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KORENBERG ABRAMOWITZ RAJ & MATHI or KARM
Immigration Services P Ltd as it would hence
forth be addressed is proud to announce the successful
completion of its first year in Chennai, India. On review
of the past 12 months I am overwhelmed with pride and
nostalgia. I dared to dream, and the list of clientele,
and the variety of visas we have secured for them stands
testimony to our sincerity and the quality of our work.
Thanks to my team for daring to dream with me, and in
so doing have imbibed the values and ethics that KARM
so proudly stands for today.
Our clientele, include people from various geographies,
like the U.S, U.K, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Ethiopia
and almost all locations in India.
The firm was founded purely with the intention of servicing
our clients by offering authentic immigration advice.
The last year has been a challenge in many ways as we
have handled a variety of visas successfully, some of
them for the very first time.
A) Student visas: We would very much
like encourage youngsters to expand their horizons globally,
and to this effect have played an integral role in helping
students to secure their visas despite prior rejections.
We offer a total package, right from selection of the
universities, Statement of purpose, to facilitating
the visa. We have made it a point to contribute regularly
to www.infozee.com,
an exclusive study abroad portal, intended to ease the
tensions of students baffled by complex immigration
procedures.
B) Business visas: Globalization entails constant
travel between India and Countries like the U.S &
U.K for corporate employees. Also, small and medium
sized companies have sensed the potential in having
a presence in the U.K to enhance their visibility. Over
the past year we have catered to innumerable visas pertaining
to this segment of business travellers from all over
India. The SOLE REPRESENTATIVE visa
is for business people who need to stay in the U.K for
periods longer than 6 months to establish and expand
their Indian / U.K business. We have facilitated these
very unique visas for a few corporate.
C) Visitors Visas: Re-location of employees
eventually leads to the families visiting them. Although
it is a simple visa, most of the time they are turned
down, because the applicant is quite naïve in the
manner in which the documents should be submitted to
the British High Commission. KARM immigration services
P Ltd, has empathized with these clients and successfully
secured the visas for them.
D) Work Permits & Intra company transfers
are handled by our London office. This helps to adjust
your status, while you are in the U.K from a student
to a work permit holder. As these are 2 fold visas,
our London office files for approval at the Home Office,
and we facilitate the Entry Clearance from the British
High commission for our clients, if you are in India.
E) Working Holday Maker Visa: We pride
ourselves in the total understanding in the nuances
of this visa. My article “The highly mythical
U.K Working Holiday Maker Visa” has achieved the
highest acclaim and is still one of the “Hot”
topics on most immigration forums.
F) Highly Skilled Migrant Programme:
(HSMP): Currently this is “Jewel in the Crown”
for us. In this particular category of visa people from
all walks of life can apply if they fulfill the initial
point criteria. We have allocated a special segment
for this particular visa on our website:www.karmlaw.com,
and have tried to provide the maximum information for
our clients.
G) Dependant & Ancestry visas:
We have handled a number of dependant visa for both
work permit holders and P.R / British Nationals. Ancestry
visas are the most complicated of all British visas.
Just keep in mind that Britain ruled more than half
the world at one point of time, and allows citizenship
to the descendants of its subjects if they were nationals
of any of its overseas territories during a specific
time frame.
H) Civil partnership: This law was
enacted as recently as dec 2005, and without being judgmental
have handled a couple of these cases too.
A) Business / Visitor visas (B1 / B2)
The application process for applying for a Non immigrant
visa at the U.S consulates in India are much more complex
than the U.K. Fixing up a web appointment for the interview
is complex too, as the dates are at least 5 –
6 months away. We have assisted our clients with fixing
the earliest available date, authentic documentation
and client specific visa counseling.
B) Student Visas. ( F1 / F2) We take
special pride in supporting our young clients in their
Academic growth path. We do not just restrict ourselves
to the visa issues alone, but a brief orientation on
U.S universities and culture is given to the students
as part of our counseling sessions. The moment of utmost
satisfaction comes when students call us first, bubbling
with joy, even before they call their parents, when
they get their visas. F2’s are not always easy,
but we have secured these visas by presenting the right
documentation.
C) H1 / H4’s: This is pretty
straightforward procedure if the applicant has done
his masters in the U.S and switched to a H1 by accepting
a job offer from a U.S company. But can get quite complex
if the company sponsoring for the applicant is a staffing
company with a bad track record. These visas require
professional help if the visa has been refused a few
times. H4’s too tend to get complicated if the
spouse has not been in LCA compliance during his stay
in the U.S. KARM Immigration Services P Ltd specialise
in these visas with a great degree of success.
D) L1 / L2’s : An L1 is an intra
–company transfer visa. An Indian company can
send their employees on longer durations to their U.S
entity. It can be a little cumbersome for a lay person
to handle these visas on their own, because of the lengthy
documentation it involves. We have handled these visas
for quite a few small and medium sized companies, including
incorporating their branch / subsidiaries in the U.S.
E) J1 / J2’s: These are exchange
visitor visa, and in most cases require a two-year home
residency requirement. The advantage is that the spouse
can work once he / She has an EAD (employment authorization
document).
We have also helped our client with the other visas
like the R1 / R2 , K1 / K3, employment and family based
green cards including Direct Consular Filing issues.
We have put our very best while handling each one of
these visas. The client has been made to feel extra
special and their concerns empathized with, thereby
cementing a long term relationship with them. We hereby
commit to continue doing the same in the future.
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