Immigration
Immigration Law: Services Provided
The Law Offices of Amy Ghosh can help you with many immigration matters including the following:
NON IMMIGRANT : TEMPORARY STATUS
IMMIGRANT : PERMANENT STATUS:EMPLOYMENT BASED
IMMIGRANT : PERMANENT STATUS :
FAMILY BASED
CITIZENSHIP MATTERS
NON IMMIGRANT : TEMPORARY STATUS E1 - Treaty Trader; E2 - Treaty Investor Investors / traders and their employees may receive visas to through opening a business in the United States if the employees country of citizenship has a commercial treaty with the United States conferring visa eligibility.
H-1B - Specialty Occupation Professionals with at least a bachelor?s degree or its equivalent in work experience may be eligible for a nonimmigrant work visa as long as the job offered requires such a degree and is relevant to the background of the professional. The employer must also demonstrate that the Professional is being paid at least the prevailing wage for the job.
H-2A - Agricultural Labor
K - Fiancé/e of U.S. Citizen A Fiancé(e) of a U.S. citizen is eligible for a nonimmigrant visa to come to the United States as long as the Fiancé(e) marries the Petitioner within 90 days of entry into the U.S.
L - Intra Company Transferee L-1 visas are available to executives, managers and specialized employees of successful companies abroad either moving to their employer's U.S. affiliate sites or opening a new branch, subsidiary or affiliate in the United States. Executives and managers holding L-1 visas may subsequently apply for permanent residency without the need for a labor certification.
O1, O2 - Extraordinary Ability The O-1 category is for foreign nationals with extraordinary ability in the arts, sciences, athletics, education, or business.
P1, P2, P3 - Group Entertainers Foreign Actors, musicians and entertainment groups may bring their performance to the United States through approval of this visa
Q - International Cultural Exchange Program
R - Religious Vocation or Profession Religious workers include ordained clergy and those who have taken religious vows, as well as religious professionals such as choral directors, teachers of religion, and so forth.
TN - Trade NAFTA Professionals A special visa category for nationals of Canada / Mexico under the North American Free Trade Agreement.
IMMIGRANT : PERMANENT STATUS : EMPLOYMENT BASED EB1 - First Preference A. Persons of Extraordinary Ability B. Outstanding Professors and Researchers C. Multinational Executives and Managers In these categories, the candidate can petition for permanent residency while circumventing the time-consuming process of labor certification.
EB2 - Second Preference Members of Professions holding Advanced Degrees or Aliens of Exceptional Ability. Most EB2 candidates must have a job offer and the employer must complete the labor certification process. The labor certification involves testing of the job market to show that the potential visa holder is not taking away a job from a U.S. worker.
EB3 - Third Preference Skilled Workers, Professionals and other Workers. Most EB3 candidates must have a job offer and the employer must complete the labor certification process.
EB4 - Fourth Preference - Special Immigrants The EB4 category includes persons such as Religious Workers, Commuters from Border, Retired G-4 (Employee of international Organizations), Returning Residents and Ministers of religion. EB5 - Fifth Preference - Employment Creation Investors With the 1990 Immigration Act, Congress has kept aside up to 10,000 visas per year just for alien investors in new commercial enterprises, who will create employment for at least ten individuals. There are two investor groups under the program - people who invest at least $500,000 in "targeted employment areas" (rural areas or areas experiencing high unemployment of at least 150% of the national average) and those who invest $1,000,000 in other areas. Not less than 3,000 of the annual allotment of visas in this category must go to the targeted employment areas.
IMMIGRANT : PERMANENT STATUS : FAMILY BASED U.S. citizens can petition for parents, spouses, siblings, and children. Legal Permanent Residents can petition for spouses and children only. There is no quota or limit and, therefore, no waiting list for ?Immediate Relatives? of U.S. Citizens - Unmarried children under 21, Spouse, Parent, and Widow / Widower (under certain circumstances). Relatives in the following ?preference? categories are subject to limits on the number of visas that can be issued each year. First Preference - Unmarried sons or daughters (over age 21) of U.S. citizens. Second Preference ? (2A) Spouses and unmarried children (under age 21) of Legal Permanent Residents (2B) Unmarried sons and daughters (over age 21) of Legal Permanent Residents. Third Preference - Married sons and daughters of U.S. citizens. Fourth Preference - Brothers and sisters of U.S. citizens.
CITIZENSHIP MATTERS Representation to file citizenship applications.
Legal Service Fee
Citizenship/Naturalization
Individual (without interview) N400 $300
Husband and Wife (without interview) N400 $550
Each additional family member
Under 18 $200
Over 18 $250
Interview Representation and Attendance $300 each person
Certificate of Citizenship N-600 $350
Passport applications $150 ? $500
Non-Immigrant Employment Visas (I-129)
H ?1 $1500, $1000 each
additional application
H-2 and H-3 $2000 minimum +
additional workers
R-1 Religious Worker $1700
E-1 Treaty Trader $3000-4500
E-2 Treaty Investor $3000-4500
O-1 Extraordinary Ability $1750-2500
L-1 IntraCompany Transfers $1750
Each additional employee $750
P Performing Entertainers and Athletes $2000
Each additional performer $450
Q Cultural Exchange Participants $1000
Each additional person $300
TN Change of Status or Extension Application (Canada) $750
TN Application (Mexico) $1500
Employment Based Immigrant Visas (I-140)
EB1 - Extraordinary ability alien, Outstanding
Researcher/Professor, Multinational Executive/Manager
$3000
EB2 ? Advanced Degree or Exceptional Ability, National
Interest Waiver - General
$3500
EB2 ? Advanced Degree or Exceptional Ability, National
Interest Waiver ? Physicians
$3000
EB2 or EB3 ? Labor Certification (ETA750A and
ETA750B)
$4000
EB4 ? Special Immigrant ? Religious Worker $2500
EB5 ? Immigrant Investor $5000
Adjustment of Status (I-485) or consular processing (DS-
230) for each dependent (spouse and children)
$500
Family Based Immigrant Visa
Relative petition only ? I-130 $500
Relative petition and adjustment of status ? I-130 and I-485 $1000
Each additional family member $500
Interview Representation and Attendance $500
Adoption ? Family members (I-600) $2000
Spousal Abuse Petition (I-360 and I-485) $2000
Fiance Petition ? (K-1 visa) ? I-129F $800
Adjustment of Status ? I485 (no interview) $700
V Visa with work card (I-539 and I-765) $750
K-2, K-3 Visas $500
Other Services
Visa Extensions (I-539) $250 - $500
Work Authorization Renewals (I-765) $250
Waiver of Two Year Foreign Residency Requirement for
J-1 Visa Holders $750-$1000
Self-help application review $250 minimum
TN border application $250