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This new edition focuses on the specific changes that have been made in immigration procedures dealing with employment-based visas and work permits. These changes affect specific visas, available length of stays, requirements for issue of specific visas, and companies that sponsor aliens in the US as it relates to their business operations.The entire book reflects immigration system and procedural changes raising such questions as: Is it better to process a visa application in the US or through a foreign consulate? Should I change my immigration status in order to apply for citizenship or should I apply through the naturalization process? The book contains these kinds of questions and many more with clear answers and advice as to the necessary forms to file; fees required; and timelines that must be kept.

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Kurt A. Wagner, MBA, JD (Magna Cum Laude) is an attorney, author, university lecturer, and founder of the Law Offices of Kurt A. Wagner with offices in Illinois and Austria. He is a member of the Immigration and International Law Section of the Illinois State Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, and the Washington, D.C. Bar Association. He formerly served as a U.S. Department of State Consular Officer with experience in visa processing at U.S. embassies abroad. He teaches classes on legal topics at the University of Klagenfurt and the Carinthia Technical Institute in Austria, and served as Editor-in-Chief of the Southern Illinois University Law Journal. Debbie M. Schell, JD is an attorney and author who practices with the Law Offices of Kurt A. Wagner. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and the Immigration and Nationality Law Committee of the Chicago Bar Association. Her experience with immigration began early, when her mother immigrated to the United States from Jamaica and her father came from Belize. She has edited legal forms books as well as works on the law of asylum. Her clients include refugees, as well as individuals and companies seeking help with immigration issues. In addition, she was a Senior Staff Attorney with the Illinois Department of Human Rights, which gave her extensive experience with human rights issues related to employment and housing. Richard E. Schell, JD is an attorney, author, and speaker, and serves of Counsel to the Law Offices of Kurt A. Wagner. He has extensive legal editing and researching experience with a major legal publisher and in the areas of international law, immigration law, and agricultural law. He studied international law at the University of Notre Dame in London. He is also a frequent writer and speaker on international legal topics and small business development.

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