Rachel Browning’s Legal Blog

For the last couple of weeks I’ve been reading the biography of John Adams, written by historian David McCullough.  I’ve had this book for several years, but not had the time to read it, mainly because of law school time constraints.  Of course, I’ve been out of law school for over a year now, but [...]

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            As of yesterday, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has added seven new countries to its Visa Waiver Program (VWP).  Citizens and eligible nationals of participating VWP countries can apply for admission to the United States at a U.S. port of entry as nonimmigrant aliens to be admitted for ninety days [...]

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Over the past several years, President Bush has encouraged, and Congress has unsuccessfully debated, then shelved, comprehensive reforms to our immigration system.  A central component of these proposals has been the suggestion of establishing a “guest worker program” or “essential worker” visa category. The new category would address labor shortages in the agricultural, construction, fishing, [...]

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             The H-3 visa is a nonimmigrant visa, meaning a temporary option, which allows foreign nationals to enter the U.S. temporarily to train in “any field of endeavor”.  In reality, the H-3 Visa is limited to training programs in which the employer can demonstrate that the foreign applicant is entering the U.S. for a limited [...]

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This week I thought I would start a kind of “series” of blogs on some of the lesser-known visas – both immigrant (permanent) and nonimmigrant (temporary) – that are available to foreign nationals coming to the U.S. and to U.S. companies and organizations seeking to employ them.
While most individuals applying for permanent residency do so [...]

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