Immigration Blog

ICE Exercises a Favorable Decision in I-9 Violation Case

Immigration Success Story: I‐9 Visa ICE Exercises a Favorable Decision in I‐9 Violation Case Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and their crackdown on proper I‐9 and worker documentation for employers have been a common theme in many of my blog posts and e‐newsletter reports as of late. ICE expects to conduct 3,000 worksite audits in FY2012 and 2013, including large employers to create a culture of compliance. Any, or several, local employers could be next. […]

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Immigration Success Story: Cap-Exempt H-1B for Skilled Workers and Professionals

The Marks Gray Immigration Team regularly helps employers who qualify for cap-exempt H-1B visas. This month, we are highlighting the success story of a college and a mathematics professor from Ethiopia. The H-1B allows US employers to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations. Certain organizations are exempt from the highly competitive annual H-1B visa lottery, including institutions of higher education, non-profit entities related to or affiliated with a higher education institution, and nonprofit or government […]

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Immigration Success Story: H-1B for Skilled Workers and Professionals

The Marks Gray Immigration Team is already helping clients with H-1B petitions for the upcoming April lottery. This month, we are highlighting the success story of a French citizen who received a cap-subject (lottery subject) H-1B petition last year under the FY2017 lottery. After receiving notice from us that his H-1B petition was selected under the lottery, our client said, “For real!…Oh my god!!!! Thank you very much!!!!”

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Immigration Success Story: Green Card for Skilled Workers and Professionals

The Marks Gray Immigration Team regularly helps clients with I-140 Petitions and Green Card applications for Professional or Skilled Workers. This month, we are highlighting the success story of Maria, a registered nurse from the Philippines. For some green card categories and countries of origin, the backlog is years long. To achieve the desired results, these candidates and their employers must be in it for the long haul. Maria and our hospital client were willing […]

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Immigration Success Story: I-140 for Advanced Degree Professionals

Employment-Based Green Card for Orthopedic Surgeon from Canada The Marks Gray Immigration Team regularly helps clients with I-140 Petitions for Advanced Degree Professionals. This month, we are highlighting a success story of an orthopedic surgeon from Canada. After receiving his approval, our client said: I want to take the opportunity to thank you guys for the great progress made this year toward my green card. I look forward to continue working with you on the next […]

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Immigration Success Stories: Employment-Based First Preference EB-1

Employment-Based (EB-1) Green Card for International Customer & Product Support Manager from Venezuela “Thank you very much for all the hard work and the good spirit placed on our case!!” We regularly help employers petition for permanent resident status (“green card”) for their employees with extraordinary ability. Here, we are sharing another green card success story for an International Customer and Product Support Manager from Venezuela.

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