Success Stories From 2022

We successfully assisted the client company, an online retail business, in filing an L-1A “new office” petition to enable the beneficiary to join the U.S. subsidiary temporarily as Chief Executive Officer to lead the development and formulation of the U.S. Entity’s short and long-term strategy. While in the U.S. Beneficiary will continue to setup the business’s U.S. office and a warehouse facility, hire a U.S. team and lead the development of sales and marketing strategies. The petition was filed with Premium Processing and was approved by USCIS six days later.

Status: The petition was filed with Premium Processing and was approved by USCIS six days later.

We successfully assisted a new client in filing an E-2 visa extension. The applicant was a national of a treaty country and was the 100% shareholder of the U.S. enterprise. Through extensive documentation, including contracts, invoices, financial statements, and detailed explanations of the evidence, we were able to show that the U.S. enterprise was a real and operating enterprise, and that the applicant had made a substantial, qualifying investment in the enterprise and put his personal investment at risk. We also provided evidence that the applicant’s investment was sufficient under the regulations,  and not solely for the purpose of earning a living in the U.S. The petition was filed with premium processing and subsequently approved within two weeks.

Status: The petition was filed with premium processing and subsequently approved within two weeks.

We assisted in responding to an RFE questioning the employer’s educational requirements for an E-3 (Specialty Occupation Workers from Australia) Petition filed for a software developer position. USCIS sought clarification as to how the position could be a specialty occupation where the employer required a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in business, information systems, computer science or equivalent with related experience. More specifically, USCIS suggested that the employer had failed to provide an adequate explanation for how a candidate with a degree in business could qualify. In our response, we explained that the employer’s requirements cannot be read in isolation, and that the totality of the record clearly evidenced that candidates must have specific and relevant experience to perform the position. We provided a comprehensive explanation and considerable evidence, including detailed experience letters, work samples, job postings, and an expert opinion to illustrate that the employer’s requirements were in fact consistent, and that a business degree without the related experience would not be sufficient. The case was approved.

Status: We provided a comprehensive explanation and considerable evidence, including detailed experience letters, work samples, job postings, and an expert opinion to illustrate that the employer’s requirements were in fact consistent, and that a business degree without the related experience would not be sufficient. The case was approved.