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Employment immigration counsel that secures work authorization for your foreign national hires through H-1B, L-1, O-1, and other visas, and keeps your I-9 program audit-ready.

Hiring the right person sometimes means hiring across a border, and that turns an offer letter into an immigration filing. We help employers obtain work authorization for foreign national employees and keep their broader immigration compliance in order, so the visa process supports your hiring timeline instead of derailing it. For a technology-driven firm, this is everyday work.

Employment-Based Work Visas

We handle the visa categories employers use most: H-1B for specialty occupations, L-1 for intracompany transfers, O-1 for individuals with extraordinary ability, TN under the USMCA, and E-1/E-2 treaty visas. We match the worker and the role to the right category, prepare the petition, and manage the agency process so you know what to expect at each step.

Permanent Residence

When you want to keep key talent long term, we guide the employment-based green card process, including PERM labor certification where it applies and the immigrant petition and adjustment steps that follow. We map the timeline against the employee's current status so authorization does not lapse in the gaps, and we keep you informed about the obligations the process puts on your company.

I-9 and Compliance

Every hire creates an I-9 obligation, and sloppy paperwork draws fines whether or not anyone is unauthorized to work. We help you build a consistent I-9 and E-Verify process, audit your existing records to catch and correct errors, and prepare you for a government inspection so a routine compliance review does not turn into a penalty assessment.

Frequently asked questions

The H-1B is for specialty-occupation workers in roles that require at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field. You file a Labor Condition Application and then a petition with USCIS. Because there's an annual cap and a lottery, timing and planning matter, especially for first-time cap-subject hires.

The most common employer-sponsored route has three steps: PERM labor certification showing no qualified U.S. worker is available, an I-140 immigrant worker petition, and then either I-485 adjustment of status or consular processing. The total timeline can run years, driven largely by the backlog for the employee's country of birth.

You have to verify identity and work authorization for every new hire on Form I-9 within three business days of their start date. Beyond that, you need to complete the form correctly, examine documents properly, re-verify when work authorization is set to expire, and retain the records for the required period. Depending on your state or contracts, E-Verify may also be mandatory.

The L-1 visa is built for intracompany transfers. L-1A covers managers and executives; L-1B covers employees with specialized knowledge. The key requirement is that the employee worked for the related foreign entity for at least one continuous year before the transfer.

You can't keep employing someone without valid authorization, so file any extension or change-of-status petition well before the expiration date. Some categories let the employee keep working while the extension is pending, but the rules differ by visa type, so track expiration dates closely and don't assume an automatic grace period.

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