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On the Road Again…

Heading out of town for the weekend but I wanted to leave you with a link to Andres Oppenheimer's latest article in the Miami Herald.  It explains some basic fundamentals about why we have so many illegal aliens and just HOW our current disastrous immigration system has perpetuated this tr...

Jose E. Latour Apr 29, 2010

The Rise of the Brazillionaire

After over two decades of representing hundreds ofBrazilians investment-based  andprofessional immigrants in the United States, I finally made it to Brazil. Myhasty January visit -- more than anything a glimpse into the still-Napoleonictendencies demonstrated by the occasional US visa officer -...

Jose E. Latour Apr 27, 2010

Raising Hell in Arizona

One of the great and terrible things about the Internet isthe anonymity that it provides. This morning, Miami Herald columnist Andres Oppenheimerwrote an opinion piece regarding the potential repercussions of Arizona's new,aggressively anti-immigrant legislation. I rarely comment on online arti...

Jose E. Latour Apr 26, 2010

The Quagmire of Advising EB5 Visa Clients: Walking the Tightrope

Learning more and more this past year about the EB5immigrant investor visa has proven to be a double-edged sword. As animmigration attorney, my professional background sorely lacks the formaltraining in finance, securities, and investments which are not only essentialin determining the quality of an...

Jose E. Latour Apr 20, 2010

New F-1 to H-1B FAQs from INS

Came back from the LA college F-1 seminars with a rough cold, hence my silence.  In the course of catching up I found a USCIS memo I apparently missed earlier this month.  The memo covers a lot of stuff discussed at the USC and UCLA events in particular, including STEM, the F-1 to H-1B tim...

Jose E. Latour Apr 17, 2010

F-1 Seminar Series Off to a Great Start at USC

The crowd was small, the questions were rapid-fire, and the first "Taking Charge of Your Green Card: New Millennium Options for F-1 Students" seminar went off with barely a hitch.  ("Barely" because the projector I was REQUIRED to rent - I travel with my own - was forgotten&...

Jose E. Latour Apr 14, 2010

“Live and Nationwide”…Like ZZTOP…(well, sort of…)

LA Seminar Press Release…

Jose E. Latour Apr 12, 2010

California F-1 Seminar UPDATE

I just got an email from a student who will be attending the Irvine event Wednesday saying, in effect, "geez, Jose, I'm so sorry you don't have anyone going to the seminars!"Well, we're not at the stage of having to order a fleet of portapotties for the outside event at UC I...

Jose E. Latour Apr 11, 2010

A Passage from India…to America??

While everyone knows that the Chinese have emigrated to Canada in vast numbers in the past decade and a half, not a lot of us on this side of the border are aware that, from investment visa numbers, Canada has been a powerful magnet for Indian immigration.  It might simply be that the numbers o...

Jose E. Latour Apr 08, 2010

California F-1 Seminar Sign Up Page is Online…

Brad has the sign-up page up.  Although the Irvine seminar is not limited seating given its location, I would sure appreciate your  signing up for it so I can get an idea of how many folks to expect.The link again:Latour Southern California F-1 Seminars…

Jose E. Latour Apr 08, 2010

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