Immigration Consulting
As I always tell my clients, “planning is much more than a science, it is an art”. Officially moving to the United States requires a lot of caution, financial, tax and immigration planning, preferably BEFORE DELIVERING THE COUNTRY FOREVER.
There are many cases of Brazilians who are arriving in Uncle Sam's land and then go looking for details on how to adjust their immigration visa, what the tax impacts are here in the United States and also in Brazil, etc.
This conversation needs to be broken down into two parts: Immigration Consulting and Accounting and Tax Consulting.
The immigration issue
The main concern is the correct structuring of the visa for entry and, eventually, the correct and legal stay in the United States. Many have arrived with Student or Tourist visas, worsening or even hindering future opportunities for a green card and a possible stay in the country. There are also those families who, due to lack of planning, arrive with Student visas, stay in schools for 2, 3 or even 4 years, get tired and decide to return, because they did not plan their arrival correctly, that is, they did not plan the correct structure.
With the current measures of the new Trump administration, the topic of immigration, which has always been quite controversial, has become a major challenge for many undocumented immigrants in the country. But we're not here to talk about politics, are we?
When it comes to visas, there are so many options, such as H-1B (professionals), E-2 (treaty investors with countries accepted by the American Government, Treaty Investors), L-1A (executives and managers/entrepreneurs) E-B5 (Investor visa) and E-B1 (Special skills). Each visa has its own particularities and nuances, so we interviewed Dr. Luciana Fischer about these topics! It's worth watching!
"Fixing something that was done badly can be a lot more work and sometimes the damage caused can be irreparable."
From my perspective as a financial consultant for almost 18 years, I see that the most important thing is to understand what I have been saying throughout my website: plan ahead! Fixing something poorly done can be much more difficult and, sometimes, the damage caused can be irreparable. Once immigration denies an application, the American dream becomes further away every day, so planning and having the right people around is part of the work I have been doing for almost two decades in Uncle Sam's land.