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Immigration in the United States

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Regional Capabilities

In today’s fluctuating economy you need a business partner who can see past the paperwork, quickly make sense of new employee mobility rules and regulations, and implement creative solutions to meet your business needs.

In a globalized labor market, employers, entrepreneurs, investors and professionals have come to rely on Dentons to help them navigate the immigration and visa process with the goal of recruiting and retaining the best and brightest employees from anywhere in the world.

Our team handles all business non-immigrant and immigrant visas, both for temporary business visitors (students, trainees, executives, workers) and for permanent immigrants who bring extraordinary ability, professional experience, business investment and religious training to the US.

US business immigration is part of Dentons’ Global Mobility practice, a multidisciplinary team comprised of immigration, employment, employee benefits, tax and other lawyers in locations around the world. By partnering with Dentons, you tap into our global reach and full-gamut experience—not only in immigration law, but also capital markets, corporate, employment and employee benefits, litigation, real estate and tax.

Dentons’ immigration lawyers and professionals can help you:

Advise on immigration consequences of mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, reductions in force and new-company formations
Advise on foreign immigrant investment structuring
Develop strategies to recruit and retain experienced managers and skilled professionals
Prepare visa petitions and organize supporting documentation, including:

Permanent residence petitions EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3
PERM Labor Certifications and National Interest Waivers
Non-immigrant visa categories H-1B, E-3, L-1, O-1, and TN
Foreign students changing status from F-1 to H-1B for temporary work authorization
International companies in temporary (L-1 or E-1) or permanent transfers of employees
Investors seeking to develop or manage projects in the US (L-1A, E-2, EB-1C and EB-5 visas)
Companies sponsoring employees in shortage occupations (particularly computer professionals, scientists, and physicians) for permanent residence
Fiancé, spouse and other family sponsorship

Process requests through the various agencies of the US Departments of Homeland Security (including Citizenship & Immigration Service, or USCIS), Labor and State (including US embassies and consulates abroad)
Train human resources staff in best-practice compliance with immigration laws and regulations, including E-Verify, IMAGE and I-9 documentation, including labor condition attestation record-keeping requirements; employment agreements; and expatriate assignments
Advise health care facilities sponsoring foreign physicians, RNs and other health care providers in underserved areas
Defend clients in audits, worksite raids and other enforcement actions by the Labor Department and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), working with seasoned litigators and white-collar criminal defense lawyers as needed.
Defend individuals from deportation and advise on special programs, such as temporary protected status and the DACA (the Deferred Action For Child Arrivals) program
Assist individuals in family-sponsorship applications and specialized employment-based applications; and advise on maintaining permanent residence and obtaining US citizenship
Provide guidance to high-net-worth individuals on issues ranging from pre-immigration income and estate planning to post-immigration relinquishment of resident/citizenship status

Experience

Communications technology company: Developing immigration strategies for staffing in the US and abroad.
EB5 immigrant investor program: Prepare petition for the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) EB5 regional center designation and exemplar project approval, including immigration, corporate and securities issues.
EB5 immigrant investor program: Representing EB5 regional center before the USCIS agency to amend regional center designation to expand job creation occupations and industries, as well as secure approval of an exemplar petition for an investment project in the automotive manufacturing sector.
Entertainment company: Advising German entertainment company on visa strategies for management and key staff on assignment to American subsidiary.
Fortune 100 pharmaceutical and device manufacturer: Advising in connection with immigration due diligence to support acquisition of resort by multinational corporation.
Motor club client: Assisting with the expedited visa processing for chief executive at service organization.
Multinational agribusiness: Assisting a multinational agribusiness based in California with the development of a global training program for young life science researchers.
Multinational apparel company: Representing American and Canadian subsidiaries of European headquarter multinational apparel company to secure visas for foreign professionals and managers, as well as employment matters.
Retailer: Advising Canadian retailer on expansion to US market, including corporate structure and visas for key management and executives.
Software developer: Assisting in the development and implementation of immigration strategies to support expansion of a leading Russian software developer into US market.
Worldwide media and entertainment company: Representing multinational media company on visa strategies to meet staffing goals.

Recognition

Iowa Supreme Court Appoints Elizabeth Van Arkel to Iowa Access to Justice Commission

October 15, 2021

United States: Immigration lawyer Elizabeth Van Arkel was recently invited to join the Iowa Access to Justice Commission by Chief Justice Susan Christensen of the Iowa Supreme Court.

Henry Chang quoted in multiple media about the new US visa ban

June 26, 2020

Following his recent Insight article on President Trump’s Presidential Proclamation suspending the entry of certain non-immigrants, Dentons’ partner Henry Chang was quoted in multiple media about the new proclamation and its implications.

Dentons secures 123 individual and 38 practice rankings in Chambers USA

May 26, 2017

Global law firm Dentons earned 123 individual and 38 practice rankings in the most recent edition of Chamber USA, a well-known annual legal directory that identifies the world's best lawyers and law firms based on in-depth, objective research.

Insights

The definitive guide for Canadians travelling to the United States

April 4, 2025

Since taking office on January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump has issued numerous Executive Orders related to immigration. Among other things, they require US government agencies to “vet and screen to the maximum degree possible all aliens who intend to be admitted, enter or are already inside the United States.” They also impose an alien registration requirement for foreign nationals who remain in the US for 30 days or longer, including Canadian snowbirds.

The US alien registration requirement and its application to Canadian citizens

March 24, 2025

On March 21, 2025, the Government of Canada updated its travel advisory for the US, to inform Canadians who are traveling to the United States for more than 30 days (it should say “30 days or longer”) that they will be required to register with the US Government.