Best Lawyers Near You in New York, New York for Immigration Law
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Practice Area Overview
Immigration law is divided into two basic tracks: Family-based immigration is the process by which an individual is sponsored for permanent residence in a foreign country by a spouse, parent, or other qualifying family member. Business immigration is the process by which individual can obtain temporary or permanent residence in a foreign country on the basis of employment, self-employment, or investment.
Immigration practice isn’t limited to the entry of foreign nationals to the United States. Rather, a full-service immigration firm will have expertise in many jurisdictions. One of the most important facets of the practice is the ability to assist multinational organizations with the mobility of their global workforce – whether it’s to help a German executive obtain permission to visit China for a critical business meeting, or to assist when a United Kingdom company wants to hire a leading United States scientist to lead its R&D efforts.
The guidance of an immigration lawyer is particularly critical in the employment context. Most countries place stringent restrictions on the ability of non-citizens to work, in order to protect their native workforce. In many cases, a company that wants to hire a foreign national must get authorization from both immigration and labor authorities – a complex process that requires the sure hand of a lawyer experienced in practicing before all the relevant government agencies.
The work of the immigration attorney doesn’t stop when visas and other government authorizations are obtained. Once an individual enters a foreign country, there may be important compliance responsibilities facing him or her, family members and employers, from registration with local police, tax, or social insurance authorities to reporting obligations before government agencies. Failing to comply with these responsibilities can mean fines, penalties, and restrictions on an individual’s future travel or an employer’s ability to sponsor additional foreign nationals. The advice of an immigration lawyer is critical throughout an individual’s overseas stay.
In our global economy, the ability to move across international borders has never been more important to professionals and their employers – and the role of immigration lawyers has never been more important to global mobility.
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Joan-Elisse Carpentier provides legal representation in all areas of immigration and nationality law affecting individuals, corporations and other businesses. She has worked on evaluations of immigration practices of corporations, development of corporate policies and procedures for handling immigration matters and obtaining immigrant and non-immigrant visas, as well as citizenship and expatriation. Joan-Elisse assists businesses with I-9 compliance programs and provides representation during...
Attorney Rio Guerrero is renowned for over two decades of successfully representing companies, organizations and individuals with complicated U.S. visa, work permit and green card matters. In particular, he is respected for achieving creative solutions for profoundly complex immigration cases. He is dedicated to meticulously analyzing each unique case, designing the best strategy and diligently partnering with his clients to achieve their solutions. He understands that reducing risk and costs...
Mr. Jacobson focuses his practice on employment-based immigration matters for corporate clients in various industries, including financial services, media, information technology, and market research/advertising. He advises his clients on strategies and procedures to obtain work visas and permanent residence status for their employees and potential employees. He prepares all forms of nonimmigrant and immigrant petitions including B-1/B-2, E-2, E-3, H-1B, H-3, J-1, L-1A/L-1B, O-1, P-1 (for ath...
Roxanne H. Levine is a partner in Tarter Krinsky & Drogin’s Immigration Group. She guides clients in complex citizenship matters including renunciation of residence and relinquishment of citizenship issues. Roxanne has over 25 years of experience representing major multinational financial institutions, corporations, universities, cultural institutions, energy companies and the hospitality industry as well as entrepreneurs, artists, performers and entertainers. Roxanne advises corpor...
Naveen Rahman Bhora is a Partner in the firm's New York office. Ms. Bhora is an expert in extraordinary/exceptional ability and outstanding researcher/professor matters and represents physicians, artists and multinational executives and managers, among others. Ms. Bhora is an active member of the California Bar, AILA, and the International Medical Graduate Taskforce. She is an immigration advisor to the Young Physician’s Committee of the Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of...
Benjamin (“Ben”) A. Snyder practices with the firm’s Immigration Law Group, where he represents businesses, families, and individuals. Prior to joining CSG Law, Ben managed a boutique law firm’s business and employment-based immigration practice. His practice focuses primarily on preparing and filing immigration petitions and applications related to employment and investment in the US, including E, H-1B, H-2B, L, O, P, R, and TN nonimmigrant visas, as well as PERM-base...
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