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 2161 Questions Answered
- What should I do about the inaccuracy of information in my DS-260 form?
- How can my company participate in the EB-5 program?
- How could working under CPT affect my I-526 application?
- When could an EB-5 investor receive an advance parole card after submitting an I-485 application?
- How can I take investment from potential EB-5 investors?
- Should an Italian investor apply for an E-2 visa first while his EB-5 application is pending?
- How can my son who becomes 21 during the administrative processing of our EB-5 visas enter the U.S.?
- What happens if I do not move to the U.S. after receiving an EB-5 visa?
- How can EB-5 dependents attend a visa interview if the principal applicant already gets a green card?
- How can I reinvest in an EB-5 project and retain my previous priority date?
- Why are visas for the EB-5 regional center program still unauthorized for December even though the program has been extended?
- How can I manage my EB-5 business with a visitor visa while waiting for my case to be approved?
- How could the new EB-5 rules impact the processing time of I-526 applications?
- Do I need to own at least 50% of a company to be eligible for the EB-5 direct investment program?
- How can we switch the principal applicant of an EB-5 case?
- What are my options if the EB-5 project I invested in fails at the conditional green card stage?
- How could my EB-5 case be impacted if I apply for health insurance using federal subsidy?
- How can I correct a mistake on my DS-260 form?
- What legal recourse does an investor have if the regional center does not provide the supporting documents for I-829 promptly?
- What happens to my application if one of the other proposed EB-5 reform acts gets passed after Nov. 21?
- Is the age of EB-5 dependent children still frozen after the approval of I-526 and before a visa interview?
- What is the approximate cost and timeline of starting a regional center?
- How can I still successfully file an EB-5 application before Nov. 21?
- What is the timeline of obtaining a reentry permit?
- How can an EB-5 regional center provide different offers to EB-5 investors in the same NCE?
- How does USCIS allocate the unused visas among EB-5 investors from backlogged countries?
- How can I use capital earned from stocks for my EB-5 application?
- How can EB-5 investors use their shares in an EB-5 project for loans?
- What is the standard range of return for EB-5 investors in a project where the EB-5 capital is structured as preferred equity?
- How long can green card holders stay outside the U.S.?
- How can I invest in a real estate development project and qualify for EB-5 without working with a regional center?
- How can my 20-year-old daughter get a green card through the EB-5 program?
- How should I respond to the questions regarding immigrant petition history on the DS-160 form if I have pending EB-5 and EB-2 petitions?
- Could EB-5 investors from South Korea face the visa backlog anytime soon?
- How can I use my F-1 OPT to work for my own EB-5 company?
- How can an EB-5 investor attract other investors with his direct EB-5 business?
- Other than EB-5, what options do mainland China-born investors have to get green cards?
- What is the minimum age for a minor to file an EB-5 petition?
- How can my wife travel outside the U.S. with a pending I-539 application and a pending EB-5-based I-485 application?
- How should a mainland China-born EB-5 investor estimate how long they need to wait before a visa number is available?
- How can an India-born investor get permanent residency if his priority date is current in Chart B but not in Chart A of the visa bulletin?
- What are the requirements on health insurance for EB-5 investors?
- What happens to my EB-5 case if I file before Nov. 21 but don’t get a receipt by then?
- What happens to the ages of dependent children during EB-5 visa administrative processing?
- What should an EB-5 investor do if his passport expires before a DS-260 application is submitted?
- How can an EB-5 investor study or work in the U.S. with a pending adjustment of status application?
- What is the average time needed to process an I-526 petition?
- What should an EB-5 investor do if the regional center is terminated by USCIS at the conditional green card stage?
- How can I enter the U.S. border with an expired conditional green card?
- Why does the visa bulletin say unauthorized for EB-5 regional center programs?
- How can I work in the U.S. if I withdraw my EB-5 investment?
- How can I use intangible assets for my EB-5 investment?
- How can I add my spouse as a joint petitioner in our EB-5 application?
- What happens if I cannot file my I-485 application in time as indicated in the visa bulletin?
- How can I enter the U.S. with an H-4 visa when I have a pending EB-5 case?
- What are the requirements of health insurance on EB-5 visa applicants?
- How can chart B in the visa bulletin prevent dependents from aging out for their EB-5 visas?
- How can I use borrowed money from a friend for my EB-5 investment?
- What should we do if my dependent child ages out due to the backlog for Indian investors?
- How can I use money in my 401(K) account to apply for EB-5?
- How can I use my F-1 OPT EAD to work when I have a green card?
- When can I submit an EB-5 application in the U.S. if I enter the border as a tourist?
- How can I transfer the EB-5 investment capital from the bank account in my home country to the U.S.?
- How should I start my EB-5 application if I have a pending EB-2 case with a priority date in 2010?
- How long do we need to wait if we receive a 221(g) notice during our EB-5 visa interview?
- How can I run an EB-5 business with a TD visa?
- What legal recourses do I have to secure the return of my EB-5 investment?
- How can I sell a business to a potential EB-5 investor?
- How can I travel outside the U.S. and return for my I-131 biometrics appointment?
- What are the requirements on the business performance and maintenance of jobs for a direct EB-5 business during the I-829 stage?
- How can I structure an EB-5 direct investment business at two different locations?
- How can the approved I-829 of an EB-5 principal applicant accelerate the processing of the I-829s of dependents?
- When do I need to start fulfilling tax obligations as an EB-5 investor?
- How can my son apply for EB-5 while studying in the U.S.?
- What are the travel restrictions on conditional green card holders?
- How can I change my levels of study as an international student with an EB-5 application?
- What is the estimated processing time for I-526 applications?
- How can my daughter qualify for EB-5 if I filed our I-526 application one day before she turned 21?
- How long can Canadian citizens stay in the U.S. after TN visas expire?
- What happens to rgw EB-5-based green card of my son when he turns 21 years old?
- How could my credit score impact the approval rate of my I-526 application?
- Which option is faster for an Indian EB-5 investor to enter the U.S.: adjustment of status or consular processing?
- What should an EB-5 investor do if the name on her I-526 form is different than that on her passport?
- How can EB-5 investors travel with expired green cards and I-797 receipts?
- What is considered a public charge that could risk the status of a green card holder?
- What are some additional costs for an EB-5 application?
- How can I file an I-829 application outside the U.S.?
- How long does it usually take to launch an EB-5-compliant business?
- How can I apply for a work visa if my EB-5 based I-485 gets denied?
- How can EB-5 investors protect their rights to equal employment opportunities?
- How should investors interpret the job creation numbers on the form I-829?
- How can I enter the country with a valid F-1 visa and a pending I-526 application?
- How can I stay in the U.S. with an approved I-526 and an expired F-1 visa?
- How can I strategically plan the timing of my EB-5 filing to meet the Nov. 21 deadline?
- What is the I-526 processing time for an Africa-born investor?
- How can I apply for U.S. citizenship with a conditional green card?
- What will happen to the investors if their regional centers get terminated by USCIS?
- How can a foreigner who has overstayed his tourist visa apply for EB-5?
- What is the process of getting the EB-5 capital back after I-829 approval?
- How can I file an E-2 application and an EB-5 at the same time?
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