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temporary visa first, visas are up to 2-5 years, and while you (1) family immigration through marriage and (2) an
are here working you can apply for a green card to remain employment-based application where a company wants
permanently. So, the most important thing is to come here, to file for you, perhaps even a farm might want to file
establish your residency, take the time to get everything done for someone who will compete for them on a permanent
right with your business and your family, and then apply for basis. So in the second case, you have a sponsor and an
temporary or permanent when you have everything ready. employment-based application. They may also include
your family if you come here to work; you can bring your
Your wife is Italian. Does she help you better family and they also could get work visas as well. There
understand European laws? are some other particular types of work visas: the lottery
My wife is Italian. She is also an American attorney visa, or if you are the number one competition winner and
here in Florida, and she is my partner in our office firm, if you are world famous, than you may have your own visa
Finley & Bologna International. We have many clients from to apply for, just for you, and its something very special.
Europe, especially from Italy, and she is able to explain how
the American system works to Europeans. The laws in the What are the most commons types of visa for
US are very different when it comes to how to es tablish equestrians persons?
a business, how to get a visa, etc... It is very important to Well the most common types of visas for business and
have someone who understands the European mind and for the horse industry and equestrians are investor visas where
culture to explain the differences in America. there is someone from another country investing more than
$250,000 into a business, this is most common where
Have you noticed any major differences in the visa someone has a company overseas and they open a new branch
process since the US elected a new President? office and come to the US to manage the new branch office.
Well, many laws have not changed yet, so the visa The other most common type of visas are O visas and P
processing laws and business visa processes are pretty visas. “O visas” are for extraordinary ability―— either athletes,
much the same, except the President is trying to make artists, or someone from a particular field —― and “P visas” are
America more safe. So the embassies and immigration for internationally recognized athletes (and their spouses and
offices are being more careful about applications; they’re children) who come to the US to compete in specific athletic
checking documents more closely, checking peoples competitions at an internationally recognized level of high
backgrounds a little more, and also checking where the performance. Those visas are valid for one to three years and
funds are coming from when making investments here may be extended. Athletes can also apply for green cards while
in the US. They want to know the source of the money holding either an O or a P visa.
coming into the US. However, inside the US, we have
about 15 million illegal immigrants like people whose visas What are the most common problems people face
have expired, who entered the country illegally through when trying to get a green card?
Mexico, or from Haiti or other countries, and those people I find the most common problem is that they don’t
are becoming a little more afraid because the laws are get proper advice from a good, experienced attorney who
now demanding that people do something about that. will let them know what is the proper way to go through
the process. A lot of times, we find that people file on
What are the most common ways to get a green card their own or they do not get the proper advice and their
in the US? application gets denied and their visa gets denied, and it’s
Green cards are broken up mostly in two categories:
more difficult to fix this situation after-the-fact.
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