When you have an immigration issue, whether it’s routine or not, quick and certain resolution is critical. Mintz Levin is known for tenaciously representing our immigration clients and for achieving results in seemingly impossible situations.
Mintz Levin provides comprehensive immigration legal services to employers and companies of all sizes as well as to accomplished entrepreneurs, scientists, investors, and individuals seeking to live and work in the United States. We have a track record of success representing clients before government agencies involved in immigration and naturalization matters, including US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the State Department (including consular offices abroad), and the Department of Labor (DOL).
Our immigration attorneys serve as trusted business advisors for companies with offices across the globe. Clients rely on us to guide them through the immigration consequences of mergers and acquisitions and the creation of subsidiaries. We develop solutions for large and mid-sized corporations that need to manage a high-volume of immigration cases.
Our attorneys are particularly skilled and agile when helping clients’ employees apply for visas in routine and extraordinary situations. If you have a complex issue to tackle at a US Embassy or consulate, we can help you. We are trusted advocates of our clients with a strong level of dedication to communicating even unusual situations to consular officers in the visa process.
We are dedicated to impeccable client service and respond to clients’ inquiries without delay. We work smartly and efficiently, and often find legal solutions to our clients’ immigration issues that other lawyers have overlooked.
US Immigration Options for Employers
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Quick Facts
- One of the largest corporate immigration practices in the United States
- Clients include employers, accomplished individuals, investors, and entrepreneurs
- Successful track record representing clients before USCIS, State Department, consular offices abroad, and DOL
- Known for finding solutions to tough cases
- Collaborate with attorneys in firm’s Corporate & Securities, Tax, Privacy & Security, Private Client, and Employment, Labor & Benefits practices
- American Bar Association liaison to the DOL on immigration matters
- Senior attorneys include:
- Trustee of American Immigration Council
- Adjunct professor of Business Immigration Law at Boston College Law School
- Long-standing commitment to human rights advocacy
- Pro bono leader in asylum cases
- Immigration extranet available to clients’ authorized HR professionals and employees
Areas of Focus
- Acquisition of US citizenship and naturalization
- Corporate immigration policy development
- H-1B audits and related investigations
- EB-5 investment green cards
- Expatriation and renunciation
- Foreign national export licenses
- Government audits and investigations
- Green card applications for individuals with extraordinary accomplishments in the arts, business, sciences, and related fields
- Green cards through National Interest Waiver classification
- Human resources training
- I-9 and E-Verify compliance training
- Immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applications at consulates and embassies
- Immigration consequences of mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate transactions
- PERM labor certification and green card sponsorship
- Permanent resident (green card) status for scientists and entrepreneurs
- Preservation of permanent resident status and green card relinquishment
- Temporary employment visas for employment and entrepreneurial activity
Rankings & Recognitions
- U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers:
- Practice ranked top tier nationally and in Boston
- Chambers Global:
- Practice chair ranked for Immigration: Business: USA
- Attorneys consistently ranked in the following:
- Best Lawyers in America
- Massachusetts Super Lawyers
- Who’s Who Legal