As a U.S. resident, citizen or temporary worker, you are capable of sponsoring a parent, relative, or friend to come and visit the United States. In short, sponsorship means that a person (the sponsor) is taking on the responsibility to take care of the visitor’s expenses during her stay in the U.S.
Recently, a Brookings Institution study has offered a solution to issues related to EB-5 visas. The idea is that the U.S.C.I.S. (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services) should work collaboratively with the Department of Commerce in overseeing projects that are funded through the EB-5 visa program.
The recent immigration reform bill, known as S. 744. includes a merit-based point system that will be used as a means of allocating new immigrant visas each year. If this system is implemented, a minimum of 120,000 aliens would be permitted to obtain immigrant visas based on accumulated points.
Green Evans-Schroeder is focused on the aggressive defense of immigrants.
