Employment Petitions

Temporary (Non-Immigrant) Visas

H-1B Visa

Mostly for “specialty occupations” and professionals such as engineers, computer professionals, accountants, doctors, etc. H-1B jobs normally require a bachelor’s degree to enter the profession. There is an annual visa quota.

L-1 Visa

This visa category is for multinational company to transfer their executives, high-level managers or “specialized-knowledge” employees to work in the United States.

J-1 Visa

The J-1 visa is for exchange visitors who wish to participate in an approved program for the purpose of teaching, instructing or lecturing, studying, observing, conducting research, consulting, demonstrating special skills, receiving training, or to receive graduate medical education or training.

TN Visa

The TN Visa, created by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), permits qualified Canadian and Mexican citizens to seek temporary entry into the United States to engage in business activities at a professional level.

E-1 Visa

The E-1 Treaty Trader visa allows a national of a treaty country to come to the U.S. to engage in international trade.

E-2 Visa

This visa classification allows a national of a treaty country to come to the United States when investing a substantial amount of capital in a U.S. business.

H-2A Visa

The H-2A program allows U.S. employers or U.S. agents who meet specific regulatory requirements to bring foreign nationals to the United States to fill temporary agricultural jobs.

O-1 Visa

The O-1 visa is for foreigners who possess extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics, or who has a demonstrated record of extraordinary achievement in the motion picture or television industry and has been recognized nationally or internationally for those achievements.

R-1 Visa

The R visa is for foreigners to come to the United States temporarily to be employed at least part time by a non-profit religious organization in the United States (or an affiliate) to work as a minister or in a religious vocation or occupation.

Other temporary visa categories include the P-1 Visa (for foreign athletes to perform at a specific athletic competition), P-2 Visa (for artists or entertainers to perform under a reciprocal exchange program), and P-3 (for foreigners to perform, teach or coach as artists or entertainers under a program that is culturally unique.)

We help clients with the following employment-based green card petitions:

• Persons with Extraordinary Ability (EB-1A)
• Outstanding Scientists and Researchers (EB-1B)
• Multinational company transferee executives and managers (EB-1C)
• National Interest Waiver (EB-2)
• Exceptional Ability Petition (EB-2)
• PERM Labor Certification based Green Card Applications (EB-2 and EB-3)
• Religious workers or special immigrant visas (EB-4)
• Investor or Employment-Creation Visa (EB-5)
• Filing of I-140 Immigrant Visa Petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status

We also handle other employment related immigration cases including:

• Employer Compliance Issues (document I-9 violations, knowing hiring violations, E-Verify, etc.)
• Refusal of Visas (e.g., 221g issues)
• AC-21 Issues (extensions, portability, etc.)
• Motions to Reconsider/Reopen PERM labor application denial
• Motions to Reconsider/Reopen H-1B or I-140 denial
• Ability to Pay Issues
• Non-immigrant status issues (violation of status, status gaps, benching, termination, etc.)
• B-1 employment issues
• F-1/OPT/CPT Issues