Within the ever-shifting landscape of U.S. immigration laws, regulations and policy changes, we deliver on short-term objectives like visa and green card approvals without losing sight of the long-term goals and challenges facing our clients and their global workforces.
Our Immigration team applies a responsive, practical and multidisciplinary approach to business and employment-based immigration issues. We help clients obtain temporary work visas for foreign nationals, secure lawful permanent residence (green cards) for valuable long-term employees, and comply with increasingly complex I-9 and E-Verify employment verification rules:
- Every day, in an efficient and practical manner, we help our clients navigate complex U.S. immigration agency restrictions on temporary work visas – including H-1B visas for professional specialty occupation workers, L-1 visas for intracompany transferees (including blanket L-1 authorization for large multinational organizations), E visas for treaty traders and treaty investors, TN visas for professionals from Canada and Mexico, J-1 waivers for physicians, O visas for individuals with extraordinary ability and for renowned entertainers, and P visas for professional athletes.
- We have successfully obtained hundreds of green cards for our clients, including professionals, multinational executives and managers, workers with extraordinary ability, skilled workers, and “national interest” candidates.
- We guide our clients through the often-complicated maze of applying for immigrant and nonimmigrant visas at U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide.
- We counsel employers with respect to compliance with I-9 employment eligibility verification regulations, E-Verify, anti-discrimination laws and employer sanctions provisions of immigration law.
- We represent employers in compliance audits, site visits and investigations conducted by the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Department of Justice, the State Department, and the Department of Labor.
Our Immigration team members also have backgrounds in employment law and litigation, allowing our team to provide comprehensive advice when immigration issues inevitably overlap with disciplinary measures, employment contracts, discrimination risks, I-9 investigations and administrative enforcement hearings. Moreover, we have the backing of a national law firm of more than 900 attorneys with experience in other relevant disciplines, including tax, benefits, corporate M&A and international trade.