American Immigration Counsel press release discusses the debate on the Senate Immigration Reform bill as follows: Tomorrow, the Senate Judiciary Committee continues “mark-up” of S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act. The Committee will take up amendments related to Title Four, which addresses the majority of non-immigrant, temporary visas including those for high and less skilled immigrant workers, entrepreneurship and innovation programs, and a range of miscellaneous visitor visas. Title Four became one of the most intensely negotiated portions of the Gang of 8 bill, in part because issues regarding the future flow of immigrant workers  Read more »

WEBINAR TOPIC: Winning Strategies for Employment-Based Green Cards Date: Tues. May 28 Time: 10am PDT/1pm EST Location: Online Cost: Free Duration: 1 hour RCH: Submitted* Presenter: Jon Veile Registration now open! Why should you attend? Award winning Immigration attorney, Jon Velie, will utilize common situation fact patterns, regulations and winning strategies for employers and employees to gain permanent residence in the United States. We’ll learn more about: EB-1-1 Extraordinary Ability EB-1-2 Outstanding Professor or Researcher EB-1-3 Multinational Executive or Managers The Labor Certification Process EB-2 Advanced Degree Professionals, Exceptional Ability EB-3 Skilled Workers And much, much more! In addition, you will  Read more »

Dear Mr. President, Senator McCain, Senator Schumer and Congressional Leaders: Please accept this letter on behalf of American companies that compete to be the best in the world by being able to hire the best in the world, Americans seeking to unify their families including those from foreign lands, those that selected America to pursue their education and now simply want to put their American education to work and permit us to benefit from the education we provided them, instead of kicking them out to make another nation stronger. Let’s go back to being the home of the dream where those  Read more »

A Senate bill sponsored by the bi-partisan Senators Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) is designed to provide long awaited Immigration reform was filed today.   The bill creates pathways to previously illegal aliens, creates more visas for the tech industry, establishes permanent residency visa for investors of start-ups and creation of a new W visa for unskilled workers, known as guest workers. Highlights of the proposed bill are as follows:  Undocumented Immigrants Two tracks: one based on the number of points immigrants could accumulate, with a fixed annual numerical cap, and another for immigrants who had been legally  Read more »

Velie Law Firm Wins Best Overall Small Business at Business Excellence Awards Norman, Oklahoma, law firm that serves world class clients with proprietary visas petition process is recognized for its ability to deliver the American Dream LAS VEGAS,  – The 2013 Americas Business Excellence Forum, sponsored by ActionCOACH, named Velie Law Firm of Norman, Oklahoma, the winner of the Best Overall Company under 10 employees at this year’s Business Excellence Awards, held in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the Red Rock Resort and Casino. The Business Excellence Awards honor the “best of the best” results in small and medium sized businesses  Read more »

Jon Velie often travels to China and other countries and helps facilitate discussions about helping corporations, investors and individuals, establish business, invest in US companies, start their own companies, merge or acquire interests in international companies or work, study or visit in America.  Hundreds of Chinese business owners have listened at seminars and conferences to learn from one of the most recognized immigration attorneys on the subject. Immigration Magazine presents a powerpoint presentation by Jon Velie highlighting some of the advantages for using the United States to conduct business in America.  The presentation includes fact patterns of how Chinese Companies and  Read more »

With the election next week, the political football we call immigration, is a major issue, as several swing states like Colorado and Nevada with heavy Latino populations could be the difference in who wins. So, where do the candidates stand on immigration issue? Arizona’s controversial immigration law author Kris Kobach is a campaign advisor to Governor Romney, and Mr. Romney stated, and although he modified his statement in the third presidential debate to some extent, he was quoted stating “I think you see a model here in Arizona.”  Further, Paul Ryan has stated he would oppose the Dream Act .  Read more »

October 9th is John Lennon’s birthday, it is also the day after the 37th anniversary (1975) he won his green card after five years of litigation and  the day before Yoko gave birth to Sean Lennon.  John Lennon was the face of the spirit of the  counter culture, the voice of a generation that said, “all we are saying is give peace a chance” and “imagine there’s no countries it isn’t hard to do, nothing to kill or die for and no religion too.”  These words have lost the impact and controversy that they possessed when they were launched through  Read more »

Despite the prolonged recession and chronic job problems in the United States, the H-1b visas for the fiscal year starting October 1, 2012 has filled before the year even started. That means no employee can start on a new H-1b visas until Oct. 1, 2013. So what visa options are available to employers to file on behalf of those who would have met the H-1b visa regulations? H-1b visas for those that already have an H-1b. Employees may file for a new employer if they have any time remaining in the six year period since applying for an initial H-1b. These employees may also recapture time for days  Read more »

Jon Velie recently hosted a webinar with Ascentis on the subject of I-9′s. There was over 500 attendees from around the globe to learn from one of the most recognized immigration attorneys on the subject.  This article highlights many of the questions that were asked during the webinar.  You may also click here to download the presentation. Compliance Alert: How to Keep Immigration Enforcement From Knocking at Your Door Have you received a letter from Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) that your company must produce I-9 forms for inspection? If so, you are not alone. The U.S. government has taken immigration  Read more »