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The Management Consultant TN – The Most Versatile TN Category
The Management Consultant TN – The Most Versatile TN Category While Management Consultant TN status is most often associated with consulting in the realm of business operations, marketing, or finance, this status is far more flexible than most people are aware. In...
Presidential Proclamation Suspending Immigration
There has been a lot of concern and speculation the past several weeks over how the Covid-19 pandemic will affect people applying for U.S. immigration benefits. This speculation intensified on Monday (April 20th) when President Trump released a statement regarding...
What if Covid-19 and health concerns prevent me from leaving the U.S. before my authorized period of stay expires?
I have received several calls recently from people in the United States on B-1/B-2 visitor status asking what they must do if they are not able or not advised (due to Corona Virus concerns) to leave the United States before their authorized period of stay expires....
The Long and Winding Path from Student to Green Card Holder
Interested in immigrating to the U.S.? If you are an educated person, this is eminently possible, but requires strategy and long-term planning. This article summarizes the journey a foreign student studying in the United States will typically...
What do I do if my TN petition is denied?
For starters, you go home and write down everything the officer didn’t like about your petition. Try to remember whether the officer flat out denied your TN petition, or said he/she was unable to process it because something was missing. If the TN was denied, what...
TN Visa as a Management Consultant for Canadians
As a U.S. lawyer who was based in Toronto, Canada for 10 years, I have prepared the paperwork on many, many TN visa petitions, particularly in the management consultant category. Canadians seeking to work in the U.S. as management consultants frequently enlist the...
One Family’s Immigration Story
A Canadian man called me asking how he, his wife and their daughter could become U.S. permanent residents. He and his wife were tired of the Canadian long winters and wanted to be closer to his U.S. citizen daughter from a previous marriage living in California with...
Path to Green Card for International Students Studying in the U.S.
Quite often, international students are not interested in returning to their home countries immediately after graduating from an American University. The U.S. has so much to offer, and studying in the U.S. has just whet their appetites for more. Now they want a...
Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver of Inadmissibility
On January 2, 2013 Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano announced the posting of a final rule that reduces the time U.S. citizens are separated from their immediate relatives (spouse, children and parents), who are in the process of obtaining visas to...
President Trump announces that the U.S. will withdraw from NAFTA. TN and E-1/E-2 Visas in Danger!
President Trump announced that he is “terminating” NAFTA. The U.S. and Mexico have apparently agreed to a new bi-lateral trade deal but we don’t yet know if this will include some equivalent to the TN and E-1/E-2 for Mexicans, especially in light of President...