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Immigration Services

Whether you are pursuing a work visa, permanent residency, or U.S. citizenship — or planning to start a new business or expand an existing one — we provide support throughout the entire process, from document preparation to building your new life in the United States.

Our goal is to offer not only legal expertise, but also genuine, personalized guidance to help clients navigate every stage of establishing themselves successfully in the U.S.

This overview outlines the principal immigrant and nonimmigrant pathways for individuals—covering personal options (work, study, family) and business-driven routes where an employer or qualifying enterprise sponsors the case (e.g., transfers, investors, talent mobility). We can help match your objectives to the most appropriate category.

U.S. immigration law is governed by federal law, meaning that immigration rules and procedures are generally the same throughout the United States and do not vary from state to state. As a result, visa, green card, and citizenship applications are evaluated under the same federal regulations regardless of where in the U.S. the application is submitted or where the applicant intends to live.

Tourism and Temporary Business Travel

The Visa Waiver Program allows Europeans and citizens of other participating countries to travel to the United States for short business or tourism visits of up to 90 days without a visa, after obtaining online travel authorization (ESTA). Temporary business activities may include, but are not limited to, negotiating contracts; attending business meetings, consultations, conventions, and conferences.

Effective September 30, 2025, Hungarian travelers’ ESTA approvals are valid for two years and permit multiple entries under the Visa Waiver Program.

International Entrepreneur Rule For Startups

The International Entrepreneur Rule is a USCIS program that lets qualified startup founders live and work in the United States to grow their companies. It’s not a visa—it’s parole—but it authorizes you to build your U.S. startup when you can show strong potential for rapid growth and U.S. job creation. It can be a practical bridge while you build evidence for longer-term pathways (e.g., EB-1A, EB-2 NIW).

Why it is a great opportunity for startups?

You can work for your own startup in the U.S.
Fast growth focus.
Lenght of stay and work: up to five years.
Your spouse and children can accompany you and your spouse may apply for work authorization.
Up to three entrepreneur per startup

Which startups qualify?

The startup must have been formed in the United States within the last 5 years, however the startup entrepreneurs do not have to live in the United States.
Founders with a meaningful ownership stake and a central, active role in daily operations, a purely passive investor does not qualifyr.
For applications filed on or after October 1, 2024, startups must meet USCIS’s investment or revenue thresholds, which are adjusted for inflation every three years:
- For initial parole, your startup can qualify if, within the 18 months before you file, it received at least $311,071 from qualified U.S. investors or at least $124,429 in qualified U.S. government grants or awards. You can also apply with other compelling evidence of rapid growth and job-creation potential if you don’t meet those exact amounts.
- For a re-parole (extension), you must show that during your initial parole period the company either raised at least $622,142 in new qualified investment, generated at least $622,142 in U.S. annual revenue with average annual revenue growth of 20% or more, or created at least five qualified jobs. USCIS can also consider alternative evidence if you are close to these benchmarks.
- To count as a qualified investor, the backer must have a recent track record that includes investing at least $746,571 across U.S. startups in the past five years and, subsequent to those investments, at least two of those entities have each created at least five jobs or generated at least $622,142 (rather than $528,293) in revenue with annualized revenue growth of at least 20%.

Employment-Based Nonimmigrant Visas

Lawful temporary employment in the United States requires qualifying for the appropriate nonimmigrant visa based on the nature of the job.

H-1B / H-1B1 / H-2A / H-2B / H-3: Specialty occupations (and a few other subtypes), seasonal agricultural/non-agricultural work, and trainees. All require a prior USCIS petition by a U.S. employer in Form I-129.

On September 19, 2025, the President issued a Presidential Proclamation titled “Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers,” which restricts issuance of H-1B visas and entry to the United States as H-1B nonimmigrants seeking to perform services in a specialty occupation unless the underlying H-1B petition filed with USCIS is accompanied (or supplemented) by a $100,000 payment. The restrictions apply only to petitions filed on or after September 21, 2025 at 12:01 a.m. EDT.

L-1: For applicants working in a managerial or executive capacity; or applicants working in a position requiring specialized knowledge. The petitioner must be a branch, parent, affiliate, or subsidiary of the applicant’s current employer. Applicants must have worked for same employer abroad for 1 year within the three preceding years. The spouses and unmarried children under the age of 21 can accompany L-1 visa holder and are consider employment authorized incident to status.

The L-1 visa allows companies to expand an existing business or start a new business in the United States so it is a great option for multinational companies and for companies that would like to go multinational.

Length of stay and extension: Qualified employees entering the United States to establish a new office will be allowed a maximum initial stay of one year. All other qualified employees will be allowed a maximum initial stay of three years. For all L-1A employees, requests for extension of stay may be granted in increments of up to an additional two years, until the employee has reached the maximum limit of seven years.

O: For applicants with an extraordinary ability or achievement in the field of science, art, education, business, or athletics. Also for applicants who are internationally recognized in the motion picture and television fields. The spouses and unmarried children under the age of 21 can accompany O-1 visa holder but they are not authorized to work.

Length of stay and extension: This type of visa is initially granted for up to 3 years, depending on the individual circumstances and it can be extended in 1 year increments.

O-1 visa holders qualify for the EB-1A immigrant visa category, which is a direct path to a green card.

P: Athletes, entertainers, artists (and support personnel).

Q-1: For applicants participating in an international cultural exchange program. The program can be for cultural labor and training, or to share the history, culture, and traditions of the applicant’s home country.

Employment-Based Immigrant Visas

The United States offers five employment-based immigrant categories, called E1 through E5. Each category can lead to a green card for the main applicant and, in most cases, for their spouse and unmarried children under 21. The usual process is: if required, the employer completes PERM labor certification, then files an I-140 immigrant petition. After that, you either adjust status in the U.S. or finish processing at a U.S. consulate abroad, depending on your situation and visa availability.

EB-1 — Priority Workers

Who qualifies:
This category is for people at the top of their field and for certain senior managers. It includes three groups:

Individuals with extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics. These applicants can self-petition, so they do not need a specific U.S. job offer.
Outstanding professors and researchers who have a qualifying job offer from a U.S. university or research institution.
Multinational executives and managers who are transferring from a related company abroad to a qualifying U.S. company.

Why this option suits your case:
EB-1 is designed for applicants who can contribute at a high level right away. Most EB-1 cases do not require PERM, which can make the path faster when a visa number is available.

What kind of evidence may satisfy the requirements:
Think major awards, strong media coverage, influential publications or patents, letters from independent experts, proof of leadership roles, or documentation of senior managerial duties for multinational transfers.

EB-2 — Advanced Degree / Exceptional Ability

Who qualifies:
This category is for professionals with an advanced degree (or a bachelor’s degree plus five years of progressive experience) and for people with exceptional ability in the sciences, arts, or business. Some applicants can use the National Interest Waiver (NIW) to skip the job offer and PERM if their proposed work has clear national importance and they are well positioned to carry it out.

Why this option suits your case:
EB-2 suits roles that genuinely require high-level expertise. The NIW option is particularly helpful for innovators, founders, researchers, or practitioners whose work benefits the United States broadly.

Typical proof:
Diplomas and transcripts, detailed letters confirming work experience, expert recommendation letters, records of publications, grants or contracts, product rollouts, and a practical plan for the proposed work (for NIW cases).

EB-3 — Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Other Workers

Who qualifies:
EB-3 covers three everyday hiring situations:

Skilled workers whose jobs require two years or more of training or experience.
Professionals whose jobs require at least a bachelor’s degree.
Other workers whose jobs require less than two years of training or experience.

Most EB-3 cases require PERM, which means the employer must recruit for the role and show there were no able, willing, qualified, and available U.S. workers for that specific job at the prevailing wage.

Why this option suits your case:
This category helps U.S. employers fill genuine openings across a wide range of occupations when they cannot find qualified U.S. workers.

EB-4 — Certain Special Immigrants

Who qualifies:
EB-4 is a collection of special immigrant categories created by Congress. Common examples include religious workers, certain employees of the U.S. government or international organizations, broadcasters, Special Immigrant Juveniles (SIJ), and some individuals connected to U.S. missions abroad.

EB-5 — Immigrant Investors

Who qualifies:
EB-5 is for investors who put qualifying capital into a new commercial enterprise in the United States and create jobs for U.S. workers. Investments can be made directly into a business or through an approved Regional Center. Your investment must be real (not guaranteed), it must stay invested for the required period, and it must lead to the required number of full-time jobs. In some situations, if a visa number is available, you may file your green card application at the same time as the immigrant petition.

How much does the investment have to be? For immigrant investor petitions filed on or after March 15, 2022, a foreign national must, without borrowing, invest at least $1,050,000—or $800,000 if investing in a targeted employment area (a high-unemployment or rural area)—in a qualifying commercial enterprise.

A qualifying investment must, within two years, create full-time jobs for at least 10 U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, or other immigrants authorized to work in the United States, not including the investor and the investor’s spouse, or children.

Why this option suits your case:
This path aligns permanent residence with job creation and economic growth. It is suitable for entrepreneurs and investors prepared to place funds “at risk” and meet clear job-creation targets within specific timelines. Placing the funds “at risk” means your invested capital must be genuinely exposed to loss or gain while it is being used to run a real business and create jobs.

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