Nonimmigrant Visas

H-1B VISA: Individuals with a bachelor's degree or its equivalent in a specialty occupation which requires the theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialized knowledge.

H-2B VISA: Individuals coming temporarily to the United States to perform temporary nonagriculture services or labor.

L VISA: Intracompany transferees who, within the three preceeding years, have been employed abroad continuously for one year by a branch, parent, affiliate, or subsidiary of the employer in the United States in a managerial, executive, or specialized knowledge capacity and who are coming to the United States to work for a related company as an executive,

manager or in a specialized knowledge position.

TN VISA: Canadian and Mexican citizens who seek admission to the United States to engage in certain specific activities at a professional level listed in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

E-1/E-2 VISA: Individuals engaged in, or investors, oremployees of a company that qualifies as an investor or trading entity may obtain visas to work based upon treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation between the United States and the country of which the individual is a national.
O-1 VISA: Persons of extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics, or extraordinary achievements in the motion picture and television field.
P-1/P-3 VISA: P-1 visa is available to internationally known athletes and entertainment groups. P-3 visa is available to culturally unique artists and entertainers

Immigrant Visas

EB-1PRIORITY WORKERS: Foreign nationals with

extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education,

business or athletics; Foreign nationals who are outstanding researchers or professors; orForeign nationals who are managers and executives of a mutinational entity with offices in the United States.

EB-2 PROFESSIONALS WITH ADVANCED DEGREES OR PERSON WITH EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY: Foreign nationals of exceptional ability in the sciences, arts or business, or foreign nationals who are advanced degreed professionals.

EB-3 SKILLED OR PROFESSIONAL WORKERS:

Professionals with bachelor's degree; skilled workers

(minimum two years training or experience required for

position); or unskilled workers

J-1 WAIVER: Waiver of the two years foreign residency requirement.

I-9 AUDIT:

LABOR CERTIFICATION A person whose occupation requires a labor certification must have an offer of full-time permanent employment in the United States. Individuals seeking employment-based permanent residency under the categories of advanced degree professional, skilled worker, professionals without advanced degrees, and all other workers including unskilled workers must first obtain a labor certification by the Department of Labor. The labor certification process requires the applicant to show that:

• Qualified U.S. workers cannot be found at the time of filing the application and in the area of intended employment who are available, willing, and able to fill the position being offered to the applicant; and

• Employment of the applicant will not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of similarly employed
  U.S. workers. Other ways to avoid the lengthy processing time of a labor certification is to file under one of the immigrant classifications that are exempt from the labor certification requirements such as extraordinary ability individuals, exceptional ability individual whose work is in the national interest or multinational executives or managers.

PERM: The New Permanent Foreign Labor Certification System called Program Electronic Review Management., replaces the previous Reduction In Recruitment (RIR) process. With this new process, the Department of Labor (DOL) creates a faster and more consistent process for labor certification, while at the same time maintaining controls to guard against potential fraud.

 

Family Based Immigration
K-1 FIANCE'(E) VISA : For fiance'(e) of a United States citizen who seeks to enter the United States with the intent to marry within ninety (90) days after entry	K-3 VISA: Spouse of a United States citizen, who is waiting abroad for an immigrant visa	FAMILY BASED ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS: Applicants seeking to adjust their status to permanent resident based on marriage to a United States citizen.
REMOVAL OF CONDITIONAL RESIDENCY:	NATURALIZATION/CITIZENSHIP:	REMOVAL PROCEEDING: