Published in
L1 Visas,
November 26, 2010
By Kaushik Ranchod, Immigration Attorney
Sometimes the upset of an economic downturn, loss of jobs, bad reports about how “outsourcing” is “causing” Americans to lose jobs, which in turn promotes negative attitudes about foreign investment of money and talent in the US – all these factors cause an overall loss of common sense.
Yes. Common sense about what is really a gain and what is actually a loss. The L1A visa program is a perfect example. Here’s a circumstance administered by the strict rules and regulations of the US Citizenship and Immigration Service USCIS (formerly, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)) which enables local businesses (no doubt they are either branch offices, subsidiaries, or affiliates of a company which has its main office somewhere else in the world) to import business managerial knowledge and executive skills from abroad and apply these benefits to local businesses practices and personnel training – all for paid for by the Petitioner (the out-of-US-employer) seeking legal sanction (and paying USCIS thousands in fees for this service) so that the Beneficiary (the manager/executive ,who will be working under the non-immigration L1A visa) can contribute executive/managerial know-how to the US economy. And the cost to the U.S. taxpayer? Zip, zilch, nada, nothing. Continue reading ‘Common Sense and the L-1A Visa: Why Do Executives and Managers From Abroad Contribute their Skills and Expertise to the US Business Community?’
By Immigration Attorney Kaushik Ranchod
If you’re reading this, it’s highly probable that you’ve come to this site to research the steps and requirements to file a waiver of inadmissibility.
One of the grounds for overcoming a finding of inadmissibility determination, and, consequently, bringing you and your relative together in the US, is for you (the US citizen or the Permanent Resident aka “Qualifying Relative”) to collect evidence and describe your own “extreme hardship” as a result of being separated from your spouse (who, only by the governmental agency, is referred to as “Alien”).
What I acknowledge, as an Immigration Attorney, is the common sense involved of your feeling of “extreme hardship” by a ruling which denies the presence of your spouse, (present or future) . . . . and, further, to say that I understand that — to you — never, ever will it be “normal hardship,” no matter what the legal forms and methods of analysis indicate. Continue reading ‘Researching the I-601 Waiver on Ground of Extreme Hardship – a Common Sense Approach’
Who wouldn’t feel stressed by the following scene? You are sitting across from
a person you just met who now looks over some very personal information you
have provided for review. All your documents and forms have been collected and
prepared with great care for accuracy and completeness. Now this total stranger
asks you questions that appear to challenge your sincerity. You wonder, why
does this “all business” individual seem to doubt your stated purpose in coming
to this meeting? Don’t they know or care that you have already made choices and
changes in your relationships, career and lifestyle, some of which have involved
great sacrifice on your part in terms of time, money, and, yes, even more stress? Continue reading ‘Stress management during immigration interviews and marriage based green card interviews’
