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Blank Rome’s immigration attorneys facilitate the immigration process for human resource and corporate legal staff so that our clients can recruit and retain the best talent and move personnel across international borders. We represent and advise a wide range of employers, from start-up companies to multinational corporations, in a variety of industries, including financial services, pharmaceutical, biotech, manufacturing, engineering, education, information technology, healthcare, nonprofits and entertainment. Our attorneys routinely represent clients before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the U.S. Department of Labor, and at U.S. Consulates.
What We Do
Help businesses recruit and retain the best talent by:
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Providing strategic counseling in connection with new ventures, including mergers, acquisitions, and reorganizations.
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Processing non-immigrant and immigrant visas.
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Processing outbound visas through our global visa alliance.
Help businesses avoid liability by:
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Providing I-9 compliance counseling and defense of audits.
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Developing policies for employment of foreign nationals.
Who Needs Our Services?
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Established U.S. companies looking to hire foreign nationals where U.S. talent may be in short supply (e.g., healthcare, technology, research and development).
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Established U.S. companies with international operations.
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Start-up companies with foreign capital looking to establish U.S. operations.
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Foreign national employees of U.S. corporations.
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U.S. companies expanding or investing abroad.
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U.S. companies prone to audits (e.g., manufacturing, technology).
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U.S. companies that require seasonal/temporary employees (e.g., agriculture, tourism, athletics, landscaping, construction).
What Makes Our Practice Different
We have a customized web-based system that allows our clients and their employees to check the status of their cases at any time.
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Ability to call on colleagues from across all practice areas of the firm to represent clients in all types of business, employment and international matters.
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Ability to call on colleagues from our wholly-owned subsidiary, Blank Rome Government Relations LLC, a government affairs firm comprised of top lobbying and strategic communications professionals, to assist in resolving issues with the Department of Homeland Security.
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Multi-service practice group that is positioned within the Firm’s Employment, Benefits, and Labor Practice and able to support all corporate HR functions.
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Ability to handle inbound and outbound immigration.
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Creative thinking and problem solving.
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Attorneys have specific immigration experience, including business immigration and compliance, litigation, and issues relating to academia.
Representative Engagements
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Handled high volume inbound and outbound immigration issues for large U.S. employers, ranging from routine visa work to more complex inadmissibility issues, and counseling on compliance issues.
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Represented large hospital center in I-9 audit and drafted compliance policies for sponsorship of foreign healthcare workers and I-9 procedures.
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Represented healthcare services provider to temporarily employ foreign nurses, physical and occupational therapists and foreign medical graduates by petitioning for H visas.
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Drafted corporate immigration policies for hiring and retention of foreign national workforce.
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Managed high volume visa processing, including representation at U.S. consulates abroad and attainment of permanent residency through sponsorship.
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Obtained immigrant and nonimmigrant visas for extraordinary scientists and outstanding researchers on behalf of educational institutions, research organizations and engineering firms.
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Represented nationally-recognized ballet company by petitioning for outstanding artists and obtaining permanent residence for foreign dancers with extraordinary ability in the arts.
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Represented foreign nationals seeking U.S. permanent residence by investing in a commercial enterprise in the United States, as well as nonimmigrant investors applying for E-2 (treaty investor) and L-1 (intracompany transferee) visas.
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