Ep. 30 Married a Different Petitioner on a K1 Fiance visa, can I still get my Green Card inside the US?

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K-1 Fiancé visa is designed to marry the original US citizen petitioner It will not be possible to proceed with an adjustment of status from inside the US, it has to go through the US Embassy in your country Raw Transcript: Jacob: Hello everybody, this is Jacob Sapochnick and welcome to another episode of Ask Read More

Ep. 29 How can one get a work visa/permit to work in the United States?

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Most work visas require an employer to sponsor you and most work permits are usually benefit of some sort of a petition If your spouse has a J visa, an L visa or an E visa you are allowed to work with a general permit An H1B visa has a small exemption for self-employment Raw Read More

Ep. 23 Why was my tourist Visa denied based on Section 214(b)?

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A tourist visa may be denied for lack of ties to home country A person may not show any reason of returning back to the home country Applicant may reapply especially if consular officer is not giving applicant a fair chance Otherwise, applicant may want to wait for another six months before reapplying Raw Transcript: Read More

Ep. 21 Overstayed visa and now married to an American Citizen. Can She Still Get Green Card?

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Overstayed visa and now married to a US citizen. Can she still get a green card? Despite overstaying visa, someone who is married to a US citizen may be able to legalize his/her status. The key is the proper inspection at the port of entry Any criminal offense or fraud may subject to bars Raw Read More

Ep. 20 Am I eligible to file for an adjustment of status inside the US?

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the process if you want to change the status from one visa to green card must be physically in the US in order to adjust status immigration petition must already have been approved if priority date is not current then you cannot file petition for adjustment of status must have not entered the US illegally Read More

Ep. 18 What can those with employment visas benefit from Obama’s executive action? (Part 2)

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Continuation of Episode 17: Employment-based executive action • Optional Practical Training (OPT), typically allowing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics students to work for a year. Changes would expand coverage of OPT occupations and extend validity of OPT • Opportunities for foreign investors, researchers and founders of startups; allow them to stay here and conduct research Read More

Ep. 17 What can those with employment visas benefit from Obama’s executive action?

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Visa allocation for highly skilled workers should improve visa processing Government will work with State Department so that all visas authorized by Congress will be issued to people who are eligible The wait time should be reduced Improve process for determining when visas are available Rules will be put in place so that priority dates Read More

Ep. 11 What is the E-1 Treat Visa?

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Raw Trascript Introduction: You ask we answer your immigration questions. Simple. And now your host immigration lawyer Jacob Sapochnick. Jacob: In this quick video I wanted to talk about the E-1 Treaty Trader Visa. We’ve spoken many times, many videos about the E-2 investor visa but not that much about the E-1.

Ep. 9 Can an H1B employee work at different sites and locations?

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Raw Transcript: Introduction: You ask we answer your immigration questions. Simple. And now your host immigration lawyer Jacob Sapochnick. Jacob: My name is Jacob Sapochnick and I’m an immigration attorney here in San Diego, California. I’m happy to introduce a new segment of our YouTube channel, it’s called Ask My Lawyer, and we are going Read More

Ep. 8 Is there a minimum investment amount to apply for an E2 Investment Visa?

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Raw Transcript: Introduction: You ask we answer your immigration questions. Simple. And now your host immigration lawyer Jacob Sapochnick. Jacob: This time it’s Mario from Spain. And Mario is asking whether there’s a minimum amount of investment that a person needs before applying for the E2 Investor Visa. That is actually a very good question Read More