by Kevin Vaillancourt | Apr 12, 2021 | Blog, Employment-Based Immigration
Many have heard of the H1B skilled worker visa. It is a visa program that allows workers with needed skills to come and work in the United States legally for a period of time. However, most people are unaware of the wide scope of such employment-based visas that the...
by Kevin Vaillancourt | Apr 9, 2021 | Blog, Employment-Based Immigration
As a former Consular Office with the State Department, I’ve issued every type of Non-Immigrant Visa (NIV) available, even those rare ones like A visas for government officials, NATO visas for foreign soldiers coming to the U.S. for training, and, one time involving a...
by Margaret McAdams | Feb 2, 2021 | Blog, Immigration Reform
The inauguration of President Joe Biden on January 20, 2021 came with a promising immigration reform plan. The White House released a calendar of announcements, with additional immigration reform information set to be released January 29, 2021. Biden’s immigration...
by Abigail Molina | Jun 24, 2015 | Blog
If you are not a U.S. citizen you should always seek advice from a competent immigration attorney before accepting a plea agreement in a criminal matter. I have lost track of how many times I have heard a client say, “My criminal attorney told me this case was not...
by Abigail Molina | Jun 15, 2015 | Blog
This post is also available in Spanish. Click here to view. When you hire an attorney, you will most likely enter into one of three types of fee agreements: flat fee hourly fee contingency fee In a contingency fee agreement, your attorney will only get paid if you win...
by Abigail Molina | Feb 12, 2015 | Blog
One morning, I woke up at 3 a.m. prepared to head to Los Angeles, California to attend a final interview for my client’s permanent resident application. I was excited to see my client and to meet his family because we had forged a bond over the last year of working...