Immigration

For more detailed information, please visit our Immigration Practice Group website (http://immigration.dinslaw.com).

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s Immigration Group represents a wide range of publicly traded companies, multi-national corporations, privately held businesses, universities, research institutions, arts and entertainment organizations, professors, and professionals with respect to both work visa and permanent resident (green card) cases. Led by two partners long recognized in the field of immigration law, the group has significant experience in many other areas related to the U.S. immigration system, including visa applications at United States Consulates, labor certification proceedings before the U.S. Department of Labor, I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification) compliance, immigration policy formulation, naturalization, family immigration law, and NAFTA immigration issues.

Services include:

Work Visa Proceedings 

    • E-1/E-2 (treaty trader/investor) visas 
    • E-3 (Australian Trade Agreement) professional visas
    • H-1B (specialty occupation) visas 
    • H-3 (trainee) visas 
    • J-1 (on-the-job trainee) visas 
    • L-1 (intracompany transferee) visas 
    • O-1 (extraordinary ability) visas 
    • P-1 (athlete/artist/entertainer) visas 
    • Q (cultural exchange) visas 
    • R (religious worker) visas 
    • TN (NAFTA professional) visas

Non-Work Visas 

    • B-1 (business visitor) visas 
    • B-2 (tourist) visas 
    • F-1 (student) visas 
    • J-1 (exchange visitor) visas 
    • M (vocational school) visas

Employment-Based Permanent Residence Proceedings 

    • Labor certification-based cases including PERM and special handling faculty and professional athlete
      cases 
    • Extraordinary Ability Immigrant Petitions 
    • Outstanding Researcher/Professor Immigrant Petitions 
    • National Interest Waiver Immigrant Petitions 
    • Multi-National Manager and Executive Immigrant Petitions

Family-Based Immigration Cases 

    • K-1/K-3 (Fiancé/Fiancée and spouse of U.S. citizen) Visas 
    • V-1 (Relative) Visas 
    • Spousal Immigrant Petitions 
    • Immigrant Petitions by other U.S. Citizen and Permanent Resident Relatives 
    • Permanent Residence Applications based upon employment or family relationships 
    • Adjustment of Status and Immigrant Visa Applications

Visa Applications at U.S. Consulates 

    • Applications for immigrant and all non-immigrant visa categories at all U.S. Consulates, including
       logistical advice on interview scheduling and issuance time tables 
    • Troubleshooting when Consular officer is resistant to issuing a visa 
    • Advice on special issues such as Technology Alert List and other security-related checks

I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification Assistance) 

    • Employer I-9 questions and advice 
    • Self-audit I-9 programs for employer compliance
    • I-9 training 
    • I-9 audit defense

Naturalization and Citizenship 

    • Naturalization and citizenship applications 
    • Derivative citizenship claims 
    • Waivers of Excludability 
    • J-1 waivers for foreign medical graduates

Waivers of inadmissibility for convictions 

    • Advance permission to re-enter
    • Waivers of inadmissibility for past conduct 

General Counseling 

    • Establishment of corporate immigration sponsorship programs and policies 
    • Compliance with Special Registration

For more detailed information, please visit our Immigration Practice Group website (http://immigration.dinslaw.com).