NAVIGATING THE U.S. VISA PROCESS.
Donoso & Partners LLC is a leading business immigration law firm dedicated to helping employers, academics, professionals and foreign investors successfully navigate the U.S. visa process. We are especially recognized for our expertise in EB-5 investor green cards.
THE HIGHEST QUALITY ADVICE AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL.
Donoso & Partners LLC offers clients great expertise in case strategies combined with personalized service expected by leading employers, academics, professionals and foreign investors. Our attorneys and legal support staff offer the highest quality advice and attention to detail.
We strive to provide each client with successful results by rigorous analysis and creative solutions.
NEWS
USCIS Expands Efforts to Accept Credit Card Payments
Washington, D.C., July 21, 2021: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced that it has expanded a previously announced pilot program at the Nebraska Service Center (NSC) for accepting credit card payments using Form G-1450, Authorization for Credit Card Transactions, for certain applicants applying for premium processing…
USCIS Grants Status Gap Protection on F-1 Change of Status
Washington, D.C., July 20, 2021: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced new policy guidance that eliminates the need for individuals who have applied for a change of status (COS) to F-1 student to apply to change or extend their current nonimmigrant status while their initial F-1 COS application is pending…
Canada to Open Border to Fully Vaccinated U.S. Citizens on Aug. 9
Canada on Monday said it would begin to ease pandemic restrictions at the U.S.-Canada border next month, allowing U.S. citizens and permanent residents living in the United States who are fully vaccinated with Canadian-authorized vaccines to enter for nonessential travel without quarantining…
The Democratic Party is Planning on Attaching Immigration Reform Legislation
Washington, D.C., July 19, 2021: News reports from Capitol Hill indicate that the Democratic Party is planning on attaching immigration reform legislation to the infrastructure legislation or budget reconciliation bills that are planned for votes this August and September of 2021…
Judge Blocks DACA, Version 2021
Washington, D.C., July 16, 2021: Today, a U.S. federal judge in Texas issued a decision blocking new applications under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) program. The DACA program was created by executive action by President Barack Obama in 2012. The DACA program grants a work permit and relief from deportation to young children brought illegally to the United States before age 16, who are in school, do not have any significant criminal convictions and meet certain physical presence requirements (i.e., continuously resided in the United States since June 15, 2007, to the present and was physically present in the United States on June 15, 2012)…
US Congress Seeks Inspiration from Canada’s Immigration System
Washington, D.C., July 14, 2021: The US House of Representatives recently held a congressional hearing titled, “Oh, Canada! How Outdated U.S. Immigration Policies Push Top Talent to Other Countries”. Led by Democrats Zoe Lofgren (CA) and Jerry Nadler (NJ), the hearing focused on the growing trend among technology companies and technology workers of shifting employment opportunities to Canada due to limited availability of visas to the United States…
USCIS Updates EB-5 Form
Washington, D.C., July 8, 2021: USCIS announced today that it would accept the April 15, 2019 version of Form I-526 for new EB-5 petitions. USCIS further acknowledged that they would simultaneously continue to accept the November 21, 2019 version of Form I-526. Thus, both versions will be accepted until a final decision is issued in the current litigation before federal courts…
IRCC Issues 627 Invitations in the PNP specific Express Entry Draw
The minimum score in this draw was 760. Note that PNP candidates automatically get an additional 600 points added to their Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score once they receive a provincial nomination. In other words, the lowest-scoring candidate would have had a CRS score of 160 CRS only without the PNP nomination…
Canada Visa Application Centre- India Updates
Starting June 28, 2021, Visa Application Centres (VACs) across India started scheduling biometric appointments for all other lines of business, this includes visitors, returning workers and students, work permit applicants, family class applicants and economic class applicants…
DOS Grants National Interest Exceptions 12 Months Validity
Washington, D.C., July 6, 2021: Several Embassy posts from the US Department of State (DOS) announced today that, effective immediately, all National Interest Exceptions (NIE) are valid for 12 months and multiple entries. So far, reports confirm the US Embassies in Madrid and Berlin have offered the new 12-month NIE treatment to all applicants previously granted an NIE as well as new applicants for an NIE…
What to Expect: EB-5 Regional Center Program Sunsets on 06-30-2021
Washington, D.C., June 29, 2021: The EB-5 Regional Center program will lapse on June 30, 2021 because the US Congress and the President did not approve an extension of the program before that date…
Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Nomination of Ur Jaddou to Lead USCIS
On June 24, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Ur Jaddou, President Biden’s choice for the director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), in a 11-10 vote. The committee voted along party lines to bring Jaddou closer to a confirmation vote on the Senate floor. Senator Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) abstained…
USCIS Allows Late Filing of Improperly Rejected H-1B Cap Cases
Washington D.C., June 23, 2021: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced today it will accept resubmitted fiscal year (FY) 2021 H-1B cap-subject petitions that were rejected or administratively closed solely because the requested start date was after Oct. 1, 2020…
DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN HELPING EMPLOYERS AND FAMILIES.
The attorneys at Donoso & Partners LLC together have over four decades of experience assisting thousands of clients seeking help with immigration law matters. Our clients include universities, large and small private employers, academics, athletes, professionals and families who need highest quality U.S. immigration law advice.
We have helped thousands of U.S. employers, foreign companies and skilled professionals obtain proper work visas and green cards to the United States.
EXPERIENCE, EXPERTISE AND NATIONAL RECOGNITION.
Donoso & Partners LLC is nationally recognized for their expertise in E and L investor visas and the EB-5 investor green card, and advising employers in visa programs for skilled professionals.
The firm’s team of professionals is highly knowledgeable about business structures, accounting concepts and the legal requirements of complex visa programs.
We work closely with each of our clients and offer tailored advice and services to fulfill their needs.
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