Attorney Robert Pascal | Immigration Attorney

EB-5 - US Permanent Residency with an Investment of US $500,000/$1,000,000  EB-5 Visas     For those investors with $500,000.00 US to $1,000,000.00 US, they may be able to obtain full US Permanent Residency in the US in less than three years. There are two monetary investment options for the investor. For those individuals willing to invest in an area defined by the USCIS as a “targeted employment area”, the required investment is $500,000.00 US. A “targeted employment area” is an area that, at the time of investment, is a rural area or an area experiencing unemployment of at least 150 percent of the national average rate. This can also include a rural area outside a metropolitan statistical area (as designated by the Office of Management and Budget) or outside the boundary of any city or town having a population of 20,000 or more according to the decennial census. Individuals can also seek a “TEA” designation if not already defined by the USCIS. For all others investing

A.  The E Visa - Treaty Trader & Treaty Investor E Visa - Immigration Attorney An E-2 treaty investor visa is a nonimmigrant visa which allows foreign entrepreneurs from treaty nations to enter into the United States and participate in substantial trade. This E-2 visa basically allows business owners, managers and employees to remain in the US for extended periods of time to oversee their investment or enterprise. The visa is renewable every two years and there is no restriction as to the number of times the visa can be renewed. To qualify, the foreign national must be from a country that holds a bilateral investment treaty with the United States. All the EU nations, including the United Kingdom, along with the Scandinavian countries qualify. Select countries from Latin America, Africa, Eastern Europe and the Middle East also have eligibility. You will need to check with an immigration attorney or the US Department of Homeland Security to see if you are from a qualifying co

II. Family Immigration Attorney Robert Pascal on US Family Immigration Family Reunification is a key principle underlying US immigration policy. This principle allows US citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents to apply for their family members to come and live legally in the United States. It is embodied in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), which specifies numerical limits for five family based admission categories, as well as a per country limit on total family based admissions. The family based immigration category allows US citizens and Legal Permanent Residents (LPRs) to bring certain family members to the United States. Family based immigrants are either admitted as immediate relatives of US citizens or through the family preference system.             A. What is an “Immediate Relative”?             Section 203 of the INA defines an “Immediate Relative” as the following:             1. The spouse of a US citizen (same-sex couples included)