Business Immigration
Entries across the digest that deal with business immigration.
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Immigration & Nationality
E-1 Treaty Trader Visas: Substantial Trade and Company Nationality
An E-1 treaty trader must show a qualifying treaty, an enterprise with the treaty country's nationality, and trade that is substantial, continuous, and more than half between the two countries.
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Immigration & Nationality
L-1 New Office Petitions and the First-Year Review
A new office L-1 gets one year to become a real operation. The extension is a fresh review of whether the office is doing business and whether the manager is actually managing.
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Immigration & Nationality
Cap-Exempt H-1B Employers: Universities, Nonprofits, and Affiliations
Four kinds of employer are exempt from the H-1B cap. The hardest category is the nonprofit related to or affiliated with a university, and the test for that was rewritten by regulation.
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Immigration & Nationality
Dual Intent by Visa Class: Which Categories Tolerate Immigrant Intent
Nonimmigrant categories sit on a spectrum from express statutory dual intent through permissive treatment to a strict requirement of an unabandoned residence abroad.
