Morgan Lewis

Immigration and Nationality Services

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Workplace Training

See our training courses:
"Immigration Basics"
"Boosting Your I-9 IQ"

 
The Fall 2007/Winter 2008
Workplace Training Course Catalog

Related Events

Practice Overview

  • Eleanor Pelta ranked #1 for Immigration in Chambers USA 2007
  • James Vazquez-Azpiri listed in Chambers USA 2007
  • Eleanor Pelta was selected as one of the "Top 10 Immigration Lawyers" for the Legal Times' Leading Lawyers 2006.
  • Lance Nagel and Eleanor Pelta are noted in Best Lawyers in America 2007.
  • Eleanor Pelta was elected as National Treasurer, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).
  • Eleanor Pelta is noted as a "Leading Individual for Immigration - Business" in Chambers Global 2006.
  • Our Immigration team includes speakers of Cantonese, English, French, German, Japanese, Mandarin, Serbian, Spanish, and Tagalog.

Related News

02/20/08 Chambers USA 2008 Recognizes 123 Morgan Lewis Lawyers as “Leaders in Their Field”
Morgan Lewis is pleased to announce that the 2008 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business will feature 123 Morgan Lewis lawyers when it is published later this year.
09/14/07 141 Morgan Lewis Lawyers Receive The Best Lawyers in America (2008)
141 Morgan Lewis lawyers have been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2008.
09/10/07 Supply and Demand: The Illegal Worker Equation, Talent Management Perspectives
Talent Management Perspectives reports on the new federal regulations regarding illegal workers that will require employers to identify and fire employees using false Social Security numbers. Partner Eric Bord is quoted.
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The Immigration and Nationality Practice combines the legal talents of one of this country's most well-recognized teams of business immigration attorneys and paraprofessionals with cutting-edge, web-based technology to provide clients with extraordinary service and advice.

We pride ourselves on our ability to provide clients with both the international resources of a top-tier law firm and the highly specialized competency of a dedicated immigration team. We offer clients the best of both worlds—international reach with a signature commitment to personal service and excellence.

Our collaborative relationship with other Morgan Lewis practices—including Employee Benefits, Tax, and Business and Finance Practices—delivers to our clients the benefits of integrated legal resources across a spectrum of legal specialties. It is this interdisciplinary perspective on corporate immigration matters that sets our service apart. We recognize and place a high value on the close connections between a multinational corporation's immigration program and its other essential operations, including its internal employment policies; corporate compliance and governance; and plans for expansion, corporate development, and growth.

The areas in which we provide support and counsel include:

Inbound Visas and Permanent Residence

  • H-1B Visas for temporary specialty workers
  • L-1A and L-1B Visas and Blanket L Petitions for intracompany transferees
  • E-1 and E-2 Treaty Investor and Trader Visas
  • O-1 Extraordinary Ability Visas for scientists, researchers and others
  • Training visas
  • TN-NAFTA Visas for Canadians and Mexicans
  • H-2B Visas for temporary workers
  • Consular processing of nonimmigrant and immigrant visas
  • Labor certification
  • Multinational managers and executives, extraordinary ability, and outstanding researchers visas
  • National interest waiver

Immigration Compliance

  • Due diligence for immigration aspects of corporate change
  • Auditing and government (ICE) investigations
  • I-9 compliance
  • Corporate immigration policy development and implementation
  • Social Security no-match counseling
  • Training

Outbound Visa Services

  • Experience with key countries around the globe
  • International employment law