With your U. S. residency, you are eligible for a Social Security number. This is a number given to all people legally living and working in the United States, to identify them and allow them to pay into a system of retire­ment insurance. You may have already applied for a Social Security number if you […]

Though nonimmigrants are, by defini­tion, not permanent residents of the U. S., it is possible to become a tax resident simply by spending a certain amount of time in the U. S. each year. If you become a tax resident, your entire worldwide income must be reported to the U. S. government. It doesn’t matter […]

Your employer needs to submit a visa petition to USCIS, on Form I-129. The object of the petition is to prove four things: • that you personally qualify for H-1B status • that your future job is of a high enough level to warrant someone with your advanced skills • that you have the correct […]

The checklist below will help your employer assemble the forms and docu­ments that make up the temporary labor certification application. Although most of this form is fairly straightforward, a few of the questions require extra attention. Question 13 asks the employer to describe the job being offered. This question should be answered with as much […]

This category is only for employees of companies with blanket L-1 status. It is a more stringent substitute for the special­ized knowledge category available to individual L-1 applicants. usCIs’s regula­tions require that an individual have spe­cialized knowledge, as defined above, and that he or she further be a member of the professions as that term […]