Practice Areas

Employment Immigration Law

Employment Immigration Law is constantly changing.  Hiring an immigrant worker can be very simple or very complex.  Typically, the complexity of the matter is determined by whether you have someone on your side who understands immigration law, who is respected by the employer, and who has the experience to know the best way to legally hire foreign nationals as employees.

Non-immigrant Employment Visa, H-1B
U.S. employers use the H1-B visas to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require expertise in specialized fields.  Generally, at least the equivalent of a 4-year U.S. Bachelor’s degree is required.

Non-immigrant Intra-company Transferee Visa – L-1A/L-1B
Our experienced attorney can assist companies operating both in the U.S. and abroad to transfer certain classes of employees from their foreign operations to their facilities in the U.S. on a temporary basis.
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I-9 Compliance
Employment Eligibility Verification is a major concern for employers throughout the United States.  Our attorneys can assist your company in helping to prevent a costly fine by performing an internal audit of your I-9 forms and by helping you in implementing procedures that would assure compliance.

Business Immigration 
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Business Immigration can be confusing.  Our experienced attorneys assist with obtaining temporary or permanent immigration status for executive, managerial and professional employees, as well as with other immigration-related matters. Our comprehensive business immigration legal services include assistance with:
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Investment based immigration for Entrepreneurs – EB-5
We can assist an investor in obtaining conditional permanent residency status (Green Card) along with his/her spouse and unmarried minor children when he/she is willing to invest the required amount of capital in a commercial enterprise in the United States.  It is further required that this investment benefit the U.S. economy and create the requisite number of full-time jobs for qualified persons within the U.S.

Nonimmigrant Visas for Treaty Traders and Treaty Investors – E-1/E-2
 The Treaty Trader (E-1) or Treaty Investor (E-2) visas are desirable for foreign nationals who wish to enter the United States to direct and control a commercial enterprise in which the foreign national would invest substantial capital or carry on substantial trade.  Spouses and unmarried children of the Treaty Trader or Treaty Investor can obtain derivative status.
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Immigration 
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Deportation and Removal Defense
When a foreign national has been placed in a removal proceeding, a skilled immigration attorney can effectively examine the facts and the legal issues involved and provide any and all possible options that may be available in order to successfully prevail in the deportation or removal proceedings.

Detention and Bond
If a foreign national is subject to deportation or removal from the United States, he/she could be detained by the Immigration & Customs Enforcement (“ICE”).  An experienced immigration attorney can carefully analyze each situation to find the best course of action and can represent the foreign national before ICE or the immigration judge in order to secure the release of the foreign national.

Waivers
There are several different types of discretionary waivers available that may allow a foreign national to get relief from removal or deportation from the United States.  Applying for these waivers requires a high degree of knowledge and skill in order to ascertain that the foreign national is statutorily qualified for the waiver and that the waiver grounds are presented persuasively before the immigration judge.

Family Based Immigration
We can assist individuals in filing petitions to have their spouses, children, parents or siblings admitted to the U.S. as permanent residents.  Our attorneys have extensive experience representing individuals before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and U.S. consulates.​