The September 2009 Visa Bulletin is available. The third employment category is still unavailable. However, the Fourth Category — Special Immigrant Category and the Certain Religious Worker Category became UNAVAILABLE. They expe
Because of the new regulations concerning Religious Workers enacted last year — the category for non-ministers is set to expire on September 30, 2009.
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Archive for the ‘Work based US residence’ Category
Visa Bulletin for September 2009
Posted in Business Visas, Legal Permanent Resident, Work based US residence on August 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
April 2009 Visa Bulletin
Posted in Legal Permanent Resident, Work based US residence, tagged Visa Bulletin on March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Click here for the visa bulletin for April 2009.
There has been retrogression in the third employment category (EB-3).
EB-5 (One Million Dollar Investment Visa or $500K)
Posted in EB-5, Legal Permanent Resident, Work based US residence on December 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Investors are able to obtain permanent residency (greencard) via the EB-5 Immigrant Visa. This isn’t to be confused with an E-1/E-2 Trader/Investor Visa, which is a non-immigrant visa (temporary).
Generally, the EB-5 Investor Visa requires two things:
1. An active investment of $1,000,000 (one million dollars) into a commercial enterprise
AND
2. Create 10 full time jobs for US [...]
Visa Bulletin December 2008
Posted in Business Visas, Legal Permanent Resident, Work based US residence, tagged Visa Bulletin on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
December 2008 VISA BULLETIN
The above photo is a departure from our normal “bulletin” photo. I just returned from a trip to China, which was fantastic. I highly recommend people to check out China — a week in Shanghai and a week in Beijing.
The only thing about the December 2008 Visa Bulletin that you should know, [...]
EB-5 Investor Visa Regional Center Pilot Program Update
Posted in Business Visas, EB-5, Work based US residence, tagged Business Visa, EB-5, Investor Visa, Regional Center on October 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The EB-5 Regional Center Pilot Program has been extended until March 6, 2009 (yes, that’s next year). Presumably,further extensions (or a permanent one) would be taken up by the next administration. The extension was part of HR 2638 that also extended the E-Verify program. Without the extension, then the Regional Center Pilot [...]
