Practice Areas

We help clients with all of their immigration needs including employment- and business-related immigration, family-based immigration, visa processing, naturalization, citizenship, and more. Below you will see specific areas of practice that we offer. If you don’t see the topic you are concerned about, please contact us for more information.

Employment- and Business-Related Immigration

Immigrant Status (Permanent Residence)

EB-1 – Employment-Based First Preference (Labor Certification not required)

  • Workers of Extraordinary Ability
  • Outstanding Professors and Researchers
  • Multinational Executives and Managers

EB-2 – Employment-Based Second Preference (Labor Certification required, except in cases involving National Interest Waivers)

  • Members of the Professions Holding Advanced Degrees
  • Workers of Exceptional Ability in the Sciences, Arts, or Business

EB-3 Employment-Based Third Preference (Labor Certification required)

  • Skilled Workers
  • Schedule A Workers
  • Professionals

Other Workers (requiring less than two years’ training/experience)

EB-4 Employment-Based Fourth Preference and Others

  • Religious Workers
  • Special Immigrants

Nonimmigrant Status

  • H-1B/H-1B1 Temporary Worker (Professional)
  • H-2A Temporary Worker (Agricultural)
  • H-2B Temporary Worker (Non-Agricultural)
  • O-1 Extraordinary Ability
  • J-1 Exchange Visitor
  • TN NAFTA/USMCA Professional
  • L-1 Intracompany Transferee
  • E-1/E-2 Treaty Trader and Treaty Investor
  • E-3 Australian Temporary Worker (Professional)
  • B-1/B-2 Business and Tourist Visitors
  • F-1/M-1 International Student
  • P-1/P-2/P-3 Temporary Worker (Athletics, Entertainment, Cultural)
  • Q-1 Cultural Exchange
  • R-1 Religious Workers
  • I (International Media)

I-9 Compliance and Employer Sanctions

  • Review of Compliance with I-9 Verification Requirements
  • Advice regarding Employer Sanctions liability

Family-Based Immigration

Immigrant Status

Immediate Relatives

  • Spouses of U.S. Citizens
  • Minor Unmarried Children of U.S. Citizens
  • Parents of U.S. Citizens

F1 – First Preference

  • Unmarried Sons or Daughters of U.S. Citizens

F2 – Second Preference

  • F2A – Spouses or Children of Lawful Permanent Residents
  • F2B – Unmarried Sons or Daughters of Lawful Permanent Residents

F3 – Third Preference

  • Married Sons or Daughters of U.S. Citizens

F4 – Fourth Preference

  • Brothers or Sisters of U.S. Citizens

NOTE: For further information, please visit the Immigration Services and Benefits page of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services website:
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis

Other Practice Areas

Adjustment of Status/ Visa Processing

  • Employment-Based Permanent Residence
  • Marriage- and Family-Based Permanent Residence
  • K Visas for Fiancé/es and Spouses

Deportation/ Removal Defense

  • Termination of Proceedings
  • Adjustment of Status
  • Suspension of Deportation
  • Cancellation of Removal

Refugee/ Humanitarian Immigration and Other Areas

  • Asylum
  • Convention Against Torture
  • Withholding of Removal
  • Relief for Battered Spouses/Children
  • Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
  • U & T Visas
  • Temporary Protected Status

Naturalization/ Citizenship

  • Citizenship Petition Process
  • Child Citizenship Act of 2000
  • Derivative Citizenship