Gardner and Taylor is a boutique business and family immigration law firm located in Salt Lake City, Utah.
We love underdog stories. Americans love underdog stories. Everyone loves underdog stories. Everyone once and a while, we’ll use this space to highlight an awesome immigrant story. This story from CNN highlights the story of a son of a Mexican immigrant that came to the United States under the Bracero Program. Great story. Read more […]
We live in a global economy. Many domestic businesses operate in one or more foreign countries. Alternatively, sometimes foreign businesses wish to open an office or factory in the United States. These businesses frequently have the need to transfer employees with specialized knowledge from their foreign offices to work in their U.S. offices. These “specialized […]
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a news release today with a lot of good reminders regarding the H-1B petition deadline and process. There are a couple new nuggets of information, however. First, USCIS is adjusting its premium process practices in anticipation that the cap will be reached in the first five business […]
In each of the past two years, the number of H-1B visa petitions received by USCIS that are subject to the cap has exceeded the cap on the first eligible day for filing: April 1st. This was true for both bachelor’s degree and master’s degree H-1B petitions. We are now less than a month away. […]
Following the executive actions by President Obama in November 2014, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in conjunction with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced new rules for certain H-4 dependent spouses. These changes are set to be effective on May 26, 2015. An H-1B visa is an employment-based visa that allows certain […]
