFM) which is the manual the CIS uses to adjudicate cases, says that a branch of a foreign entity CANNOT sponsor an L-1A manager for a green card through the I-140 process. Although the USCIS AFM does not have the same force...
by admin | Jan 23, 2014 | General News
Many people don’t this, but the standard of proof that the applicant has to show in an immigration case is the preponderance of the evidence standard. What that means is that it must be more likely than not that something is true. In other words more than 50% likely...
by admin | Jan 23, 2014 | General News
As many people know, the government is looking very closely at L-1B visas and whether specialized knowledge exists for an L-1B. Our office has seen quite a few requests for evidence and denials because the USCIS is not convinced that an executive possesses specialized...
by admin | Jan 23, 2014 | General News
At the AILA (American Immigration Lawyer’s Association) conference in June 2011 in San Diego, one of the big complaints from the members was that RFE’s (Request for Evidence) were being sent with very short (usually 30 days) response time. In general, the 30 days...
