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Alena Shautsova is a New York City based US immigration attorney dedicated to delivering the best long and short terms solutions for her clients’ immigration needs. She is a NYC Immigration lawyer who provides honest and reliable advice in connection with all types of immigration matters in New York, New York City, and all over the world. Our New York Immigration attorneys help with all types of Immigration matters, including Family and Employment-based Immigration, VAWA, U and T visas, Deportation and Removal Defense, Immigration Hardship waivers, Asylum, BIA and AAO appeals, motions to reopen with USCIS, BIA and Immigration court, Criminal Immigration issues, representation in Immigration court (hearings, motions, and appeals), immigration interviews, federal litigation.

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H1B Extension Beyond Six-Year Limit: When Is It Possible?

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NYC immigration lawyer: H1B is an excellent opportunity for a worker to come to the USA and engage in legal employment. But it comes with its limitations. It is not possible to hold it for more than 6 years! In addition, if you hold an L visa, the time spent in L visa, also counts towards the 6-year limit. Time spent in any other category apart from H-4 or in L status excluding L-2 is also subtracted from the available period of stay under H-1B. An individual who has utilized the maximum 6 years in H-1B status typically cannot obtain further H-1B status until residing outside the United States for a year. After this period, the 6-year eligibility clock can effectively "restart," making the individual eligible for a new period of H-1B stay. Short visits to the United States under a different status other than H or L are permissible but do not contribute towards fulfilling the required time abroad. If you are holding H1B visa and would like to find out when and how to extend it beyond the 6-year limit, th...

Bipartisan Immigration Bill: What Does It Say?

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NYC immigration lawyer: The bipartisan border bill may come our new Immigration reality any minute. If it does, it will alter the Immigration landscape. The $118 billion deal, which was reached after months of negotiations, would send billions of dollars to Taiwan, Israel, Ukraine, and the southern border in addition ...

What Will Happen To Our Immigration System If Trump Wins 2024 Elections?

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NYC immigration lawyer: New York Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova shares thoughts on the future of the Immigration state in the USA in connection with the 2024 Presidential elections. Now, that 2024 has finally arrived, a new presidential election is about to take place. To select the country's next president, voter...

New H1B Rules

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NYC immigration lawyer: The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has proposed a new plan to modernize the H-1B worker program. The goal is to make the program more efficient and flexible for both companies and workers. The proposed changes would also lower the eligibility standards and increase integrity safeguards. ...

Texas Immigration Laws: What’s Next?

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NYC immigration lawyer: New Immigration Policy in Texas Faces Local and Federal Backlash The Sate of Texas passed its own Immigration law! Immigrant activists are speaking out against a new amendment that makes crossing Texas unlawfully a state crime. They say it will unsettle families with dual-status. Some mention th...

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Alena Shautsova

Alena Shautsova is a top-rated New York Immigration lawyer, working in Brooklyn and Syosset. She handles all types of immigration matters and also provides help with litigation and employment discrimination matters. Her knowledge and expertise of not only Immigration laws, but also the US litigation system, is helping her clients to achieve desired results. Ms. Shautsova has been practicing law in the U.S. for over a decade. She has been a member and a leader of various Bar associations, including NYSBA, ABA, and AILA, earning the trust of her colleagues and clients. Ms. Shautsova has been a member of the ABA House of Delegates, acted as a judge at various New York Immigration moot court competitions, put together educational programs for attorneys in New York, and appeared on News channels on issues related to Immigration and practice of law in the US. You can read more about her experience and achievements in About the Law Firm section.

Our Immigration Law Experience And Hard Work Will Earn Your Trust

At the Law Office of Alena Shautsova, our NYC Immigration attorneys make sure that our clients know what we are working on for them and how exactly we will get them the desired results. We have helped hundreds of clients to receive their green cards, citizenship via naturalization, asylum, VAWA status, U visa, marriage-based adjustment, EB1 extraordinary ability green cards, hardship waivers, and more. Our New York City Immigration lawyers won removal proceedings and helped clients to safely stay in the United States. We spend time explaining the Immigration laws and why particular solutions are the best for one’s case. Our Facebook page and Youtube channel are dedicated to providing free smart immigration tips. So far, we have published more than a hundred free Immigration videos where New York Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova explains the US Immigration laws and recent updates. Every month we sent out a Free Immigration Law Updates newsletter where we highlight the most important changes in Immigration law. Our blog appraises clients on the recent Immigration news and provides the up-to-date Immigration solutions.

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Alena Shautsova is the only Russian speaking attorney who was a member of the NYSBA Special Committee on Immigration Representation in New York. New York Lawyer with a Superb ( the highest) rating on one of the most credible attorney ranking systems avvo.com. Over the course of her career as an immigration lawyer in New York, Ms. Shautsova has handled hundreds of marriage petitions, appeals, adjustment of status applications, employment-based petitions, and Immigration waivers. We won asylum and deportation cases for our clients, extraordinary ability petitions, U visa, T visa, VAWA cases and more! New York Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova is waiting to help you too!

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