Louis M. Piscopo is an EB-5 immigration attorney who practices with the law firm of Nicastro Piscopo, located in Costa Mesa, Calif. He has practiced immigration and nationality law for over 19 years and is a certified specialist in immigration and nationality law by the Board of Legal Specialization of the State Bar of California. A panel of his peers named him as a Southern California Super Lawyer in immigration for the years of 2011, 2012 and 2013. Attorney Piscopo is also the former chairman of the Immigration Section of the Orange County Bar Association ,and the Southern California AILA liaison officer to the Santa Ana office of USCIS.
Attorney Piscopo earned his law degree in 1992 from the Southwestern University School of Law, located in Los Angeles. He earned his undergraduate degree in 1982 from the College of Staten Island, located in New York. He is licensed to practice law by the Federal, New York and California Bar Associations. Attorney Piscopo is a member of the immigration law sections of the Los Angeles, Orange County, and Federal Bar Associations and is also a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).
Attorney Piscopo handles wide ranging immigration law matters, including EB-5, employment-based, family-based, naturalization, waiver applications, adjustment of status, E-1/E-2 petitions, consular processing, U visa, VAWA and citizenship matters. Attorney Piscopo appears frequently before the Administrative Appeals Office, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and the Executive Office of Immigration Review (also known as immigration court). He also routinely files and has successfully argued removal and deportation cases before the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. He has represented thousands of clients before USCIS interviews and federal immigration courts regarding immigration matters.
Attorney Piscopo and his firm are very active in numerous minority and immigration organizations including the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Orange County Asian Business Administration, Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce, Mexican-American Bar Association and the Minority Business Association. He also sat on the board of directors and is a proud member of the Filipino-American Chamber of Commerce of Orange County. He is also a former member of the Orange County Immigration Fraud Task Force.
Attorney Piscopo frequently writes on immigration law and his articles have been published in leading Hispanic and Filipino-American publications. He is also frequently interviewed in newspapers, on the radio, and on television regarding problems facing immigrants and other immigration issues. Some of the cases that he has been involved in have been covered by the Los Angeles Times, CNN, Orange County Register and Telemundo.
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- What is the difference between the I-485, DS-230 and DS-260?
- When does the two year conditional residence start?
- How will making an EB-5 investment affect H-1B status?
- How can the consulate interview location be changed?
- How do I find out the status of my EB-5 application?
- How will a delay in I-485 processing impact the I-829?
- What sector can an EB-5 investment be in?
- When does the period for continuous residence for naturalization begin?
- How soon after marriage can a same sex couple apply for the EB-5 visa?
- What forms need to be filed in the EB-5 application process?
- How can I transfer funds into a different EB-5 project account?
- How can all of my children immigrate through EB-5?
- How can an Iranian citizen get an EB-5 green card?
- How can the EB-5 interview location be changed?
- How can an EB-5 investor avoid visa fraud issues after I-526 approval?
- How can I apply for EB-5 after overstaying my B-2 visa?
- How can I file an I-765 and I-526 application at the same time?
- What is a NOID and how does it differ from an RFE on an EB-5 application?
- What qualifications should an EB-5 immigration attorney have?
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- How will a history of mental illness affect my EB-5 immigration eligibility?
- How can my fiance receive a green card through my EB-5 application?
- How can I make an EB-5 investment under TN nonimmigrant status?
- How does the NVC determine an EB-5 investor”s consulate?
- How will previously living illegally in the United States affect my EB-5 visa eligibility?
- How does USCIS determine eligible family members of an EB-5 investor?
- What are the employment restrictions for an EB-5 investor in a direct business?
- How can I change my E-2 to EB-5 if I have a waiver of ineligibility?
- How can my entire family immigrate to the United States through the EB-5 visa program?
- How would I proceed with the adjustment of status?
- What formalities do I have to follow for my F-1 visa if I have just received an I-526 approval?
- How can the spouse of an H-1B/F-1 holder invest in EB-5?
- Why has my I-829 been pending for 13 years?
- Can a recent investment qualify for EB-5?
- Do you have to live near the EB-5 Regional Center that you invest in?
- Can I stay in the U.S. while going through the EB-5 program?
- Which family members can qualify for an EB-5 immigrant investor visa?
- What are the EB-5 visa investment requirements?
- What kinds of businesses qualify for EB-5 visa investment?
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