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 2539 Questions Answered
- How can I make my EB-5 investment in an existing company?
- How can I prove that the area where I plan on investing falls in a TEA if I cannot get a TEA letter?
- How can we submit an additional 290b if my I-829 was denied for EB-5?
- With a pending I-829, can I receive part of my capital back without redeploying or will I get an RFE?
- How can we prevent our children aging out while waiting for our EB-5 visa interview?
- Why is my approved I-526 petition taking more than 10 months to transfer from USCIS to NVC?
- When should I apply for EB-5 if I am currently in the US on an E-2?
- Do investments made before my EB-5 application count?
- Is there any way to expedite I-829 petitions for EB-5?
- How can I do EB-5 direct investment by setting up my own business?
- How can I expedite my consular processing for my EB-5 petition?
- How should I file my I-765, through STEM OPT extension or through AOS that is pending?
- How many EB-5 direct cases are you seeing and is that a viable option right now?
- How can we seek to acquire for EB-5 without any invoice or case number generated by NVC?
- How can I travel outside the country on advance parole with an expired passport?
- What are the current investment thresholds for EB-5 direct investment?
- Will the age of our dependent child be protected due to delays from USCIS and NVC?
- Could USCIS make a good faith EB-5 investor decision even if fraud occurred in the regional center?
- How can we stay in the country while we appeal our EB-5 case to a federal immigration court?
- When will we know if the EB-5 investment amounts will increase again?
- How can I use an unsecured loan for my EB-5 visa investment?
- How can I travel outside of the US with a passport stamp for EB-5 but without an actual green card?
- With a pending I-829, what happens if the EB-5 project I redeployed my funds into is failing?
- How can I apply for an EB-5 visa while my F2B application is pending?
- If I start a business as a sole proprietor for my direct Eb-5 investment, can I bring my family and relatives with me?
- With an approved I-526 in January 2021, what can I do to get my EB-5 approved when the program is not reauthorized?
- What is my tax obligation as a non resident alien while waiting for EB-5 approval?
- Since my EB-5 project has financial issues, how can I change my conditional green card to a B visa?
- How can I renew my combo card while the EB-5 regional center program is on hold?
- How can we make our business an EB-5 investment?
- With an RFE on my I-526 petition, what is the best process for EB-5 approval?
- How should I respond to the questions regarding my immigrant petition history on the DS-160 form if I have pending EB-5 petition?
- How can I withdraw my EB-5 investment and get money back?
- How can I get EB-5 and L-1A with the same enterprise?
- How can I change the EB-5 interview location to my home country after I submitted DS-260?
- How can I determine a TEA location for my EB-5 direct investment?
- How are direct EB-5 I-526 petitions from India being processed?
- How do I as a hospitality company find EB-5 direct investors?
- What is the direct EB-5 job creation timeline?
- How long is the RFE processing times for EB-5?
- What is the timeframe for a UK retiree to get the EB-5 visa these days?
- How can I as a developer secure an EB-5 investor?
- How should EB-5 applicants answer questions about immigration petition filing on the DS-160 form for their H1b visa stamping?
- How can I add my spouse and change to consular processing for my direct EB-5 application?
- What will happen with the EB-5 investment amounts now after USCIS appealed the Behring Regional Center lawsuit ruling?
- When will the U.S. open their consulates in China again for EB-5 processing?
- How can I use cryptocurrency for my EB-5 visa investment?
- How can I obtain an EB-5 green card funded with a loan?
- Can I as an Afghan investor get priority for EB-5 due to the circumstances in my country?
- My E2 status expires in one month and my I-485 application and combo card has been pending for 14 months. Are they still processing combo cards?
- How can I apply for a student visa and an EB-5 visa at the same time?
- How can I start a business while I am on a conditional green card for EB-5?
- What is happening with my pending I-526 form through an EB-5 Regional Center?
- What happens if I file my EB-5 petition with the $500K amount and then the amount increases before my I-526 petition is adjudicated?
- How does tax on EB-5 investments work prior to the investor getting a conditional green card?
- What happens with my I-829 petition if the EB-5 regional center program dies?
- When can an EB-5 dependent travel to the US after consular processing approval?
- How can I file my I-526 petition before I invest the total $1 million direct EB-5 investment?
- What should EB-5 regional centers and NCEs do when it comes to revising project documents?
- How can same-sex married couples apply for EB-5 on the same application?
- At what point in the EB-5 process can I withdraw from my investment?
- How can I set my EB-5 visa interview in the U.S. since I cannot get back to my country because of Covid restrictions?
- What are the job requirements for direct EB-5 investments?
- What happens if the company filed bankruptcy after I filed I-485 for my EB-5 visa?
- What is my legal status while my I-485 for EB-5 is pending but the EB-5 RC program is on hold?
- Are all EB-5 visas processed through CSC and how can I speed up the process?
- What happens if I apply for EB-5 now at $500K and then USCIS increases the investment amount?
- Since I have invested $900,000 in a TEA, what happens with my EB-5 application now since the investment amount has returned to $500,000?
- Do I file a DS-260 form or an I-485 form for my EB-5 application if my kids are already studying in the U.S.?
- How long do jobs need to be sustained for an EB-5 regional center project?
- What do I need to prepare to file my I-829 petition for EB-5?
- How can I apply for expedited processing for my EB-5 application?
- How can we use our E-2 business to get an EB-5 visa?
- Do I need to maintain in TN visa status when my I-485 for EB-5 is pending?
- What happens if the EB-5 project has created 90% of the required jobs but then fails?
- How can I change my EB-5 consular processing from Pakistan to UAE without causing delays?
- How can I add on a family member to my EB-5 application at the I-526 stage?
- As an EB-5 investor with an approved I-526, what happens now when the company I invested in went bankrupt due to COVID?
- How should I prepare for my consular interview when going from EB-5 to EB-3?
- How can I travel overseas while waiting for my EB-5 biometrics appointment for my I-485?
- How can I apply for an AOS for my EB-5 application on a B1/B2 visa?
- How can I apply for EB-5 direct investment but without an E2?
- How does the pending I-924 of our regional center impact our EB-5 I-526 processing time?
- What would happen with pending investors if the EB-5 program is not reauthorized?
- How can I move forward with my approved I-526 when the American embassy is closed in Russia?
- How can I file for an F-1 visa while having a pending I-526 for EB-5?
- How can I as an EB-5 dependent withdraw from an EB-5 petition?
- I got my EB-5 conditional green card, how can my wife also get it?
- If a common law marriage is recognized in my home country, how can I add my partner as a dependent on my EB-5 application?
- How will a DUI misdemeanor impact my EB-5 visa application?
- How can I set up my own EB-5 regional center or rent one?
- How can I apply for EB-5 direct investment by forming a company with a group of Americans?
- How can I use my real estate investment equity to apply for EB-5?
- What should I do as an EB-5 investor if my spouse did not receive an official I-829 notice of receipt?
- What would happen with my EB-5 application after June 30 if the regional center program is not extended?
- If an EB-5 investor need to travel overseas, is the six-month rule considered in the aggregate or in a row to not risk losing my visa?
- What are eligible areas to invest in for the EB-5 direct investment route?
- Can I create a sub company in a different industry to maintain my EB-5 workforce while waiting for my I-829 decision?
- As an EB-5 investor studying in the U.S., how can I get my combo card before I graduate?
- How long does it take to get the EB-5 status updated after a biometric appointment?
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