Immigration Overview

Immigration Law Services at Judith G. Cooper, P.C.

The U.S. immigration law attorneys of the Law Office of Judith G. Cooper, P.C. assist corporate clients and foreign professionals seeking to obtain temporary visas for employment, acquiring residency, reunifying family members in the U.S. with a permanent visa, and obtaining U.S. citizenship.

Temporary Visas for Business, Investment, and Study

• Business Visas: The H-1B visa is the most common corporate immigration visa for professional, technical, and management staff entering the U.S. Other business visa options include L-1 visas for intra-company transferees and B-1 visas for visitors temporarily in the U.S. to conduct business.
• Business and investment visas include the TN visa (NAFTA) for Mexican and Canadian professionals engaging in business activities and the E-1/E-2 treaty trader and investor visas for persons from selected countries who wish to invest or trade in the U.S.
• The O-1 visa and the J-1 visa apply to a wide variety of people. The O-1 visa is for persons of extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics. The J-1 category applies to foreign students, scholars, researchers, medical interns and residents, and industrial and business trainees.

Please review our Web site to learn more about each of these visa categories. If you have a question about which category is most appropriate for you, contact our office to speak with a skilled U.S. immigration attorney who can help you.

Permanent Visas

When an offer of permanent employment is made by a U.S. employer to a foreign national, the employer usually is required to undertake a recruitment process supervised by the United States Department of Labor (DOL) to determine:

1. 1. Whether the foreign worker's employment will have an adverse impact on wages and working conditions of workers in the U.S., and
2. 2. Whether there are available, qualified U.S. workers for the position being offered to the foreign national.

If an employer can satisfactorily document that it has adequately tested the U.S. labor market with no success, a PERM labor certification application is filed with the Department of Labor. The Law Office of Judith G. Cooper, P.C., can assist human resource departments in preparing PERM applications and seeking special waivers of labor certification (PERM) requirements.

Other Immigration Law and Citizenship Services

The Law Office of Judith G. Cooper, P.C. provides comprehensive immigration law services to accomplish your employment, investment, or educational immigration goals, including:

• Specialized legal research;
• Relative petitions, fiancée petitions, and fiancé visas through immigration offices in the U.S. or Consular offices overseas;
• Special petitions
• Reentry permits
• Naturalization
• Preservation of residence
• Certificate of citizenship by acquisition at birth or through U.S. citizen grandparents

Contact an immigration lawyer at Judith G. Cooper, P.C., to learn more.

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