A Focus on Businesses and Investors
BMB Immigration Law PLLC specializes in helping clients to secure temporary visas and permanent residency so they can work and/or invest in the United States.
Common Employment Immigrant Visas (Green Cards):
EB-5 — Self-petitioned investor green card for those who invest a significant amount of money (the current minimum is $800,000) into a U.S. company and such investment creates 10 new U.S. jobs. This can either be through Direct investment (as the only EB-5 investor in a company) or a Regional Center investment (which pools money from many EB-5 investors to fund larger projects).
EB-1A — Employer-sponsored or self-petitioned residency for someone with proven “extraordinary ability” within their field (business, arts, sciences, athletics, etc) (green card version of the O-1 visa)
EB-1B — Employer-sponsored residency for outstanding professors and researchers
EB-1C — Employer-sponsored residency for a Manager or Executive from a non-US company that was transferred to an affiliated U.S. company (green card version of the L-1A visa)
EB-2 — Employer-sponsored residency for jobs requiring a Master’s degree (requires advertising the job and showing no U.S. workers wanted it)
EB-3 — Employer-sponsored residency for jobs requiring a Bachelor’s degree or no degree (requires advertising the job and showing no U.S. workers wanted it)
Common Employment Non-Immigrant Visas (Temporary Renewable Visas):
L-1A — Transfer of a Manager or Executive from a non-U.S. company to an affiliated U.S. company
L-1B — Transfer of an employee with company-specific specialized knowledge from a non-U.S. company to an affiliated U.S. company
H-1B — Someone with a specialized Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) being hired to do a U.S. job that requires that specialized knowledge (demand exceeds the annual statutory cap, so there is a H-1B lottery every March)
H-1B1 — Similar to the H-1B, but only for citizens of Singapore and Chile (no annual lottery)
E-3 — Similar to the H-1B, but only for citizens of Australian (no annual lottery)
TN — Citizen of Mexico or Canada being hired for a job in certain professions on a finite published list (including architect, engineer, lawyer, doctor, scientist, teacher)
E-2 — Investors who are citizens of countries that have a specific treaty with the U.S. who are coming to the U.S. to manage a company they majority own/control and personally invested “substantial” cash/assets into
O-1 — Someone with “extraordinary ability” in their field (business, music, TV, art, sciences, athletics, etc.), as proven through evidence such as awards, news articles, patents, box office receipts, testimonials, etc.
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