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USCIS Fees To Increase https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/calculator-385506_1920.jpg 1920 1131 Andrew Grzegorek Andrew Grzegorek https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bfcf6c32f1e20f44f15eeab33bd1e499a3c00d2be0f4327095e64c463b7f8283?s=96&d=mm&r=g November 2, 2016 June 4, 2019

Andrew Grzegorek
November 2, 2016

USCIS Fees To Increase

What will happen to immigration issues after the election? One thing for sure – irrespective of who wins the election, filing fees for a majority of immigration petitions and applications will increase. The rule is in effect for applications or petitions mailed, postmarked, or otherwise filed on or after December 23, 2016. The table…

SGG attorneys voted Southern California Top Women Immigration Lawyers…again! https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/LA-MAG-September-2016.jpg 1200 1575 Andrew Grzegorek Andrew Grzegorek https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bfcf6c32f1e20f44f15eeab33bd1e499a3c00d2be0f4327095e64c463b7f8283?s=96&d=mm&r=g October 7, 2016 June 4, 2019

Andrew Grzegorek
October 7, 2016

SGG attorneys voted Southern California Top Women Immigration Lawyers…again!

SGG attorneys named to exclusive Super Lawyers list of Top Women in Southern California in Los Angeles Magazine Stone Grzegorek & Gonzalez LLP congratulates its Super Lawyers Top Women: Partners Kathy Grzegorek, Josie Gonzalez, and Heather Poole. Selected by peer review, our attorneys are trusted to handle diverse U.S. immigration cases. The Super Lawyers stringent selection process is what sets…

Visa Life-Cycle for Researchers and Scientists https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/doctor-1228629_1920.jpg 1280 1920 Kathleen Grzegorek Kathleen Grzegorek https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fb6b517a01ce98484211b06062fd568530868792796c102835e8a058175751b0?s=96&d=mm&r=g September 28, 2016 June 4, 2019

Kathleen Grzegorek
September 28, 2016

Visa Life-Cycle for Researchers and Scientists

Reprinted with permission from Inside Immigration (Apr. 2013), copyright by the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Early Evaluation of Potential IV Eligibility: CV’s Publications, and Other Evidence For researchers and scientists, we consider: Extraordinary Ability (can self-petition)* Outstanding Researcher (requires employer sponsorship) National Interest Waiver (can self-petition) Schedule A, Group II (requires employer sponsorship) *This…

The J-1 Program Demystified: Answers to Your Top J Visa Questions https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/laboratory-385349_1920.jpg 1920 1280 Kathleen Grzegorek Kathleen Grzegorek https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fb6b517a01ce98484211b06062fd568530868792796c102835e8a058175751b0?s=96&d=mm&r=g September 28, 2016 June 4, 2019

Kathleen Grzegorek
September 28, 2016

The J-1 Program Demystified: Answers to Your Top J Visa Questions

Reprinted with permission from Inside Immigration (Apr. 2013), copyright by the American Immigration Lawyers Association The J-1 Visa or Exchange Visitor Program began with the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961. The goal was to promote the understanding of other cultures by the people of the United States as well as an understanding of the…

SGG Sponsors South Asian Bar Association’s Annual Leadership Retreat https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/seats.jpg 1024 681 Andrew Grzegorek Andrew Grzegorek https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bfcf6c32f1e20f44f15eeab33bd1e499a3c00d2be0f4327095e64c463b7f8283?s=96&d=mm&r=g September 15, 2016 June 4, 2019

Andrew Grzegorek
September 15, 2016

SGG Sponsors South Asian Bar Association’s Annual Leadership Retreat

On Friday September 23, 2016, Attorneys Taiyyeba Skomra, Raj Iyer, and Sameera Sani will attend the South Asian Bar Association’s annual Leadership Retreat Welcome Reception. Stone Grzegorek & Gonzalez LLP is committed to supporting local bar associations and fostering their growth. SABA is a national bar association providing a link between South Asian lawyers and…

International Entrepreneurs – A New Proposed Immigration Option Published by USCIS https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/man-1205084_1920.jpg 1920 1331 Michele Franchett Michele Franchett https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/682142c5d71f9c57dc624eda4aa8d5049962a816ebe5177cff6265964e8d538d?s=96&d=mm&r=g August 26, 2016 June 4, 2019

Michele Franchett
August 26, 2016

International Entrepreneurs – A New Proposed Immigration Option Published by USCIS

Click here to view the Spanish translation. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) published a final rule on January 17, 2017, that will – effective July 17, 2017, allow international entrepreneurs who will have an active and central role in the operations of a start-up entity to apply for parole so that they may start or…

Severe Backlogs in Adjudication of H-1B Extensions https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/time-273857_1920.jpg 1920 1280 Kathleen Grzegorek Kathleen Grzegorek https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fb6b517a01ce98484211b06062fd568530868792796c102835e8a058175751b0?s=96&d=mm&r=g August 24, 2016 June 4, 2019

Kathleen Grzegorek
August 24, 2016

Severe Backlogs in Adjudication of H-1B Extensions

Since Matter of Simeio Soutions, LLC, 26 I&N Dec. 542 (AAO 2015), requires employers to file an H-1B amendment in almost every instance of an employee changing job locations, the USCIS has been flooded with H-1B amendments and extensions. In effect, the processing times for all H-1B petitions have been dramatically impacted resulting in much…