Immigration

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The Hodgson Russ Immigration Practice Group has more than 25 years of experience in the field of immigration law. Our attorneys are skilled in handling a broad range of immigration issues for businesses and individuals, including:

• Representing large, multinational companies in connection with the temporary employment of professionals and intra-company transfers, the periodic entry of business visitors, and the permanent employment of foreign workers
• Representing hospitals as well as foreign nurses and physicians entering the United States to pursue graduate medical education or clinical practice
• Representing foreign scientists and researchers
• Representing Canadian professionals seeking to work under the immigration provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
• Representing foreign corporations of all sizes expanding or relocating to the United States
• Representing foreign entrepreneurs and investors
• Representing foreign athletes and entertainers entering the United States for professional work, events, and performances
• Advising individual foreign nationals and foreign diplomats with respect to a wide range of immigration issues, including family-based immigration sponsorship
• Counseling U.S. employers on all aspects of employment eligibility and verification and related unlawful discrimination practices

Our experience and ability to provide high-quality legal services are enhanced by our regular interactions with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ four regional service centers, with U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the Fort Erie/Buffalo border crossing, and with U.S. Consular offices around the world, giving us great familiarity with each agency’s practices and procedures.

Members of the Immigration Practice Group have significant experience filing a broad range of petitions and applications for non-immigrant and immigrant visas with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services including the H-1B, L-1, E-1/E-2, O-1, P-1, TN and EB-1/2/3 petitions, among others.

In addition to our business immigration work, our family-based immigration practice includes a broad range of services to assist U.S. citizens and permanent resident aliens in bringing their families together.

Many Hodgson Russ immigration clients also take advantage of the high-quality legal counsel available from other areas within the firm, including international tax planning, business reorganization or restructuring, intellectual property, real estate, and international business expansion into the United States. Hodgson Russ’s Immigration Practice Group has earned a prestigious National Tier 1 Best Law Firms ranking, awarded by Best Lawyers/U.S. News & World Report.

Licensed Foreign Legal Consultants in Ontario. Practice restricted to U.S. law.