In this episode of Greenberg Traurig’s Immigration Insights series, host Kate Kalmykov is joined by James Sozomenou, Co-Head of Metropolitan Commercial Bank’s EB-5 Private Client Group, to discuss an
Continue Reading Immigration Insights Episode 4 | Bank Compliance and Investment Immigration: A Discussion with Metropolitan Commercial BankKate Kalmykov
Kate Kalmykov Co-Chairs the Immigration & Compliance Practice. She focuses her practice on business immigration and compliance. She represents clients in a wide-range of employment based immigrant and non-immigrant visa matters including students, trainees, professionals, managers and executives, artists and entertainers, treaty investors and traders, persons of extraordinary ability and immigrant investors.
Kate has deep experience working on EB-5 immigrant investor matters. She regularly works with developers across a variety of industries, as well as private equity funds on developing new projects that qualify for EB-5 investments. This includes creation of new Regional Centers, having projects adopted by existing Regional Centers or through pooled individual EB-5 petitions. For existing Regional Centers, Kate regularly helps to prepare amendment filings, file exemplar petitions, address removal of conditions issues and ensure that they develop an internal program for ongoing compliance with applicable immigration regulations and guidance. She also counsels foreign nationals on obtaining greencards through either individual or Regional Center EB-5 investments, as well as issues related to I-829 Removal of Conditions.
Kate also works with various human resources departments on I-9 employment verification matters as well as H-1B and LCA compliance. She regularly counsels employers on due diligence issues including internal audits and reviews, as well as minimization of exposure and liabilities in government investigations.
Immigration Insights Episode 3 | The Intersection of Employment and Immigration Law in the Employee Hiring and Termination Process
In this episode of Greenberg Traurig’s Immigration Insights series, host Kate Kalmykov is joined by GT colleague and Labor & Employment Shareholder Galit Kierkut to discuss the intersection of…
Continue Reading Immigration Insights Episode 3 | The Intersection of Employment and Immigration Law in the Employee Hiring and Termination ProcessImmigration Insights Episode 2 | Navigating US Immigration Law and Tax Complexities for High-Net-Worth Individuals
In this episode of Greenberg Traurig’s Immigration Insights podcast series, host Kate Kalmykov is joined by GT colleague and Tax Practice Shareholder, Erez Tucner, to explore the intersection…
Continue Reading Immigration Insights Episode 2 | Navigating US Immigration Law and Tax Complexities for High-Net-Worth IndividualsWhat Does the Change in Presidential Administration Mean for Pending Mandamus Actions?
In recent years, many immigration applicants have filed mandamus actions with the federal courts, seeking them to compel U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of State (DOS)…
Continue Reading What Does the Change in Presidential Administration Mean for Pending Mandamus Actions?Immigration Insights Episode 1: Navigating the EB-5 Program: Insights and Updates
You are invited to listen to Episode 1 of GT’s Big Law Redefined Podcast’s Immigration Insights series, “Navigating the EB-5 Program: Insights and Updates.”
In the first episode…
USCIS Receipt Notice Delays Persist
On April 1, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began implementing a newly overhauled fee schedule, along with substantive changes to several of its forms used to petition or…
Continue Reading USCIS Receipt Notice Delays Persist5 Trends to Watch: 2024 Business Immigration
This 5 Trends piece covers USCIS filing fee increases, ongoing immigration compliance, the DOL, the H1-B Visa Program, and nonimmigrant workers and green card process changes.
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US Consulate in Tel Aviv Resumes Limited Operations for US Citizens and Nonimmigrant Visa Applicants
This post provides the latest update with respect to consular section operations in Israel. After closures caused by the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel and subsequent security concerns, the…
Continue Reading US Consulate in Tel Aviv Resumes Limited Operations for US Citizens and Nonimmigrant Visa ApplicantsUSCIS Updates Minimum EB-5 Investment Period: What this Means for EB-5 Investors
On October 11, 2023, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) updated its policy on the minimum investment period for EB-5 visa applicants. This update seeks to clarify how USCIS…
Continue Reading USCIS Updates Minimum EB-5 Investment Period: What this Means for EB-5 InvestorsIsrael at War: Emergency Guidance for US Citizens, Israelis on US Travel
With Israel under attack and the consequential war between the country and Hamas, Greenberg Traurig’s Immigration & Compliance team has prepared the below guidance for U.S. citizens and Israeli and…
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