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Immigration Law

Reliance Law Group provides reliable and qualified lawyers that are experienced in all immigration matters. We prepare your case with transparent planning that keeps you aware of all steps in front. In addition, our team stays up to date with the latest changes and policy modifications to ensure each of our clients receives a fair, accurate, and professionally prepared case.

Immigration to the U.S. can be based on various grounds. For example, you might be eligible for lawful permanent resident status if you have an employer, a relative or were granted asylee/refugee status, or you invested funds into the U.S. economy, or possess extraordinary abilities in science, technology, business, medicine, or in any other essential field.

Reliance Law Group specializes in all types of immigration visas and will help you to achieve your “American Dream.” 

We aim to help you to create a brighter future in the United States.

Types of Immigration Services

Employment-based immigration

A work visa is considered the best option for those with extensive experience or qualified skills in a particular profession like medicine, engineering, technology, and more. During this process, you will be required to prove your work credentials and education in your field.

You will be required to prove that you possess extraordinary abilities in a particular field or are a multinational executive manager, or an employer needs you as a worker. In this case, the employer has to demonstrate that he is financially able to pay a prevailing wage, and you will not be removing a position from an American worker.

There are five types of employment-based visas available:

• EB-1 Visa for Priority Workers

Foreign workers able to demonstrate extraordinary abilities in arts, sciences, education, business, medicine, technology, or other fields. 

• EB-4 Visa for Special Workers

A status awarded to those with specialized training or provisions such as religious worker, immigrant juvenile, government employee, etc. 

• EB-2 Visa for Professionals

Those working professionals holding advanced degrees with at least five years of experience in a related field.

• EB-5 Visa for Immigrant Investors

If you are an active investor and contributor to an American commercial enterprise. 

• EB-3 Visa for Skilled Workers

Those skilled workers with an American employer’s official invitation to continue work inside the United States. 

Business Immigration

For those that have built or are seeking to build a U.S.-based business venture, Reliance Law Group is ready to help create a pathway for you and your workers to legally work and reside in the United States. We can help you decide on the appropriate type of business visa and individual plans to achieve your business goals.

Types of U.S. Business/Work Visas:

• L-1 Nonimmigrant Executive Visa

Also known as an Intra-Company Transferee visa gives a temporary right to live and work in the U.S. for those heads and top managers of foreign companies conducting business as a representative office or branch inside the U.S. This allows executives, managers, or employers with special experience to transfer from a foreign company to a subsidiary or branch in the United States to work on a temporary basis. To obtain an L-1 business visa, you must have a company outside the United States that decides to open a branch in America and refers you to manage the branch.

• E-2 Nonimmigrant Investor Visa for Citizens of Countries Participating in the E-2 Treaty Program with the United States

This type of visa is for investors starting a business in the United States and is available for a limited number of countries with which the United States has relevant agreements. For example, this category of visas is available for Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Armenia, and Israel citizens.

• EB-1c Executive Immigration Visa

Grants the right to receive a green card and, later on, citizenship for the business owner and his family when opening a representative office of his company or buying a business in the United States. To obtain this visa, you need to have a medium or large operating business outside the United States and work experience for more than a year in a managerial position in your company. There are also a number of requirements for the turnover rate, number of employees, and business management system for the company outside the entity inside the United States. 

• E-1 Treaty Trader Visa for Citizens of Countries that Have an Agreement on Commerce and Navigation

To apply for an E-1 visa, you should be an employee of any company that carries out export-import operations or significant business volumes within the United States. At least 50% of the turnover of an American company must come from trade with the applicant’s country.

• E-1 Treaty Trader Visa for Citizens of Countries that Have an Agreement on Commerce and Navigation

To apply for an E-1 visa, you should be an employee of any company that carries out export-import operations or significant business volumes within the United States. At least 50% of the turnover of an American company must come from trade with the applicant’s country.

• B-1 Nonimmigrant Temporary Business Visitor Visa

Designed for use with temporary visits made for business-specific purposes. These apply to just business travelers and those aliens who can qualify (i.e., professional athletes, investors pursuing business venture opportunities, professionals attending conferences, meetings, and other business events, lecturers or speakers for certain types of events, etc.). Under this visa, you are not allowed to receive salaries or income from U.S.-based companies or remain in the U.S. beyond their temporary trips.

• F-1 Student Visa

Designed for those who would like to study academically at a U.S. educational institution, such as an accredited college or university, private high school, or would like to study English through an approved language-training program. After completing the program’s study requirements, you may be eligible for up to one year of Optional Practical Training that a U.S. educational institution must approve before you can apply to USCIS for work authorization, evidenced by an Employment Authorization Card.

• H-1B Visa for Specialty Occupations

You can use this type of visa if you enter the United States to perform pre-planned work requiring appropriate specialization. H-1B occupations include engineers, computer scientists, financial analysts, and others. When applying for such a visa, you must have higher education (Bachelor’s degree or higher or equivalent in work experience). In addition, you must file an application to the U.S. Department of Labor about your working conditions specified in the employment contract. U.S.-based companies may apply for this visa on behalf of foreign nationals in most professional occupations. The maximum length of stay in the U.S. under an H-1B visa is six years, although you may extend it if you have commenced an employment-based green card more than 365 days prior to the end of the sixth H-1B year.

• H-1B1 Visa for Professionals from Chile and Singapore

Free Trade Agreements signed with Chile and Singapore allow eligible Chilean and Singaporean citizens to work in the United States temporarily.

• T.N. Visa for NAFTA Professionals

This is for Canadian or Mexican citizens whose occupations appear in Appendix 1603.D.1 of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Examples of category occupations are Computer Systems Analyst, Engineer, Economist, Accountant, Management Consultant, Nurse, and Scientists. Under this visa, you can work in the U.S. for up to one year with unlimited annual renewals, provided that you maintain ties to your home country.

• O-1 Visa for Individuals with Extraordinary Ability or Achievement

The U.S. government specially created this visa to enable highly educated and qualified professionals to work in the United States. You can apply for this visa if you have outstanding ability in business, science, sports, art, education, and sustained national or international acclaim. This visa is valid for up to three years and is renewable in annual increments after that.

• In U.S. immigration law, there are more different types of visas for other kinds of circumstances, such as:

  • P-1A visa for internationally recognized athletes
  • P-1B visa for a member of the internationally recognized entertainment group
  • Q visa for cultural Exchange
  • H-3 visa for nonimmigrant trainee or special education exchange visitor
  • J-1 visa for Educational and Cultural Exchange for trainees, interns, and Research Scholars.

To learn more about these different visa applications or to get started with your case, please use the provided consultation form on our home page. Reliance Law Group has a thriving practice with all types of immigration cases and can help you navigate the complicated process of applying for these different programs.

Family-Based Immigration

Many individuals who successfully immigrate into the United States are eager for their families to join them. If you have close relatives living in the U.S. who are citizens or permanent residents, a family immigration reunion may be your best option. This is generally reserved for parents, adult children, spouses, and siblings, but these policies are open to change on a frequent basis.

There are two types of family reunification programs:

Immediate Relative Immigrant Visas can be obtained for the following group of relatives of U.S. Citizens:

  • IR-1: Spouse of a U.S. citizen.
  • IR-2: Unmarried child of a U.S. citizen under the age of 21.
  • IR-3: U.S. Citizen Foster Orphan Abroad.
  • IR-4: U.S. Citizen Foster Orphan.
  • IR-5: Parents of a U.S. Citizen over the age of 21.

Family Preference Immigrant Visas include relatives of U.S. citizens and close family members of lawful permanent residents of the United States.

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• Family First Preference (F1)

For unmarried sons and daughters of U.S. citizens and their minor children (grandchildren and granddaughters of the Petitioner), if any.

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• Family Second Preference (F2)

(F2A) Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) spouses and minor children (under 21 years of age).

(F2B) Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) unmarried sons and daughters (age 21 and over).

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• Family Third Preference (F3)

For unmarried sons and daughters of U.S. citizens, their spouses, and minor children (under 21 years of age).

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• Family Fourth Preference (F4)

For siblings of U.S. citizens and their spouses and minor children (under the age of 21), if U.S. citizen is at least 21 years old.

The main difference between an immediate relative family reunion and a family preference reunion under the categories is the visa numbers' availability. Immediate Relative Immigrant Visas do not have annual immigration quotas, and Family Preference Immigrant Visas are limited by an annual quota determined by the U.S. Department of State.

The family reunion process is rather complicated because it requires close attention and almost perfect filing of the appropriate forms and documentation to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. If you need assistance in reunion with your relatives, you can use our professional help at any stage of the process. We will fill out all immigration and visa forms, taking into account all the circumstances of your case.

Humanitarian Immigration or U.S. Border Applications for Political Asylum and Refugee Status/ or Asylum and Protection Immigration

In 1951, the UN signed the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. The document defined the very concept of “refugee.” It established the grounds for receiving asylum in another country: war and armed conflicts, persecution based on racial or religious hatred in their homeland. And in 1980, the U.S. Congress passed a law regulating the flow of refugees into the country and the procedure for applying to the authorities for protection.

Political asylum is a special legal status given to a person in another country based on violating his rights and freedoms at home. This can include persecution, discrimination, genocide, physical violence. However, this does not include actual politics. Therefore, you cannot claim asylum based solely on political philosophy.

You can ask for protection from a foreign state for the following reasons: the threat to life and health, persecution and discrimination based on nationality and race, religion, sexual orientation, illegal actions of state bodies (for example, police inaction or its refusal to protect). As with any immigration process, asylum applications need to be carefully planned. It is essential to understand that refugee status is primarily the result of a legal process. It is better not to undertake this on your own but to entrust the legal part to a professional – ignorance of the laws, language, and procedure for submitting documents can ruin the whole matter from the very beginning.

Our attorneys deeply value serving the victims of human and civil rights violations. We are committed to providing the best representation and education to those affected by a crisis. Our clients include those in need of a wide variety of humanitarian related immigration services, including:

  • Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
  • Immigrant Visa Petitions for Battered Spouses, Children & Parents (VAWA)
  • U Visa for Victims of Crime
  • T Visa for Victims of Trafficking
  • Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)
  • Asylum

If you are ready to begin this process, we encourage you to fill out our free consultation form to analyze your specific situation.