About Salvatore Picataggio
Salvatore Picataggio is an EB-5 immigration lawyer at Colombo & Hurd, PL. The firm is based in Orlando, Florida.
Picataggio is knowledgeable both in family and business immigration. He has helped families reunite in the United States, as well as help companies and traders legally trade and do business in the United States. He assists professionals, skilled workers and individuals with special skills legally work and stay in the United States. In addition, Picataggio assists businesses in making financial and legal infrastructures to raise money from international investors in accordance with the EB-5 immigrant investor program.
He is a Top Contributor at EB5Investors.com, having provided more than 2,000 answers to questions posted online.
Picataggio last worked as a junior partner of the Beshara Professional Association, an immigration law firm based in Florida, from 2011 to 2018. He provided legal services in the areas of family and business immigration.
Picataggio is admitted to practice law in the state of Florida. He completed his Juris Doctor degree at the University of Florida Levin College of Law in 2011. In law school, he was active in various organizations and societies, including Introduction to Law School and the Profession, and the John Marshall Bar Association. He also participated in the Music Law Conference.
He graduated summa cum laude in 2008 with his Bachelor of Science degree in public relations, with a minor in business administration, from the University of Florida.
Before Picataggio entered law school, he worked as a vendor relations and webmaster for Riverstone Builders and as a marketing and relations intern in Gainesville, Florida.
Picataggio is a member of Invest in USA, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (Central Florida chapter), Orange County Bar Association and the Florida Bar. He is also a member of Orlando Regional Realtor Association’s Global Council, the Central Florida Brazilian American Chamber of Commerce, British-American Chamber of Commerce and Central Florida Brazilian American Chamber of Commerce.
Answers to EB-5 2266 Questions Answered
- Will I-829 removal of conditions be impacted because of covid-19?
- What should we do if NVC did not issue invoices for dependents?
- Will USCIS return my I-485 application package if I file before my priority date becomes current in Chart B of the visa bulletin?
- What are the requirements on health insurance coverage for EB-5 investors?
- Will laying off employees in an EB-5 project impact I-526 processing?
- Can I work with a pending I-485 after my OPT expires?
- How many jobs we would need to create as an EB-5 developer?
- What is the waiting time for Korean investors for I-526 approval?
- Am I legal to stay in the U.S. if my I-94 expires while I-485 pending?
- How can I apply for EB-5 as an F-1 student?
- What will be the impact of COVID-19 on I-526 availability approach starting 3/31?
- Do I need to file an extension on nonimmigrant status with a pending I-485?
- What are the updates of from the I-526 processing approach meeting on March 13?
- Can I keep my investment in an escrow account for a direct EB-5 investment project?
- What is the impact of the new I-526 processing protocol of USCIS on Chinese EB-5 investors who are already in the visa backlog?
- What are my options for redeployment if my regional center doesn’t have a project in a TEA under the new regulation?
- Can I gift funds to my parents to apply for EB-5?
- When can I get my EB-5 money back?
- What is the current EB-5-based I-485 processing time?
- What should I do if my EB-5 visa is denied at the U.S. consulate?
- How can I enter the U.S. as an EB-5 visa holder amid the coronavirus-related travel ban that affects Europe?
- When would a decision be given after the I-485 interview?
- Do I have to maintain the jobs created when I-829 is pending?
- What is the best way to apply for an E-2 visa renewal?
- Does USCIS pay on-site visit to EB-5 direct investment businesses?
- Can I withdrawal my investment when I-829 is pending?
- Can I get green card as an EB-5 dependent if the petition is filed one day before I turn 21?
- How long does it take an India-born EB-5 investor to get a green card?
- How can I change a scheduled EB-5 visa interview and get a green card in the U.S.?
- How long does it take for the EB-5-based I-485 to get approved?
- How could the public charge rules impact our citizenship application?
- Am I still subject to the OPT rules if I have filed an EB-5-based I-485?
- How can I extend my driver’s license with a pending I-829?
- What could have caused a delay in the processing of an EB-5-based green card?
- Can I work for the project I invest in during the 2-year conditional permanent residency?
- Can I use the money earned from my gambling company for my EB-5 application?
- Are multiple separate trips of less than six months outside the U.S. deemed abandonment of permanent residency?
- Could I get I-485 approval if my EB-5 project fails?
- What happens if my priority date becomes current but my I-526 is still pending?
- How can I correct information in my DS-260 form?
- How can the new processing policy of I-526 accelerate the adjudication of my case?
- What are the physical presence requirements for EB-5 investors who want to apply for naturalization?
- Does a dependent child lose his green card when he turns 21?
- Will I be able to get the administration fee back if the regional center project fails?
- How can I travel overseas with an EAD/AP card?
- Will my wife get a green card if I file an EB-5 application before we get married?
- How can I participate in the EB-5 program with an existing business?
- Should I file an I-485 if my status in the U.S. will expire soon?
- Is India out of the EB-5 retrogression?
- What is the minimum development size for an acceptable EB-5 real estate project?
- How can I travel with an H-1b visa and a pending advance parole application?
- Is it advisable to apply for EB-5 if my children are U.S. citizens who are 15?
- Why is my I-526 case taking much longer to be processed than cases with the same project?
- How can I apply for EB-5 with a pending F-1 status reinstatement request?
- With the new policy of I-526 processing, will USCIS prioritize cases of petitioners from backlogged countries if their priority dates are current?
- How can a pending EB-5 application impact my current F-1 status?
- How can I use cross-chargeability to save my EB-5 case with a bankrupt project?
- With the new I-526 processing policy, will I get my petition approved faster?
- How long does it take a Vietnamese EB-5 investor to get a green card?
- How can I request to change the receipt date of my I-526?
- With the new changes to I-526 processing, how can investors who could use cross-chargeability get green cards?
- Why does a newborn of an EB-5 visa holder get a 10-year green card while the parents get conditional green cards?
- How could the changes in I-526 adjudication process impact investors from backlogged countries?
- Does USCIS require interviews with EB-5 investors who adjust the status in the U.S.?
- How can the public charge immigration rules impact EB-5 investors?
- How can a former deportee apply for EB-5?
- Is EB-5 something still worth considering for Chinese investors?
- Should I apply for EB-5 since USCIS is not going to extend E-2 visas for Iranians?
- Do I have to find a local immigration attorney for my EB-5 case?
- Are there any differences in the physical presence requirements for the principal applicants and for dependents in an EB-5 case?
- When do I get a conditional green card if my EB-5 priority date becomes current in Chart B but not in Chart A in the visa bulletin?
- How long does it take an Indian investor to get an EAD card through the EB-5 program?
- Is there a way to check the processing progress of I-526 applications?
- How can investors use interchargeability at the I-526 stage?
- When can I get an EB-5 visa interview after my priority date becomes current?
- What does TRO mean in the EB-5 space?
- What is the approximate EB-5 processing time for investors from India?
- What is the common scope of services for an EB-5 immigration attorney?
- How can I apply for I-485 before my parents get EB-5 visas?
- What are the restrictions on medical conditions for potential immigrants?
- How long in advance can an EB-5 investor apply to extend his status with a pending I-829?
- What is the progress of the S.386 bill?
- What happens to the investors at the I-829 stage after their project goes bankrupt?
- How can I study in the U.S. with a pending I-485 case?
- How many reentry permits can a green card holder get?
- How can I use an EB-5 visa to travel abroad and reenter the U.S.?
- What could happen to my conditional green card if the EB-5 project fails?
- How can an international student use a lottery prize for EB-5?
- How can I apply for an F-1 visa with an approved I-526?
- How can I apply for citizenship while my I-829 has been pending for over five years?
- Why is my I-485 case not assigned for processing after submission for several months?
- Do EB-5 dependents have to take the visa interview together with the principal applicants?
- How long does I-526 approval take for a direct investment?
- Do I need to answer the newly added questions to the DS-260 form?
- What is the processing time for an I-290b Motion to Reopen a denied I-829?
- Can I renew my passport if I already have my EB-5 visa interview scheduled?
- What are my options when the priority date is overdue?
- How long does it take now to process an expedited EB-5 case?
- How can I return to the U.S. with an advance parole card while I have an H-1b visa application under administrative processing?
- What documents do we need to provide if my parents gift me money for my EB-5 application?
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