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Our Immigration Group supports regulatory compliance and human resources management for employment of international personnel at colleges, universities, primary and secondary schools, health care facilities, businesses and nonprofit employers.  We also support international student and scholar services at colleges, universities and secondary schools. We serve as consultants to employers and educational institutions on immigration services and international student and scholar services, including policy, compliance and process.

reas of Concentration

Education Immigration; Business Immigration; Healthcare Immigration

Education Immigration Practice Profile
Our Education Immigration Practice provides comprehensive, cost effective immigration representation to colleges, universities, secondary schools and professional schools.

The firm's concentration on colleges and universities in Vermont has allowed our firm to develop a practice focused on the specific needs of colleges and universities, including U.S. immigration requirements for faculty, students, scholars and professional staff. We offer a depth of knowledge and experience regarding immigration law matters affecting educational institutions. Our Education Immigration Practice supports in-house counsel and foreign student advisors at colleges and universities as well as outside counsel at firms that do not include immigration practice groups.

Our education immigration services include:

  • - Advice and assistance relating to immigration matters for faculty, students, visiting scholars and professional staff;

  • - Immigration support for foreign student advisors as well as in-house counsel and outside counsel responsible for immigration applications, strategy and compliance;

    - Advice and assistance with applications by colleges and universities for approval to sponsor F-1 students and J-1 exchange visitors; 

  • - Preparation of H-1B petitions for faculty and staff;

  • - Preparation of applications for TN status for Canadians faculty and professional staff;

  • - Compliance matters for J-1/F-1 program sponsors;

  • - Lawful permanent residency applications for faculty, including labor certification, special handling for outstanding professors and researchers, and Schedule A professions;

  • - Visa status for international faculty and administrators who have risen to the very top of their field;

  • - Assistance with consular processing through US consular posts abroad;

  • - Analysis of issues relating to possible prior immigration violations or criminal convictions that may result in admissibility under US immigration law;

  • - Applications for US citizenship by naturalization for lawful permanent residents of the United States;

  • - Advice on strategies to control costs and delays in immigration matters, coordinate recruiting efforts with immigration requirements, maintain compliance with US immigration laws, and choose a method to achieve the client's hiring goals when several legal options are available;

  • - Representation of clients in administrative and judicial matters before the US Immigration and Naturalization Service.
The attorneys in our Education Immigration Practice have extensive experience with matters relating to colleges, universities, and secondary schools.

Business Immigration Practice Profile
Our Business Immigration Practice provides comprehensive, cost-effective immigration representation to business and institutional clients including manufacturers, health care institutions, startup businesses, colleges and universities.

Our business immigration services include:

  • - Advice and assistance relating to immigration matters for employees, executives, and investors, including EB-5 permanent residency cases;

  • - Immigration support for human resource professionals as well as in-house counsel responsible for immigration applications, strategy and compliance;

  • - Preparation of H-1B petitions for professionals in specialty occupations;

  • - Preparation of applications for TN status for Canadians in professions listed in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); - Lawful permanent residency applications, including labor certification;

    - Visa status for internationals who have risen to the very top of their field;

    - EB-5 visa cases for investors and EB-5 project developers;

    - Applications for US citizenship by naturalization for lawful permanent residents of the United States;

    - Advice on strategies to control costs and delays in immigration matters, coordinate recruiting efforts with immigration requirements, maintain compliance with US immigration laws and choose a method to achieve the client's hiring goals when several legal options are available;

    - Assistance with consular processing through U.S. consular posts abroad;

  • - Analysis of issues relating to possible prior immigration violations or criminal convictions that my result in admissibility under US immigration law;

    - Representation of clients in administrative and judicial matters before the US Immigration and Naturalization Service.

The attorneys in our Business Immigration Practice have extensive experience with matters relating to business and institutional clients, including manufacturing and service companies, hospitality businesses, large employers with multiple locations in the United States, and entrepreneurial businesses started by or employing foreign nationals.

Healthcare Immigration Practice Profile
Our Healthcare Immigration Practice offers advice and assistance to hospitals, academic medical centers, research hospitals and institutes, medical practices and other healthcare employers.

The firm's larger healthcare practice allows us to focus on the specific immigration needs of healthcare employers, including immigration for international physicians, researchers, administrators, nurses and other non-physician healthcare professionals. We offer a depth of knowledge and experience regarding immigration law for healthcare.  Our Healthcare Immigration Practice supports human resources, recruiters, and physicians involved in recruiting and hiring.  We also work with outside counsel at firms that do not include immigration practice groups.

Our healthcare immigration services include:

- Advice and assistance relating to immigration matters for physicians, researchers, administrators, residents, nurses and other non-physician healthcare professionals;

- Immigration support for human resources, recruiters and physicians involved in recruiting and hiring, as well as in-house counsel and outside counsel responsible for immigration applications, strategy and compliance;

- Preparation of H-1B petitions for healthcare professionals including physicians and administrators

- Preparation of applications for TN status for Canadian nurses and other non-physician healthcare professionals;

- Compliance matters for residency programs with international medical graduates in J-1 or H-1B status;

- Permanent residency applications for healthcare professionals, including labor certification, special handling for outstanding researchers, and Schedule A professions (nurses and physical therapists);

- Visa status for international physicians or others who have risen to the very top of their field;

- Assistance with consular processing through US consular posts abroad;

- Applications for US citizenship by naturalization for lawful permanent residents of the United States;

- Advice on strategies to control costs and delays in immigration matters, coordinate recruiting efforts with immigration requirements, maintain compliance with US immigration laws, and choose a method to achieve the client's hiring goals when several legal options are available;

The attorneys in our Healthcare Immigration Practice have extensive experience with matters relating to hospitals, academic medical centers, research hospitals and institutes, medical practices and other healthcare employers.

Client Resources
Our Immigration Practice has all the tools needed to analyze and resolve the range of immigration matters that arise in the business environment. Our paralegal staff has years of experience with immigration matters for business and institutional clients. Our state-of-the-art immigration software allows us to handle efficiently a large number of immigration cases at a given time. Our firm's law library contains an extensive immigration law collection, including treatises and electronic materials.

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