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#Sarasota Immigration Attorney

2198 Main St. Sarasota, FL

Tel. 941-366-9841

Jaensch, a multilingual and full-service law firm in Sarasota.

top10 Tip: Established over 25 years ago, Jaensch Immigration Law Firm is one of the largest immigration law firms on Florida's western Gulf Coast.

Our immigration law firm represents international clients and businesses, applying for visas, work permits and 'Green Cards'. We also offer business entity and corporate formations.Our attorneys are trained in U.S. Immigration matters and are competent to answer your questions and handle your immigration situation. Our staff speaks English, German, French, and Spanish.

Mission statement

The goal of our law firm is to smoothly secure the type of visa that suits each of our clients' needs. Promoting our clients' understanding of the various types of visas and the manner in which they can be utilized by clients and their employees is crucial to us.

Services we offer:

1. PERMANENT RESIDENT VISAS (GREEN CARDS)

There are four main ways to get a green card:

Family sponsored green cards

Employment based green cards

EB-1: for aliens with extraordinary ability, outstanding professors and researchers, or multinational business managers and executives.

EB-2: for aliens with exceptional ability or aliens with advanced degrees (employer/sponsor required)

EB-3: for professional workers (with university degree), skilled workers and unskilled workers (employer/sponsor required)

EB-4: for religious workers

EB-5: for aliens who invest $1 million and create 10 new full time jobs (in limited situations, an investment of $500,000 and the creation of 5 new jobs is acceptable).

Green card lottery (diversity green card)

A government program designed to increase immigration from countries that do not produce a large number of immigrants to the U.S.

Political Asylum

2. TEMPORARY VISAS

B-1/B-2 Visitor Visas, which permit a visitor to remain in the U.S. for up to six month (employment is not permitted).

E-2 Treaty Investor Visas, which permit investors from certain countries to invest a substantial amount of money and acquire a controlling interest in an active U.S. business. The visa is issued for up to five years and is renewable. The investor can work in his or her own business. The spouse can qualify for an unrestricted temporary work card. Children up to the age of 21 can accompany the parents and attend school, but cannot work.

F-1 Student Visas, which permit foreign students to attend U.S. educational institutions. Limited employment is permitted in some cases.

H-1B Visas for Workers in Specialty Occupations, which permit employment of professional level workers by a sponsoring employer. The visa is issued for up to three years and can be renewed another three years (additional renewals are possible in some cases).

J-1 Visas for Participants in Exchange Programs, which permit business trainees to come to the U.S. to learn about an occupation or profession for up to 18 months.

K-1 Visas for a Fiancй(e) of a U.S. citizen.

K-3 Visas for a Spouse of a U.S. citizen.

L-1 Visas for Multinational Managers, Executives and Specialized Knowledge employees who are being transferred to the U.S. by a related international company.

O-1 Visas for Aliens with Extraordinary Ability who are seeking temporary employment. This visa is issued for up to three years and can be renewed in one year increments.

P-1 Visas for Internationally Recognized Entertainment Groups and Athletes.

R-1 Visas for Religious Workers who are being transferred to the U.S. by a related international church.

TN Visas for certain professional workers from Mexico and Canada. This visa is issued for one year and can be renewed in one year increments.

Deciding which type of temporary visa to apply for is usually based on the question: Do you want to work for someone else or do you want to have your own business?

Now that you have seen the big picture, please feel free to follow the links to more detailed information about the categories listed above. Or, please feel free to send email inquiries or make an appointment for a personal consultation.

Information on Business Formations

There are two main business types in the U.S. the corporation and the limited liability company. Jaensch Immigration Law Firm can form both types of businesses in accordance with the laws of the state of Florida.

Corporations are classified as either a C Corporation or the S Corporation. C and S Corporations are taxed differently by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) based on whether they satisfy certain criteria stipulated in the tax code.

C and S Corporations share their core attributes. Specifically, they offer limited liability. The owners (called shareholders ) are usually only financially responsible for the debts or liabilities of the corporation up to the amount of their respective capital contribution. At the same time, the corporation is financially responsible only for its debts and liabilities, not for those of its shareholders.

C Corporations are typically larger companies with numerous shareholders, and they are often, though not always, publicly traded. The profits of C Corporations are taxed twice: the corporation must pay income tax on its profits, and the individual shareholder must pay income tax on any distribution of profits from the corporation.

S Corporations are typically smaller privately held companies. The profits of an S Corporation are taxed only once: as distributions to the shareholders. However, in order to attain this preferable tax status, certain strict requirements must be met. Above all, the tax code restricts the number of shareholders to 75. Moreover, all shareholders must have a Social Security Number (SSN), which may be obtained only by U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or temporary residents with nonimmigrant visas that permit employment in the U.S. Should a corporation which would otherwise constitute an S Corporation fail to satisfy these requirements, the IRS will consider it a C Corporation and tax it accordingly.

Limited Liability Companies share a number of core attributes with corporations, but hold a few advantages for the foreign investor. As with corporations, a Limited Liability Company (LLC) offers limited liability for its owners (called members ). Thus, the members are usually only financially responsible for the debts of the LLC only up to the amount of their respective capital contribution. At the same time, the LLC is financially responsible only for its debts and liabilities, not for those of its members.

The greatest single advantage of the LLC over corporations, with regard to taxation, is that its profits are always taxed only once, as distributions to members (like with an S Corporation). This is the case regardless of whether the members have social security numbers or any kind of visa or immigration status in the U.S.

This rule is particularly important when a business has several owners and not all owners have a social security number or a visa permitting employment in the U.S. It is also useful when the owner wishes to return home upon the expiration of his or her visa, but without selling off the enterprise. In such a case, the owners of the corporation would lose the preferable S Corporation tax status, and have all profits taxed twice under the less desirable C Corporation status, while the owners of a LLC would not be affected in either case.