The below article was originally published on Watson Immigration Law Blog on December 5th. The article drew attention from Yahoo! News, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe, International Business Times, San Jose Mercury News,[…]
Why We need Startup Visa laws for Immigrant Entrepreneurs – Tahmina Watson, immigration attorney With the recent election, America’s voters have placed renewed trust in President Obama, and immigration remains[…]
On May 22, 2012 a new bill called The Start-Up Act 2.0 will be introduced in Congress. It will be built upon the Start-Up Act introduced by Sen. Moran and[…]
On February 22, 2012, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) formally launched its new initiative ‘Entrepreneur in Residence’ (EIR). The event was held at Nasa Research Park, Moffet[…]
Today, the Entrepreneur in Residence program was officially launched. Read about it here. I will write a full summary soon. Stay tuned! http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/immigration-director-seeks-to-reassure-silicon-valley-on-keeping-foreign-entrepreneurs-in-us/2012/02/22/gIQAFQjwTR_story.html Read our summary here.
I had to smile reading this article as the author appears to be watching for a kettle to boil too, just like I feel I am in the US. In[…]
While the US seems to be thinking about how to get foreign entrepreneurs here, other countries are already implementing measures. I hope we are not too far behind. The below[…]
The below article is published by Fierce Homeland Security which reports on the US Chambers of Commerce calling for immigration options for immigrant entrepreneurs, a subject I feel very strongly[…]
President Obama addressed immigration issues at the State of the Union Speech on January 24, 2012. He called for Comprehensive Immigration Reform but recognized that in an election year, it[…]
As we say good-bye to 2011, what have been the highlights in immigration law? Well, not a lot of good news. Alabama and some other parts of the country have[…]