L-1A status allows companies with foreign offices to transfer foreign employees into managerial or executive positions in the United States. USCIS has taken an increasingly restrictive approach to L-1A adjudications, with denial rates increasing roughly 9% over 2017....
Topic: Success Stories
Miller Mayer’s Sandra Bruno Obtains Extraordinary Ability Green Card for Turkish Engineer
Miller Mayer is pleased to showcase one of our recent immigration story successes. A Turkish client is one of just a handful of individuals in the world certified by GE Aviation, a subsidiary of General Electric, as a Level III Certified Supplier Trainer (GE CST) for...
Miller Mayer’s Hilary Fraser Obtains Extraordinary Ability Green Card for Chinese Architect
A young and celebrated architect from China earned an EB-1A green card approval with the help of Miller Mayer immigration attorney Hilary Fraser. Although the architect had no evidence of achievements outside of China, we painstakingly curated evidence of his...
Miller Mayer’s David Wilks and Xiayue (Summer) Yin Obtain H-1B Approval for a Small U.S. Subsidiary
Obtaining an entry level H-1B can be difficult under current USCIS policy, especially for entities with small U.S. operations. USCIS is concerned that with small operations, foreign nationals may be required to perform administrative duties, which may not require a...
Miller Mayer Success Story: O-1 Extraordinary Ability Visa Approved for Postdoctoral Engineer
Miller Mayer immigration attorney David Wilks successfully obtained urgently needed O-1 status for a structural engineer/postdoctoral fellow who uses computer vision technology to monitor the health of civil infrastructure, such as bridges and dams. By so doing,...
Miller Mayer’s Client Successfully Returns $104.5 million to Investors
Congratulations to Miller Mayer client Cleveland International Fund (CiF) for returning $104.5 million to 209 EB-5 investors in CiF's First two projects: University Hospitals expansion and the Flats East Bank first phase development (E&Y Tower and Aloft Hotel)....
Miller Mayer’s Hilary Fraser Obtains Approvals for New Federal Hockey League Coaches
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Hilary Fraser successfully obtained P-1 petition approvals. P-1 visas are designated for essential support personal for internationally recognized athletes. The Federal Hockey League petitioned on behalf of six foreign national...
Miller Mayer Obtains Extraordinary Ability Green Card for Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Miller Mayer attorneys Rosanne Mayer and David Wilks successfully obtained an approved EB-1-A petition, sometimes called the “Einstein Visa,” for an Arkansas-based cardiothoracic surgeon. Approval requires showing that the individual has “risen to the very top of the...
Miller Mayer Success Story: Extraordinary Ability Green Card Approved After Waiting Years for an Asylum Approval
Miller Mayer immigration attorneys Steve Yale-Loehr, Sandra Bruno, and Jane Zhang recently received a green card for a client in the EB-1A extraordinary ability category. The foreign national, now a U.S. permanent resident, originally filed an asylum application over...
Miller Mayer Success Story: National Interest Waiver Green Card Approval
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Rosanne Mayer successfully obtained a National Interest Waiver green card for the Director of Strategic Engagement for a nonprofit organization that advances public-private partnerships. Rosanne guided this individual through the NIW...
