WILG attorneys work in partnership with businesses, entrepreneurs, and foreign nationals on all types of employment-based immigration matters, such as nonimmigrant visa and green card filings, corporate compliance, and consular processing. 

The Group has a particular expertise in the following nonimmigrant categories:

• H-1B visa petitions for professional/specialty occupation employees
• H-1B1 processing for Chilean and Singaporean professionals
• E-3 visas for Australian specialty occupation employees
• L-1A and L-1B filings for intra-company managers, executives, and specialized knowledge employees
• E visas for treaty traders and investors
• TN processing for Canadian and Mexican nationals
• R visas for religious workers
• B visas for visitors

We also assist with H-3 and J visa processing for international trainees and interns, and counsel F-1 foreign students and employers concerning their immigration options.

Drawing from our extensive experience in all types of employment-based immigrant visa petitions, we work with employers and employees to devise effective strategies to transition eligible individuals from temporary work visas to permanent resident status.  We offer services in all employment-based preference categories, including:

• Labor Certification-exempt green card petitions in the following categories:
  • Intra-company managers and executives
  • Outstanding professors and researchers
  • Individuals with extraordinary ability in the arts, sciences, and business
  • National Interest Waivers
  • Special immigrant visas (I-360), including religious workers
• PERM (Labor Certification) applications and I-140 petitions in the EB-2 and EB-3 categories

We counsel and guide our clients through the final stage of the green card process, the I-485 Adjustment of Status application, and assist with associated employment authorization (EAD) and travel (Advance Parole) document processing and renewals.  

We also support our clients throughout the immigrant and nonimmigrant visa process at US Consulates abroad.

At each stage, we advise our clients on the applicable compliance obligations arising from Department of Labor, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement regulations including Labor Condition Application attestations, the PERM process, and the I-9 verification program.