Ep. 12 Executive Action On Immigration

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Introduction: You ask we answer your immigration questions. Simple. And now your host immigration lawyer Jacob Sapochnick.

Jacob: Hello everybody, this is Atty. Jacob Sapochnick. Just want to record this quick video about the new executive order announced yesterday, November 20th, by President Obama. I wanted to get the first video out. I’m going to do a more detailed series about this issue. Read more

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

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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. Read more

Ep. 10 Using a Different Name for Past 15 Years. What Happens With Immigration Reform?

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Introduction: You ask we answer your immigration questions. Simple. And now your host immigration lawyer Jacob Sapochnick.

Jacob: I’ve been in the US for the past 15 years. I’ve been working using somebody else’s social security number and I’ve been paying my taxes. But I don’t have any records or documents with my own real name. How is that going to affect me as I try to qualify for the new immigration reform? Read more

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

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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 to be answering all the questions that we get from our Facebook page visitors, from our YouTube channel visitors. We’re picking questions every week and I’m trying to answer them and I wanted to start this week with a question from Agid from Texas and he sent us an interesting question that I would like to read it. Read more

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

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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 Mario because we get this … asked a lot this question. What is their [actual minimum 00:00:31]? Is there a minimum amount? Read more

Ep. 7 Consequences of Getting Into a Sham/Paid Marriage

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Introduction: You ask we answer your immigration questions. Simple. And now your host immigration lawyer Jacob Sapochnick.

Jacob: This question is actually coming from San Diego, California and Roberta is asking what is the penalty, what are the consequences of a US citizen who marries a foreign national if it’s a sham marriage? If the four national pays the US citizen to get married. Read more

Ep. 6 What to do if your H1B or L1 Visa is denied?

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Introduction: You ask we answer your immigration questions. Simple. And now your host immigration lawyer Jacob Sapochnick.

Jacob: This question comes for New York City and we have Andrew.

Andrew is asking what options do I have if my work visa is denied. Do we have any recourses to fight it? Excellent question Andrew. Read more

Ep. 5 What are the requirements to have a successful self-employed H1B case?

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Introduction: You ask we answer your immigration questions. Simple. And now your host immigration lawyer Jacob Sapochnick.

Jacob: This question comes from Alex from San Francisco and Alex is asking a few questions. The first question Alex is asking is what are the requirements for successful self-employment H1B2 to happen. Read more

Ep. 4 Visa waiver expired and now married to a US citizen. Can I still get my green card?

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Introduction: You ask we answer your immigration questions. Simple. And now your host immigration lawyer Jacob Sapochnick.

Jacob: Today’s question is coming from Roberta from Kansas City. Roberta’s question is the following: I am an Italian national. I came here about two years ago in the visa waiver program. Since then my visa waiver expired and just recently I married a US citizen. Can I get my green card inside the US? Read more

Ep. 3 Husband is outside US. Can we use the I601A waiver to bring him back?

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Introduction: You ask we answer your immigration questions. Simple. And now your host immigration lawyer Jacob Sapochnick.

Jacob: And this question comes from Martha in El Paso, Texas.

The question Martha is asking is: My husband is currently outside of the US. He’s been previously removed and spend three years overseas. I’m now wondering if I can use the new provisional waiver to bring him back to the US? Read more