Blogs – Usimmigrationadvisor

By David Cantor, Global Director of Client Relations, Davies & Associates Recent months have proven to complicate matters for those seeking to travel to the United States. This is especially concerning for those that have serious matters to attend to within the United States – whether it be issues related directly business, academics or family. On July 20th, 2020, the US Embassy and Consulates General in Italy resumed certain immigrant and non-immigrant visa processing services – including appointments for treaty-investors, ...

By Sukanya Raman, Associate, D&A India Under the Grenadian Citizenship by Investment (CBI) program if an applicant chooses to invest in a Government-approved the project, then the minimum investment in the share of the approved project is US $220,000 & it should be held for a minimum period of 5 years which is the statutory holding period. Grenada CBI Committee has observed that some Marketing Agents and Local Agents are buying back the shares from the applicants soon after they ...

Davies & Associates · Chasing the Italian Dream: Residency & Citizenship Options - Matteo Tisato, Senior Immigration Analyst at Davies & Associates takes you through various options for moving to Italy, including: The Italian Investor Visa. Matteo discusses recent changes to the Investor Visa. The Italian Investor visa has long been considered uncompetitive on price in relation to other, similar European programs. To attract more high-net-worth individuals as a result of Covid. The government has halved the minimum investment requirement ...

US consular services are finally starting to get back to work after a Covid-enforced hiatus. Davies & Associates yesterday received its first approval since the pandemic caused a shut-down of all but essential operations at US embassies in March. But with US airspace still closed to travellers from many countries, a National Interest Exception is required for foreign nationals wishing to travel from a restricted country. The successful, Switzerland-based client has established a pharmaceutical consultancy in New Jersey under the ...

Mark Davies, Global Chairman, Davies & Associates MYTH: "An E2 visa requires a minimum investment of USD 200,000, USD 300,000 or more to be safe" This is a common "myth" in E2 Our firm files hundreds of E2 Visa cases with an investment of about USD 100,000 and to date we have never had an E2 visa refusal problem. While not necessarily recommended, we have had a case approved for an investment of USD 60,000. For a successful E2 Treaty ...

By Sukanya Raman, Associate, D&A Mumbai Office On July 17th 2020, the Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) was updated by the United States Department of State (DOS). The updates state that an applicant need not have a physical office space to qualify for E Visa. E-1  Treaty Trader and E-2 Treaty Visa applicants shall benefit the most. E-1 and E-2 visas are non-immigrant visas. Under an E-1 visa, applicants of the treaty country are permitted to enter the U.S. wholly to ...

The Italian government is reducing key investment requirements for its Investor Visa by 50%. - By Matteo Tisato, Senior Immigration Analyst, D&A Italy - Just yesterday, the Italian Parliament passed into law a governmental Decree with a number of measures aimed at relaunching the Italian economy as a response to the dramatic impact that the Covid-19 health emergency had on the Italian and global economy. In particular, the Italian government has taken actions in order to attract and encourage foreign ...

Davies & Associates · Comparing L1 and E2 Visas in Light of Trump's "Immigration Ban" The L-1 Intracompany Transfer Visa was temporarily suspended last month as part of President Trump's ongoing so-called "immigration ban". The list of visa categories suspended through to the end of the year is now quite lengthy. However, there are notable exemptions: The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa and the E-2 Treaty Investor Visa are not included. In this podcast we speak to Verdie Atienza, a senior ...

President Trump has been forced to make a U-Turn on his attempts to revoke the immigration status of international students taking online courses in the fall. Most university courses across the United States have gone online in response to the Coronavirus pandemic, and many are expected to stay that way for the fall semester. Students and their parents from around the world had been left to reconsider their education plans as a result of the president's initial announcement. However, a ...

By Mark Davies, Global Chairman, Davies & Associates "I have to stay in Grenada for six months to get my E2 Visa" if I use the donation route for my Grenada CBI case. One of our clients e-mailed me this morning having been given this completely false statement, probably by a salesman selling another country's program. For a E2 visa the only country that has a residency requirement is the United Kingdom (which is the oldest E2 treaty). We do ...

D&A Global Chairman Mark Davies argues the time is ripe to grant E2 and E1 Visa status for Vietnam and Indian citizens. Before coming to Vietnam I did not realize that the US is Vietnam's largest export market. Having spent years in India I did know of the massive potential to grow cross-border business between the US and India. We are seeing a lot of interest in the L1 Visa and E2 Visa from companies in our offices in Ho ...

By Matteo Tisato & Simon Nguyen Trong những tháng qua, thế giới phải đối mặt với tình huống khó khăn do đại dịch CoVid 19 bùng phát ảnh hưởng nghiêm trọng đến đời sống và kinh tế của các quốc gia. Trong khi đó, ngày 22 tháng 6 năm 2020, Tổng thống Donald Trump vừa ký sắc lệnh tạm thời ngừng cấp các visa không định cư cho công dân ngoài Hoa Kỳ như L1, H-1B, H4, L, etc. cho ...

Matteo Tisato, Senior Immigration Analyst in our Italy Practice Group, examines the requirements for a European Blue Card. After a tough few months in Europe, which saw tens of thousands of deaths from the global pandemic, cities in lockdown, and borders closed, early signs of normality are appearing as European countries are reopening their borders to foreign travelers, with some exclusions. In the last few days, our offices in London, Rome, and Florence are experiencing a massive volume of calls ...

Are you worried about your children "ageing out" of a family E-2 visa? Are you worried about leaving behind extended family members? We can help you solve this issue with some careful planning. By Verdie Atienza & Sukanya Raman If you are planning to move to America but are concerned about your child age and your extended family members to be a part of your application, we have a solution for you. We see that a lot of Indian nationals ...

Join our EB-5 Visa Webinar | July 8 2020Interest in EB-5 visa is growing quickly because it has not been included in President Trump's "immigration ban". Join us for a free webinar where our Global Chairman, Mark Davies, will answer all your EB-5 questions. Mark will be joined by Matt Hogan, Vice President of Project Development at CMB Regional Centers. The EB-5 visa offers a path to US permanent residency (Green Card) for a minimum $900,000 investment per family. Conditions ...