Entrepreneur in Residence/Startup Act News Update
While my nose has been buried in deadlines, the immigration world has been busy as ever! The biggest news of the day today is that the Senate Judiciary Committee passed[…]
Category: News Updates
June 2013 Visa Bulletin Commentary
The June 2013 visa bulletin was released today. Here’s the pertinent information most of my readers are looking for: For all countries except India, China, Philippines, and Mexico: F2A preference has advanced[…]
Tahmina quoted in The Seattle Times & Society for Human Resource Management News
It was a busy day for being quoted in the news: First: The Seattle Times published an important story about the difficulties of not having work permission as an H-4[…]
Invest Visa (Startup Visa) Provisions – Here comes the analysis!
This article is a working document and will be updated as I continue my analysis, discuss with my colleagues and other start-up business owners. Please revisit us to see if[…]
Time to Study the Bill for Comprehensive Immigration Reform!
Here is our confession- we are immigration law geeks. At Watson Immigration Law, we don’t sleep until we have answers to questions (at least most of the times). We will[…]
Startup Visa Provisions under Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill 2013!
The comprehensive immigration reform bill 2013 finally provides the long and anxiously awaited Startup Visa Act provisions. Titled – Investing in New Venture, Entrepreneurial Startups and Technologies, the provisions include[…]
Immigration reform includes- “buy a house- get a US residence visa!”
In all the discussions of immigration reform, I don’t think much mention was made of this provision- the JOLT Act – (Jobs Originated through Launching Travel Act. of 2013). Some[…]
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill is Here!
On Tuesday April 16, 2013, Senator Schumer’s office released the much anticipated and already much debated comprehensive immigration reform bill. Here is a link. It may not be easy or quick[…]
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill 2013 highlights
An outline of the long awaited comprehensive immigration reform bill was leaked today (though, news sources say bill was revealed-not sure about that). Here is a link to a 19[…]
Immigration reform details in summary
Copied from the internet Senate Gang of Eight reveals details of immigration reform plan By Alexander Bolton – 04/16/13 09:15 AM ET The Senate’s Gang of Eight on Tuesday released the[…]