US Visas

At their broadest, no matter the type, US visa applications are applications that give you the authority to visit the US. There are many types of United States Visas. Some specifically allow your partner to enter the US to marry you, while others allow you to visit the US as a performer, athlete, entrepreneur, investor, or for […]

J-1 visa holders are people who can enter the US on special exchange programs for up to seven years. The idea behind the J-1 visa is that it allows the US to attract certain professionals – such as medical graduates – into the US to fill professional vacancies. Once the J-1 visa expires, the visa holder

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is a reciprocal trade agreement between the United States, Mexico, and Canada. It exists to facilitate trade between the three countries. As part of NAFTA, there have been certain allowances made to allow for freer movement of trained professionals and workers between the three countries. To this end,

Immigration experts and legislators in the US and abroad are questioning the apparent rise of rejections of H1B visa applicants and L1 work visa applicants. According to a Congressional hearing, in 2012, there was a 26% rate for requests for additional on H1B petitions and a 17% denial rate for those applications. Legislators and immigration experts are still debating

If you are applying for a K1 Fiancee Visa, you are applying to enter the US in order to get married to a US citizen. Since the K1 visa allows you to secure a green card through marriage and eventually apply for US citizenship, the USCIS takes care to ensure that there is no immigration fraud taking

When a couple decide to get married and one partner is a US citizen while another partner is a foreign national, the couple can get married in the US and can secure a green card for the non-US partner by filing for a Fiancée Visa or K-1 visa. Many couples in this situation wish to be married

Both the F-1 Visa and M-1 Visa are non-immigration student visas which allow international students to study and live full-time in the US. If you want to study more than 18 hours a week at any course of study you will need to secure either an F-1 visa or an M-1 visa. First, however, you will need

The great majority of Americans are aware of the need for low-skilled workers in the United States and support a US visa program for legal immigrants willing to perform physically demanding work; however, most are unaware that there is a short supply of such programs, according to a new poll from ImmigrationWorks USA. 78% of

There are two primary kinds of US visa offered by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, which are then broken down into more specific categories.  The two primary kinds of US visas are referred to simply as immigrant and non-immigrant visas. Immigrant US visas are provided to individuals who want to work toward eventually gaining

Supporters of immigration reform are protesting against the controversial EB-5 US visa program, with Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and San Diego activists slamming it as “immigration reform for the 1%”. The program enables rich foreigners to invest between $500,000 and $1m in a US business and become eligible to get a green card if 10 or