Practice Area

Immigration Law

Employment Immigration

Our firm has represented numerous business clients from large multinational corporations to universities and small business. With a great deal of experience in all types of immigrant (green card) and nonimmigrant employment visas, including: intracompany transfers; specialty occupations; outstanding professions/researchers; national interest waivers; and extraordinary ability aliens.

We have specialized in various employment based visas such as:

• Nonimmigrant employment visas (E-1/2; H; L; O; P; R-1)
• Permanent residency (“green card”)
• Professors/Researchers
• Labor certification
• National interest waivers
• Extraordinary ability

In today’s hostile immigration environment, it is vital that the employer and employee have the necessary knowledge to protect the corporation and the individual. Our firm can assist in bringing over an individual on a non immigrant, temporary visa to begin employment while we navigate the complex process of obtaining a green card.


Family Immigration

Family based visas are reserved for individuals with a close relationship to a US Citizen or permanent resident.  Brining a family member to the US will require considering numerous complex issues such as: proving relationships, quota, processing times, age issues, financial requirements and documentation verification among others. Individuals who qualify for an immediate relative visa (spouse, parent, or minor child (under 21) of a US Citizen) have no numerical quota in coming to the US. For all others, adult children of US Citizens, Brothers/Sisters and relatives of green card holders, there is an annual numerical quota limitation under visa issuance guidelines posted by the US Department of State’s Visa Bulletin (http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin/bulletin_1360.html
).  Our years of experience ensures that our office can help you and your family member develop the best strategy available to ensure that they can come to the US in the shortest timeframe possible.

The complex and newly revised laws for international adoption makes these cases particularly complex.  A consultation at the earliest stage of adoption is recommended.


US Citizenship

US Permanent Residents (“green card” holders) can apply for US citizenship five years after they obtain their green card or three years if the green card was based on marriage to a US Citizen to whom they are still married.  Naturalization, the process through which one officially becomes a US Citizen, grants an individual all of the same benefits as a natural born US Citizen, aside from becoming President of the United States. There are numerous complex technical issues surrounding the grant of US Citizenship. Our office can assess whether an individual qualifies for Naturalization and which barriers may exist to their acquisition of US Citizenship.