Butler Snow’s Immigration group is experienced in all areas of business immigration and regularly advises employers regarding:
Temporary visas for professional workers employed in a specialty occupation (H1B Visas).
Blanket and individual intra-company transfers of executives, managers, and specialized knowledge employees transferring between multi-national corporations and their affiliates. (L-1 Visas).
Immigration options available for Canadian and Mexican citizens under the NAFTA Treaty (TN Visas).
Persons coming to the U.S. in approved exchange programs, including waivers of the home residency requirement (J-1 Exchange Visitor Visas).
Business visitor visas for short duration for purposes of attending meetings, procuring contracts, and other non-employment activities (B-1 Visas).
Applications for employment-based permanent residency petitions, including Labor Certification.
Drafting corporate immigration policies and procedures.
The effect of corporate changes on immigration status, such as mergers and acquisitions, corporate sales, and transfers.
Corporate compliance issues with regard to avoidance of employer sanctions and exposure to any type of discrimination provisions of the U.S. immigration laws, including in-house audits of personnel files to ensure that employers are in compliance with all documentation and employment verification requirements.
Special expertise in healthcare industry immigration issues.
A multi-national workforce presents issues involving many areas of the law, including labor and employment, international taxation, mergers and acquisitions, and intellectual property. Attorneys from our other practice groups will work with the immigration attorneys to help meet the complex needs that arise from the employment of foreign nationals at any level of an organization.
For additional information on Immigration, please contact Todd P. Photopulos.
