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Immigration/Inmigracion

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The Firm’s immigration practice group is committed to efficiently and effectively meeting each client’s dynamic and unique needs. Our experienced attorneys offer a wide range of services to businesses and individuals alike. Our consummate goal is to achieve the optimal solution for our clients while minimizing inconvenience and delay at the most economical, yet effective, level. As a testament to the excellent level of service we provide, Global Law Experts named Lewis Rice "Immigration Law Firm of the Year" in Missouri for 2013.

 

The members of this group prepare petitions and applications for immigrant and non-immigrant visas, interact regularly with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the Department of Labor (DOL), the Department of State (DOS), and various U.S. Embassies and Consulates around the world, and frequently work with employers to ensure compliance with applicable immigration and labor laws. To that end, we have successfully counseled clients in the following matters:

  • Employment-based Permanent Residence (1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th preferences)
  • Labor Certification (PERM);
  • EB-5 Investor Permanent Residence;
  • E-1/E-2 Traders/Investors;
  • H-1B Professionals;
  • H-2A/H-2B Temporary Workers;
  • H-3 Trainees;
  • L-1A/L-1B Intracompany Transfers;  
  • J-1 Trainees;
  • J-1 Waivers (both physician and non-physician);
  • R-1 Religious Workers
  • National Interest Waivers;
  • TN Visas: Free Trade Professionals from Canada or Mexico;
  • Family-based Permanent Residence;
  • K-1 Fiancé Visas/K-3 status/visas;
  • F-1/M-1 Student status/visas;
  • B-1/B-2 Visas;
  • Naturalization;
  • I-9 Compliance/Audits/Reponses; and
  • Appellate Advocacy (Administrative and Judicial Appeals of Immigration Determinations).

Over the years, we have helped small start-ups companies, educational institutions, non-profits, professional organizations, mid-sized businesses, and multinational corporations as they strive to hire and retain the foreign workers they need to secure a competitive edge in this increasingly global economy. Our ability to provide the careful and strategic advice employers seek sets us apart from other firms. Our attorneys are responsive and conscientious — keeping our clients regularly updated and compliant in this rapidly changing legal and regulatory landscape. 

 

Additionally, the Firm’s immigration practice group provides thoughtful, measured and specialized advice to foreign nationals and their families as they explore and secure temporary or permanent status for eligible family members in the United States. We have also helped families appeal adverse immigration determinations and seek waivers of inadmissibility to secure entry into and permanent legal status in the U.S. Also, we regularly counsel permanent residents as they strive towards citizenship.

 

Further, attorneys for the Firm participate in national seminars dealing with immigration law and draft treatises, scholarly articles and practice guides in this area. Moreover, in an effort to forge a cooperative relationship between immigration lawyers and government services, our attorneys have participated in consultations with local and regional USCIS and immigration enforcement officials.

 

Inmigración

 

El grupo de ley de inmigración de nuestro jurídico está dedicado a cumplir efectivamente y eficientemente con las necesidades dinámicas y únicas de cada cliente. Nuestros expertos proveen un gran rango de servicios a individuos y negocios a la vez. Nuestra meta consumada es lograr la mejor solución para nuestro cliente mientras minimizamos la inconveniencia y el retraso en un nivel económico pero efectivo. Como un testimonio del nivel de servicio excelente que ofrecemos, Global Law Experts nombró a Lewis Rice como “Jurídico de Inmigración del Año” en Missouri por 2013.


Los abogados de este grupo preparan peticiones y solicitudes de visas para inmigrar y visitar, interactúan regularmente con los United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), el Departamento de Trabajo (DOL), el Departamento del Estado (DOS) y las Embajadas y Consulados de todo el mundo, y trabajan regularmente con empleadores para asegurar que conformen con las leyes de inmigración y laborales.  Así, hemos aconsejados clientes exitosos en los asuntos siguientes:

  • Solicitudes de Inmigración Permanente por parte del trabajo (preferencia 1ro, 2ndo, 3ro);
  • Certificación del Trabajo (PERM y LCA);
  • Solicitudes de Inmigración Permanente por parte de relaciones familiares
  • Solicitudes de Inmigración Permanente por parte de inversión (EB-5);
  • L-1A/L-1B Permisos de Empresas Internacionales;
  • H-1B Profesionales;
  • H-2A/H-2B Trabajadores Temporales;
  • E-1/E-2 Comerciantes/Inversores;
  • J-1 Visas de Capacitación;
  • J-1 Dispensas de Conformidad (para médicos y otros);
  • Dispensas de Conformidad de Interés Nacional;
  • K-1 Visas de Prometidos/K-3 Visas;
  • F-1/M-1 Visas de Estudiantes;
  • B-2 Visas de Visitantes Comerciantes;
  • Visas de Turista;
  • TN Visas: Profesionales de Canadá y México;
  • Trámites de Ciudadanía;
  • I-9 Conformidad/Auditoría/Respuesta; y
  • Practica de Apelaciones (Administrativas y Jurídicas).

Durante los años, hemos ayudado compañías nuevas, instituciones educativas, ONGs, asociaciones profesionales, compañías regionales, y corporaciones multinacionales en contratar y retener a empleados extranjeros que necesitan para asegurar su ventaja en el mercado internacional. Nuestra habilidad de proveer el consejo cuidadoso y estratégico que los empleadores buscan es lo que nos distingue de otros jurídicos.  Nuestros abogados tienen una respuesta pronta y placentera, y por eso podemos actualizar regularmente a nuestros clientes aunque las reglas y las leyes de esta área cambian con mucha frecuencia.

 

Además, el grupo de inmigración de este jurídico provee consultas especializadas a extranjeros y sus familias quienes consideran sus opciones de conseguir estatus temporal o permanente para sus parientes. También, hemos ayudado a familias en apelar decisiones adversas y obtener dispensas de conformidad para entrar o quedar en los Estados Unidos en estatus legal. Similarmente, aconsejamos a residentes permanentes en progresar hacia la ciudadanía.

 

Abogados de este jurídico también participan en conferencias nacionales de ley de inmigración y escriben manuales, artículos y guías para practicar en esta área de ley. Adicionalmente, para fomentar una relación cooperativa entre abogados y oficiales gubernamentales, nuestros abogados han participado en platicas y juntas con oficiales locales y regionales de USCIS y de la agencia del orden inmigrante.

 

 


 

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