Business Immigration Articles

Part I: Journey from Home Country to H-1 B Work Visa https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/doctor-563428_640.jpg 640 426 Andrew Grzegorek Andrew Grzegorek https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bfcf6c32f1e20f44f15eeab33bd1e499a3c00d2be0f4327095e64c463b7f8283?s=96&d=mm&r=g June 1, 2016 June 4, 2019

Andrew Grzegorek
June 1, 2016

Part I: Journey from Home Country to H-1 B Work Visa

Who is an International Medical Graduate? An International Medical Graduates (IMG) or a foreign physician is a physician who received his/her medical degree outside the U.S. or Canada. What are the initial steps to be undertaken to practice medicine in the USA? An (IMG) begins the journey of immigrating to the United States by first…

Part II: Physicians- Path to Legal Permanent Residency https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/doctor-563428_640.jpg 640 426 Andrew Grzegorek Andrew Grzegorek https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bfcf6c32f1e20f44f15eeab33bd1e499a3c00d2be0f4327095e64c463b7f8283?s=96&d=mm&r=g June 1, 2016 June 4, 2019

Andrew Grzegorek
June 1, 2016

Part II: Physicians- Path to Legal Permanent Residency

The Part I of the article covered the journey of an International Medical Graduate (“IMG”) from seeking Residency to an H-1b Visa. IMG’s who pursue residency program in a J-1 visa are subject to the two (2) years of home residency requirement. In order to avoid the home residency requirement, the IMG is required to…

Permanent Residency Through Labor Certification Processing https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Road-Sign.png 580 436 Andrew Grzegorek Andrew Grzegorek https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bfcf6c32f1e20f44f15eeab33bd1e499a3c00d2be0f4327095e64c463b7f8283?s=96&d=mm&r=g May 24, 2016 June 4, 2019

Andrew Grzegorek
May 24, 2016

Permanent Residency Through Labor Certification Processing

This article will summarize the procedure to obtain U.S. Permanent Resident status (the so-called “green card”) via employment and it will explain briefly the information and actions needed from the employer and the foreign national in order to process the case. The procedure to obtain a green card is a multi-stage process. Under procedures initiated…

Congress Implements Changes to Visa Waiver Program https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/USCONGRESS.jpg 2048 1536 Andrew Grzegorek Andrew Grzegorek https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bfcf6c32f1e20f44f15eeab33bd1e499a3c00d2be0f4327095e64c463b7f8283?s=96&d=mm&r=g April 28, 2016 June 4, 2019

Andrew Grzegorek
April 28, 2016

Congress Implements Changes to Visa Waiver Program

Originally published March 29, 2016 The Visa Waiver Program (VWP) permits citizens of 38 countries to travel to the United States for business or tourism for stays of up to 90 days without a visa. On January 21, 2016, Congress implemented changes to the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015,…

New Electronic Visa System for Chinese Visitors https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/laptop.jpg 5472 3648 Andrew Grzegorek Andrew Grzegorek https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bfcf6c32f1e20f44f15eeab33bd1e499a3c00d2be0f4327095e64c463b7f8283?s=96&d=mm&r=g April 28, 2016 June 4, 2019

Andrew Grzegorek
April 28, 2016

New Electronic Visa System for Chinese Visitors

Originally published March 29, 2016 In November 2016, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will implement the Electronic Visa Update System (EVUS), an online system requiring Chinese nationals travelling on a People’s Republic of China passport with a 10-year B visitor visa to update their basic biographic information. All travelers will be required to complete…

SGG Marks Service Milestone After Scientific Breakthrough https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/black.holes_.gravitational.waves_.reuse_.image_.jpg 620 349 Andrew Grzegorek Andrew Grzegorek https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bfcf6c32f1e20f44f15eeab33bd1e499a3c00d2be0f4327095e64c463b7f8283?s=96&d=mm&r=g April 28, 2016 June 4, 2019

Andrew Grzegorek
April 28, 2016

SGG Marks Service Milestone After Scientific Breakthrough

Originally published March 29, 2016 Over the past few months, the media has given considerable attention to mankind’s first detection of gravitational waves in space using Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors. This phenomenon, resulting from the merger of two black holes, was predicted in 1915 by Albert Einstein. For the past four decades, thousands…

STEM Workers Granted Extended Employment Authorization Period https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security.svg_.png 2000 1994 Josie Gonzalez Josie Gonzalez https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8816896efe7fb845c10028176ca37d182ad7616868b08a567b1aa82c30c4b308?s=96&d=mm&r=g April 27, 2016 June 4, 2019

Josie Gonzalez
April 27, 2016

STEM Workers Granted Extended Employment Authorization Period

Originally published March 18, 2016 On March 11, 2016, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a regulation that extends the period of work authorization from its current 17-month period to 24 months for foreign students who will be employed in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) occupations by U.S. companies that participate in E-Verify.…