Practice Areas and Services
Temporary Visas
- B-1/B-2 Visitor's Visas
- Available to visits coming to the U.S. for business or pleasure. B-1 business visitor visas are for
a short duration and must not involve local employment. Nationals of certain countries may be eligible
to visit the U.S. for up to 90 days without obtaining a visa.
- E-1/E-2 Treaty Trader and Investor Visas
- Investors and traders and their employees may receive visas to carry on their businesses in the
U.S. if their home country has a commercial treaty with the US conferring visa eligibility.
- F-1 and M-1 Student Visas
- Persons seeking to pursue a full course of study at a school in the United States may be eligible
for a visa for the course of their study plus, in some cases, a period for practical training in their field
of study.
- H-1A Nurse Visas
- A chronic nursing shortage in the U.S. has led to a special non-immigrant visa category for licensed
nurses.
- H-1B Specialty Occupation (Professionals) Visas
- Professional workers with at least a bachelor's degree (or its equivalent work experience) may be
eligible for a non-immigrant visa if their employers can demonstrate that they are to be paid at least the
prevailing wage for the position.
- J-1 and Q-1 Exchange Visitor Visas
- Persons coming to the U.S. in an approved exchange program may be eligible for the J-1 Exchange
Visitor's visa. J-1 programs often cover students, short-term scholars, business trainees, teachers,
professors and research scholars, specialists, international visitors, government visitors, camp counselors
and au pairs. In some cases, participation in a J-1 program will be coupled with the requirement that the
beneficiary spend at least two years outside of the U.S. before being permitted to switch to a different
non-immigrant visa or to permanent residency. Mr. Siskind regularly handles the application process for
seeking a waiver to the home residency requirement that applies to many J-1 visa holders.
- K-1 Fiancee Visas
- A Fiance(e) of a U.S. citizen is eligible for a non-immigrant visa conditioned on the conclusion of the
marriage within 90 days.
- L-1 Intracompany Transfer Visas
- L-1 visas are available to executives, managers and specialized knowledge employees transferring to
their employer's U.S. affiliate. Executives and managers holding L-1 visas may be eligible for permanent
residency without the need for a labor certification.
- O-1 Extraordinary Ability Worker Visas
- The O-1 category is set aside for foreign nationals with extraordinary ability. This includes entertainers,
athletes, scientists, and businesspersons.
- P-1 Artists and Athletes Visas
- This category covers athletes, artists and entertainers.
- R-1 Religious Worker Visas
- Religious workers may be eligible for an R-1 visa.
- TC and TN NAFTA and US-Canada Free Trade Agreement Visas
- A special visa category has been set up for nationals of Canada and Mexico under the provisions of
the North American Free Trade Agreement and the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement.
Permanent Residency Visas ("Green Cards")
- Family Sponsored Immigration
- U.S. citizens may petition for spouses, parents, children and siblings. Permanent residents may petition
for spouses and children.
- EB-1 Foreign Nationals of Extraordinary Ability, Outstanding Professors and Researchers
and Multinational Executives and Managers
- Individuals in this category can petition for permanent residency without having to go through the
time consuming labor certification process.
- EB-2 Workers with Advanced Degrees or Exceptional Ability in the Sciences, Arts or
Business
- Visa holders in this category normally must have a job offer and the potential employer must complete
the labor certification process. The labor certification involves a testing of the job market to demonstrate
that the potential visa holder is not taking a job away from a U.S. worker. In cases where an individual can
show that his entry is in the national interest, the job offer and labor certification requirements can be
waived.
- EB-3 Skilled Workers and Professionals
- Visa holders in this category normally must have a job offer and the potential employer must complete
the labor certification process.
- EB-4 Special Immigrant Visas for Religious Workers
- Ministers of religion are eligible for permanent residency.
- EB-5 Investor/Employment Creation Visas
- Under the 1990 Immigration Act, Congress has set aside up to 10,000 visas per year for alien investors
in new commercial enterprises who create employment for ten individuals. There are two groups of investors
under the program - those who invest at least $500,000 in "targeted employment areas" (rural areas or areas
experiencing high
unemployment of at least 150% of the national average rate) and those who invest
$1,000,000 anywhere else. No fewer than 3,000 of the annual allotment of visas must go to targeted
employment areas.
- DV-1 Visas (the "Green Card Lottery")
- 55,000 visas are annually allotted in a random drawing to individuals from nations underrepresented
in the total immigrant pool.
- Refugee and Asylum Applications
- Persons with a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership
in a particular social group, or political opinion may be eligible to apply for asylum or refugee status in the
U.S.
Other Areas
- Naturalization Applications
- Deportation and Exclusion Matters
- IRCA and I-9 Compliance for U.S. employers
- Consulting on the Impact of Immigration Law on Mergers, Acquisitions and other Business
Transactions
- International Adoptions
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