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Karol Brown: L-1B visas and supporting the Specialized Knowledge Experts of Multinational Businesses (Ep. 4)

June 6, 2014 by Mark Deal Leave a Comment

In this episode we talk to Immigration Attorney Karol Brown on L-1B visas and supporting the Specialized Knowledge Experts of Multinational Businesses.


Karol BrownKarol Brown is the Managing Partner of Karol Brown, Attorneys at Law based in Seattle Washington and has been practicing businesses and family immigration law for 14 years. She holds a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from Harvard University and a law degree from Yale. She has taught Immigration Law at the University of Washington and has founded the Center for Human Rights and Justice at the both the University of Washington and Seattle University law schools.

 

In this episode you will hear:

  • The requirements of the L-1B visa
  • How this visa type compares to L-1A, H-1B and O-1 Visas
  • The 3 important factors of the L-1B and how to support them in the petition
  • Microsoft’s strategy to leverage the blanket L-1B process by opening a center in Canada
  • How another company had challenges proving the L-1B visas for two engineers (even after the L-1A executive was working in the US)
  • Immigration Reform… Immigration reform, immigration reform. Contact your congressman to tell them you want it too

 

Karol shares with us:

  • Her firm does L-1Bs… but also so much more (business, employment, and family immigration law)
  • Business Advice: Follow your heart (then work will not seem like work)
  • His personal habits that she attributes to his success: Treat people how you want to be treated
  • Parting Thoughts: Immigration can be ‘ridiculously’ complicated.  Seek an immigration attorney

 

Filed Under: L-1, Podcast

“Caroline”: The $40k E-2 and the importance of a business plan (Ep. 3)

June 3, 2014 by Mark Deal Leave a Comment

In this episode we talk to “Caroline” about her bootstrapped E-2, Immigration Attorney selection and the importance of a business plan

 


$40k bootstrapped E-2 visaOn this episode we have “Caroline” as she discusses:

  • How a $40k start up investment was approved for an E-2 visa
  • How she selected her immigration attorney (out of 6)
  • Immigration concerns: Complexity & Scary
  • The importance of immigration representation that “believes in you and your story”
  • Her Business plan development
    • Outsourced to a firm that didn’t engage with her on the specifics of her business
    • She then recreated the written elements of the plan to align with her story and “vision”
    • Engaged  my firm to recast the financial projections
    • She then understood and supported her business plan during her immigration interview

 

 

 

Filed Under: Business, E-2, Podcast

Roy Watson: L-1A Visas, RFEs and the ‘Matter of Z’ (Ep. 2)

May 30, 2014 by Mark Deal Leave a Comment

In this episode we talk to Immigration Attorney Roy Watson L-1A visas, difficulties with USCIS, and the ‘Matter of Z’.

 


Roy WatsonRoy J. Watson, Jr. is a graduate of Brandeis University (B.A. Economics), Boston College School of Law (J.D.), and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government (M.P.A). Roy has been assisting businesses and individuals solve complex business immigration questions for almost 40 years. He focuses on employment-based non-immigrant and immigrant visa petitions for companies of all sizes, including hospitals, high tech/bio tech, architects, CPAs and Attorneys. Roy is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Boston Bar Association, and the American Bar Association.

In this episode you will hear:

  • What the immigration landscape was like almost 40 years ago
  • Roy’s passion and how he puts that to use for his clients
  • L-1A visa requirements (and what is not required)
  • L-1A Request For Evidence rate (hint: it is more than you think)
  • ‘Matter of Z’, setting a precedent to standardize what Immigration needs for an L-1A visa petition 
  • The double edged sword of premium processing 

Roy shares with us:

  • His involvement with the Cambridge Innovation Center
  • Business Advice: Never be afraid to buy file cabinets.  
  • His personal habits that he attributes to his success: Thorough Preparation
  • Parting Thoughts: Immigration Reform needs to happen and it will happen.

Filed Under: Business, L-1, Podcast

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