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 2418 Questions Answered
- What happens if I submit a family-based AOS after submitting an EB-5 based AOS?
- How can an Indian native transfer the EB-5 investment to the U.S.?
- How can I return to my home country to see my family while on an F-1 visa with a pending I-526 for EB-5?
- How long after an RFE response does it take for USCIS to adjudicate I-526?
- What should I do if my student visa is expiring soon and our EB-5 visa is still pending?
- What should I do if I have not received my biometrics appointment after 15 weeks?
- How can EB-5 dependents file I-829 separately from the main applicant?
- What should I do if I have submitted my I-485 for EB-5 but just had the I-130 approved?
- How can I expedite the I-526 process when the NVC has not received my case file a year after approval?
- When can I as an Indian native expect an approval of my I-526 petition?
- What should I do if I have not received my biometrics appointment after 10 weeks?
- How can we apply for I-485 through EB-2 and EB-5 simultaneously?
- How can I make my startup a direct EB-5 investment?
- How can an EB-5 due diligence analyst help me and what is the average cost?
- What are my rights when regional center asks me to release or withdraw funds before I-526 approval?
- How can I change jobs while on H-1B with a pending I-765 and I-485?
- How can I get an EB-5 visa by investing in corporate bonds?
- How can I change the location of my EB-5 business in a TEA after applying for I-526?
- How can I use both funds from friends and a bank loan to pay for my EB-5 investment?
- How do I change from consular processing to filing an I-485 after I-526 approval?
- My OPT is expiring, what is my best option to keep a full-time job in the U.S.?
- Why is my I-485 adjudication still pending if India is current on the visa bulletin?
- How can I start a business in the U.S. as soon as possible?
- How should I move forward with an approved I-526 while my H1-b extension is pending?
- What will happen to my EB-5 application since my country is on the travel ban list?
- How can I use a business I created while on an E-2 to apply for EB-5?
- How is expedited processing for physicians working during Covid-19 times?
- How is the I-526 processing time for Indian nationals?
- How can I avoid RFEs when I file multiple I-485 forms?
- Can I open my own business without impacting my H-1b status?
- How can I rent a regional center and launch my own construction project?
- How long do I need to wait after my expedited EB-5 request was approved?
- How can I make an EB-5 investment on behalf of my sibling?
- Can we change a pending I-485 application from EB-2 to EB-5?
- How can I check if the I-526 of an EB-5 project is approved?
- How does job creation work in redeployment cases?
- What are the tax implications for me if I have businesses both in India and the U.S.?
- What is the average EB-5 processing time?
- How can an EB-5 dependent apply for I-485 while the principal petitioner goes through consular processing?
- What does it mean when USCIS website says "fingerprints/biometrics is not assigned"?
- What should I do to fix the mistakes on the DS-260 form regarding my criminal background?
- When can I receive my I-485 receipt?
- How can the new policy of I-526 processing expedite my case?
- How long does it take USCIS send the green card after I-485 biometrics?
- How can my client get her EB-5 investment back before an application is made?
- How can green card holders apply for re-entry permits outside the U.S.？
- How long does it take USCIS to process an I-526 RFE response?
- How can my divorce attorney subpoena the EB-5 investment firm my husband used for his petition?
- When does an EB-5 project usually begin making interest payments its investors?
- How can an H-1b visa holder establish a startup and file for EB-5?
- How can I apply for marriage-based green card with a pending immigration petition?
- If an EB-5 investor sells his business with a pending I-829, does he need to amend anything with USCIS?
- Do all applicants in an EB-5 case need separate biometrics appointment letters?
- What happens if I cannot maintain my EB-5 business during COVID-19 while waiting for I-829 approval?
- What should I do if my I-526 is pending for three years?
- What should I do if the visa fee payment link from NVC email does not work?
- What is the process of getting an I-551 stamp?
- What should I do if I do not receive an I-829 receipt?
- What happens to my EB-5 petition if the JCE declares bankruptcy?
- What should we do if we put wrong information on our DS-260 form?
- Can we apply for visitor visas with a pending I-526 petition?
- How long does it take to get an biometrics appointment after filing I-131?
- Which field office processes I-485 cases faster?
- Am I eligible for EB-5 if I have a criminal record?
- How long does it take to process an I-131?
- What evidence of jobs creation do I need for an I-829 filing?
- Should I file for Writ of Mandamus alone or as part of a group?
- Will the conditional green card be extended automatically while I-829 is pending?
- What is the processing time for an EB-5 case converted from an E-2 business?
- Can USCIS send out an incorrect RFE by mistake?
- Does I-829 processing time count towards citizenship?
- How would a hold of distribution of funds for my project impact my application?
- How could an error on the DS-260 form impact my case?
- How can I apply for EB-5 based on the assets of my friend?
- What happens to our I-829 if the regional center goes bankruptcy?
- How can we remove a family member from a pending I-526 petition?
- What is the minimum percentage of equities an EB-5 investor should buy?
- Does an I-829 RFE have a negative impact on my case?
- Can my husband deliberately not include me as his dependent after the I-526 approval ?
- Does USCIS require a source of funds details from non-EB-5 investors in an EB-5 project?
- What is the cost to file a Writ of Mandamus?
- How can we prove the source for funds from bitcoin investment for our EB-5 application?
- How could the new I-526 processing time affect the adjudications of Writ of Mandamus?
- Should I file for writ of mandamus for my I-526 pending for two years?
- How long does it take to process I-829 petitions?
- How can I apply for EB-5 with an E-2 visa?
- Can I sell equity of an EB-5 enterprise and re-invest to qualify for EB-5?
- How long does it take to process an EB-5-based I-485?
- How can I withdraw my I-526 application?
- How can we get back our EB-5 investment?
- Can I file an I-485 with an expired I-94?
- What can I do if the EB-5 project owner decides to sell the land?
- What is the success rate of Writ of Mandamus for I-526 adjudication delays?
- Can I apply for EB-5 with a pending asylum application?
- How long does it take to process I-526 with expedition?
- Do F-1 students with pending I-485s have to leave the U.S. due to the new SEVP regulations?
- What is the current wait time for Chinese EB-5 investors?
- How could the executive order improve I-526 processing?
- When can I get work authorization as an EB-5 investor?
- How could executive order on immigration affect I-551 renewal?
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