Immigration

Attracting valuable foreign employees to the United States and retaining them is critical for many organizations competing in a competitive world economy. It is our goal to ensure that need becomes a reality for our clients.

We help clients employ a legal workforce by assisting them in complying with employment authorization verifications through proper I-9 and E-Verify practices. We also help clients sponsor prospective employees for both non-immigrant visas and green cards, also assisting with more temporary workforce requirements under the H-2 programs.

Some specific examples include:

• Offering experienced, multi-lingual and comprehensive immigration assistance to corporate clients in a myriad of industries, as well as to individuals
• Working to secure all employment-based, non-immigrant visas, such as the H, J, TN, L, O, P, R, and treaty-based E-1, E-2, and E-3 visas
• Enabling our clients to hire long-term through permanent United States resident visa status for prized employees, including seeking J-1 visa waivers where needed
• Meticulous preparation of EB-5 or permanent resident investor visas and first preference and national interest based permanent residence
• Guiding clients through the labor certification process to meet the recruitment activities required under PERM

We are equally comfortable assisting with all family-based immigration needs, from K visas through permanent residence to naturalization, overstays, and North Carolina specific immigration concerns. Political and religious asylum cases are handled with compassion and experience for qualifying individuals.

To reduce immigration-related questions by Human Resource managers at the time of hiring, we proactively address compliance issues to meet I-9 audits and Immigration Customs and Enforcement activities with equanimity. We also update our clients on all E-Verify developments.

For more information about this practice, contact Grace Pennerat.