Our Immigration team represents clients on a range of immigration matters, including non-immigrant and immigrant visas, temporary business visitors (students, trainees, executives, workers) and permanent immigrants who come to the United States in a range of professional positions. Our Immigration law services include:
- Nonimmigrant and immigrant visa petitions
- Prepare visa petitions and necessary supporting documentation, including:
- H-1B specialty occupation visas, both for professionals located abroad and foreign students changing status from F-1 to H-1
Non-immigrant visa petitions in categories L-1, O-1, TN, E-3
PERM Labor Certifications
Permanent residence petitions EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3 - Companies sponsoring employees in shortage occupations (particularly computer professionals, scientists, and physicians) for permanent residence
- Fiancé, spouse and other family sponsorship
- H-1B specialty occupation visas, both for professionals located abroad and foreign students changing status from F-1 to H-1
- Process requests through the various agencies of the US Departments of Homeland Security (including Citizenship & Immigration Service, or USCIS), Labor and State (including US embassies and consulates abroad)
- Prepare visa petitions and necessary supporting documentation, including:
- Regulatory Compliance
- Train human resources staff in best-practice compliance with immigration laws and regulations, including E-Verify and I-9 compliance
- Conduct I-9 internal audits and compliance risk assessments, provide Social Security No-Match guidance and immigration-related advice relative to employment agreements
- Defend clients in audits, worksite raids and other enforcement actions by the Labor Department and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
- Corporate Transactions
- Advise on immigration consequences of mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, reductions in force and new-company formations with the aim of reducing potential immigration-related liabilities