About Salvatore Picataggio
Salvatore Picataggio is an EB-5 immigration lawyer and senior associate manager with American Immigration Associates, P.A. 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 1,500 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 1919 Questions Answered
- How can Chinese investors maintain the "at risk" status of the funds without having to reinvest?
- When are EB-5 investors allowed to get the investment money returned?
- Is it important for an EB-5 investor to show that the direct investment is making money?
- How can I enter the U.S. with an expired green card and a pending naturalization case?
- What should my student status be if I have a pending EB-5 I-485 case?
- What is the process of receiving a green card for an EB-5 investor currently living outside the U.S.?
- When am I eligible to apply for U.S. citizenship as an EB-5 investor?
- When will I get a notice from the national visa center after my I-526 gets approved?
- Could the approval of an EB-5 exemplar project be deemed a significant change?
- What should EB-5 investors do if their visa application cases are put under administrative processing?
- Will having a mistake on my DS-260 affect my interview?
- From where are police clearances required for EB-5?
- How can I change the EB-5 interview location?
- How can I apply for EB-2 and EB-5 concurrently?
- How can we get the investment money back if we decide not to proceed with EB-5?
- Can I file my I-829 together with my spouse if my spouse is still waiting on her own I-485 decision?
- Can a sports team get EB-5 investors?
- Since the government is open again, when can I get notification from the National Visa Center for an EB-5 visa appointment?
- What happens to the EB-5 investment amount after the I-526 approval and during the wait time for I-485?
- Can I file an I-526 application while transferring the investment fund to the U.S.?
- Is my I-730 application affecting my I-485 application with USCIS?
- Can a U.S. tourist visa holder apply for EB-5?
- With pending EAD documentation, can it be used to extend my license?
- How do you verify the validity of an EB-5 project?
- How would a change of business location affect my EB-5 project?
- What is the EB-5 eligibility of foreign nationals not living in their country of origin?
- Could my child from India age out before our EB-5 application gets approved?
- How do changes in an EB-5 project budget need to be reflected?
- How can I plan a direct EB-5 investment into a partnership to develop real estate business?
- How can regional center policymaking affect an EB-5 visa outcome?
- How can we transfer from H-1B to EB-5?
- What is the priority date of an EB-5 I-485 application?
- What should I do if I find mistakes in my EB-5 filing?
- What are the biggest challenges of using an existing business for EB-5?
- Why might the National Visa Center claim that it had not received my petition from USCIS?
- How long does it take for an investor from India to get an EB-5 green card?
- What requirements should a start-up meet in order to use EB-5 funds?
- How can I make a direct investment in a census tract that is not a TEA but still enjoy the low investment threshold?
- Could a pending EB-5 case impact the application of an F-1 visa?
- How can I work with a valid EAD and an expiring I-94 with a pending I-485?
- How can I use the ACS appointment system to schedule a biometrics appointment for a re-entry permit?
- Can I borrow $250,000 from a relative for my EB-5 application?
- How can I travel with an F-1 visa and a pending advance parole application?
- Can I travel in and out of the U.S. with a valid tourist visa and a pending E-2 application?
- When will a naturalization ceremony be scheduled after the interview?
- Can certain adults be considered a dependent on EB-5 applications?
- How can I change from an EB-5 to EB-3 visa?
- How can I receive funding from investors to start EB-5 processing?
- How long should I wait to file an E-2 after I obtain Grenada citizenship?
- When can I apply to extend my I-797 receipt?
- Can an EB-5 dependent be enrolled in a public school with B-1/B-2 visa?
- How can an EB-5 dependent enter the U.S. with an EB-5 visa before the principal applicant?
- How much travel flexibility does an EB-5 investor have with a I-551 stamp?
- What are the requirements on the health conditions of EB-5 investors?
- How can I switch attorneys at the I-829 stage?
- When can I, as a conditional green card holder, leave the country with a pending I-131?
- Has the EB-5 regional center program been reauthorized or not?
- Are Hong Kong applicants subject to an EB-5 backlog?
- What should EB-5 investors pay attention to while selling a property in the U.S.?
- What factors determine the adjudication time of I-526 cases?
- How can I convert part-time jobs to full-time positions to qualify for EB-5?
- How can I make my development plan EB-5 eligible?
- Do I need to start creating jobs in a direct EB-5 investment before filing my I-526 petition?
- Do I need to inform USCIS or my EB-5 attorney that I changed my address and will get a new I-20?
- Can regional centers redeploy EB-5 money without the consent of investors?
- How can I apply for an H-1B transfer with a pending EB-5 I-485?
- How can I use money from U.S. sources to invest in EB-5?
- When can an EB-5 investor sell his share in a direct investment without impacting his green card?
- How can I change my name without impacting my pending I-829 case?
- What impact could an I-526 petition have on my valid ESTA with Global Entry?
- Do I need to get an I-551 stamp with a pending I-829 if I do not plan to travel?
- Will aged-out EB-5 dependents be moved to a family-based immigration category automatically?
- How can I switch investment project within the same regional center without losing my priority date?
- How can I expand my online business to a brick-and-mortar store and qualify for EB-5?
- Why does the U.S. consulate in Islamabad still claim that the EB-5 regional center program has expired?
- What should we do if another EB-5 regional center is using the same abbreviation as ours?
- How long does it take to process an I-485 case?
- Why is the EB-5 regional center category still marked as "U" in the newly release March visa bulletin?
- How can I downsize the direct EB-5 business after filing the I-829 petition?
- Can I file an I-485 application based on my husband''s approved EB2 I-140 while my EB-5 I-829 is pending?
- How can I change my petition from a family-based green card to an EB-5 direct investment?
- How can a divorce impact the conditional green card of a dependent?
- How does USCIS assign locations for I-131 biometrics appointments?
- How can I get my investment back if I get a NOID for my I-526?
- What kind of investors are exempt from interviews for EB-5 I-485 adjudication?
- How can I travel back to the U.S. with an expired green card before receiving the I-829 receipt notice?
- If the government shutdown happens again, how would it affect the pending DS-260 applications?
- Which investment route of EB-5 could let me enter the U.S. faster, a regional center project or a direct investment?
- What does “EB-5 regional center visas unauthorized” mean in the Visa Bulletin?
- How can I gift money to my daughter for her EB-5 application as a conditional green card holder?
- How can I apply for EB-5 if I am holding a F-1 student visa?
- Why is my I-526 receipt number invalid in the USCIS case status system?
- How are jobs maintained if an EB-5 project is completed before the end of the two-year conditional permanent residency?
- How are jobs calculated in an EB-5 project that is a film production?
- What is the current waiting time for EB-5 investors from Japan?
- How can I file an I-131 without a specific travel plan?
- What are my options if I cannot get a police clearance certificate from my home country?
- What is the adjudication timeframe for a regional center EB-5 application with expedited processing?
- Can foreign attorneys accept commissions from regional centers?
- Who can qualify as an accredited EB-5 investor?
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