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Brazil Extends Visa Waiver for Tourists from the United States, Australia and Canada
The Brazilian government has extended for another year the visa exemption for tourists from the United States, Canada, and Australia,...
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Apr 19, 20242 min read


Increase in Immigration Fees
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced significant adjustments to immigration and naturalization...
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Apr 1, 20242 min read


Temporary Work Visa H-1B
The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows highly skilled foreign professionals to work in the United States in specialized...
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Mar 15, 20242 min read


Immigrant Investor Program for EB-5 Visa
The EB-5 visa is a United States immigration program that allows foreign investors to obtain a permanent resident visa (Green Card) by...
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Feb 20, 20242 min read


EB-4 Visa
The EB-4 visa is an immigrant visa category for the United States, designed for certain categories of immigrant workers with specific...
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Feb 1, 20241 min read


The Department of State Posted the February 2024 Visa Bulletin
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has published the February 2024 Visa Bulletin demonstrating modest advancement in Worldwide EB-2 and...
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Jan 18, 20241 min read


USCIS Announces New Premium Processing Fees
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced on December 27th 2023 the increasing charge of the filing fee for the Form 1-907...
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Jan 9, 20241 min read


Have you Heard About the L-1 Visa?
The L-1 visa is an option for employees of foreign companies wishing to temporarily transfer to a branch, subsidiary, affiliate, or...
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Jan 9, 20241 min read


Work as a Nurse in the United States
The United States is actively seeking professionals in the healthcare sector, whether to provide services in hospitals, clinics, nursing...
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Dec 4, 20231 min read


AILA Briefing on October and November 2023 Visa Bulletin
AILA’s DOS Liaison Committee has published a document on October 19, 2023, relating to the October 2023 and November 2023 Visa Bulletin’s...
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Oct 24, 20232 min read


Visa Bulletin for October 2023
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) published the October 2023 Visa Bulletin and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)...
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Oct 9, 20231 min read


Resumption of Issuing Visas for Cuban Immigrants
On January 4, 2023, the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, began the total resumption of issuing visas for Cubans who wish to migrate from...
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Aug 31, 20231 min read


New Green Card and EADs Designs
On January 30, 2023, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) commenced issuance of the new Permanent Resident...
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Aug 25, 20232 min read


Do you truly understand what a Green Card is?
Do you truly understand what a Green Card is? What purpose does it serve? How can one obtain it? The Green Card, contrary to common...
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Aug 9, 20232 min read


U.S. Department of State announces measures to reduce visa “backlog”
US Department of State announces visa "Backlog" services reduction
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Apr 22, 20220 min read


New vaccination requirement for green card applicants
Effective October 1, 2021, by order of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the USCIS and the U.S. Department of State will...
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Sep 30, 20211 min read


Immigrants to America - VILLAINS OR HEROES?
Whenever we talk about legal immigration to the United States, a little-addressed subject about immigrants is how beneficial they are to...

Francisco Wykrota
Sep 7, 20215 min read


Do you know the types of professionals who can apply for an EB-1 visa?
The EB1 visa allows qualified professionals to immigrate to the USA, thus obtaining the well-known Green Card. This category included...

Francisco Wykrota
Sep 7, 20212 min read


What do I need and how can I apply for an EB2 visa?
As mentioned in our posts, there are several types of American visas, but when it comes to employability-based immigration visas (EB...

Francisco Wykrota
Sep 7, 20215 min read


EB-3 visa - The requirement of the EB3 visa
The process of applying for immigration visas to the United States for professionals, so-called employment based, can vary from case to...

Francisco Wykrota
Sep 7, 20212 min read
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