The Vassell Law Group Immigration PodCast

A popular held belief that once a foreign national is granted a visa to the United States its all-smooth sailing through the border. This is unfortunately not true. This short blog will explain the "behind scenes" screenings and audits with U.S. CBP or USCIS that can cause exclusion or removal from the United States that all starts with what appears to be an approved temporary non-immigrant visa at one's U.S. consulate abroad.

Balancing quality childcare and a career has become a real dilemma in the United States.  Juggling activities, sports and taking care of our kids’ intermittent medical needs, has become unsustainable for even 2 parent homes.

In this podcast, we discuss how proper planning can help families succeed in hiring a nanny from abroad, and/or keep their au pair after the maximum time allowance through a cultural exchange program.  The Au Pair J-1 cultural exchange program provides temporary nannies for a one-to-two-year period. Au Pairs are limited by age and visa. After age 26, they are no longer eligible for the program

In this episode we take you back to our classroom and talk about Business Visas!

Today we will discuss the H-3 Training Visa and how it can help you!!

Today we discuss a very popular question that we get and that is  "Do I have to advertise to hire a US Worker?" There are two situations where the answer is yes and we discuss one of them today!!

How the J-1 Cultural Exchange and H-2B Seasonal Visas can help with your labor shortages!

Can hiring a U.S. immigration lawyer speed up the process for my case?

What is TPS and is it the same as asylum?

How much money do I need to invest in the U.S. to get an investor visa?

Is there anything I as U.S. Citizen can do?..He married me for the Green Card and now he is divorcing me!

H-2B visas are seasonal work visas. Many of our Au-pair clients and Student Visa OPT clients are switching status to H-2B visas due to the need for business to employ professional and skilled workers based on the lack of qualified workers due to ‘ The Great Resignation’ during the COVID pandemic.

Is There ever a Time When Your Visa is Expired but yet your still  in status?

 

The answer is yes! I'll explain.

 

This is your U.S. Immigration Minute where we give you Immigration Tips & News without the Politics.

 

Whenever a foreign national travels to the U.S. On a temporary non-immigrant visa, he or she is issued an I-94 record which can be accessed electronically.

 

As a general rule, the I-94 expiration date always rules over the visa expiration date.

 

. For instance we had a client whose visa issued by the U.S. Consulate abroad expired without a new application being filed to renew. 

 

.Panic set in, yet I knew the client had travelled frequently on their L non immigrant visa in and out of the U S. Since issuance of their visa. 

 

I had my paralegal go online to check the expiration of

The I-94 as we all waited with bated breath.

 

The Outcome was a relief. Despite the consulate issued visa expiration, U.S. customs border and patrol had approved our clients’ I-94 to remain in the U.S. for another 3 months beyond visa expiration.

 

We were able to successfully prepare and file a visa extension timely for 2 more years without any gap or unlawful presence accruing to the applicant; and all done while she remained in the U.S. without issue.

At ScottVassell Law Firm, our lawyers have had the pleasure of working with Au Pairs in the United States over the past two decades and protecting the status of these bright intelligent youth with great dreams and aspirations from around the world.

 The Au Pair program is a cultural exchange program, run by the Department of State (‘DOS’) that permits youth between the age of  18 and 26 years old to provide childcare to U.S. parents who are typically professionals, executives and business owners. The program is for 12 months, but DOS may approve a one-time extension of 6, 9, or 12 months if the Au Pair demonstrates compliance with certain educational requirements and files at least 30 days prior to expiration.