Immigration Law

The world is shrinking. Global commerce continues to revolutionize the modern business environment and to provide companies with expanding choices for products, services and even employees. Increasingly, employers are looking outside their national borders to fill strategic positions with competent employees. As a single global economy emerges, hiring foreign workers and sending U.S. citizens to other countries are trends that are likely to continue. 


Although technology has made global commerce possible, the process of hiring or working cross-culturally can be a daunting adventure. With constantly changing national and international regulations, the system can be filled with red tape and absorb valuable time and energy. Particularly, obtaining visa approval often presents challenges. 

Our attorneys have assisted numerous employers to obtain the valuable workers needed, including providing the following services.

• Shepherding employers and employees through the process for employment based permanent residence.
• Working with foreign individuals and their families in obtaining family based permanent residence.
• Assisting individuals in becoming naturalized U.S. citizens.
• Petitioning for H-1 work authorization for engineers, computer experts, accountants, actuaries, health care professionals and other specialty occupations.
• Assisting employers with change in visa status for students and exchange visitors.
• Advising employers on and obtaining TN visa status under NAFTA.
• Counseling regarding I-9 verification issues and other related compliance concerns.
• Working with employers in obtaining H-2 temporary work status for seasonal employment.
• Counseling companies on establishing US operations and obtaining appropriate status for intra-company employee transfers for international companies.

Whatever your immigration challenges, Bose McKinney & Evans is ready to work with your specific issues to lend a hand in a difficult and sometimes turbulent regulated process.