Immigration

Reinhart Immigration Law Group members have extensive experience in assisting large and small, public and private companies in many different sectors including biotechnology, healthcare, manufacturing, consumer goods, banking and finance, entertainment and sports, professional services, education, aerospace and information technology across the United States with their immigration law needs. Our representation with respect to immigration issues includes:

• Non-immigrant employment visa petitions including H-1B (professionals), O-1 (aliens of exceptional ability), H-2 (intermittent workers), H-3 (trainees), L-1A (managers and executives), L-1B (specialized knowledge), E-1 (treaty traders), E-2 (treaty investors), TN (NAFTA workers), P-1 (entertainers and athletes), F-1 (students who obtain work authorization), and B-1 (business visitors)
• Blanket L-1 authorization to more easily transfer international employees to the U.S.
• Permanent residency processing through immigrant visas in the Employment-Based First Preference (EB-1) areas of Multi-national Managers/Executives, Outstanding Researchers and Extraordinary Ability
• Permanent residency processing through the application for foreign labor certification (PERM) processes for immigrant visas in either the Employment-Based Second and Third Preferences (EB-2 and EB-3)
• Permanent residency processing through the National Interest Waiver (NIW) process for immigrant visas in EB-2
• J-1 two-year return and inadmissibility waivers
• Family-based (marriage, fiancé(e), parent-child, sibling) immigrant visa petitions, when the process is faster, easier or more economical than employment-based
• Adjustment of Status (I-485) applications to obtain permanent resident status
• Diversity Visa Lottery permanent resident processing
• Consular Processing of Immigrant Visas and Nonimmigrant Visas at U.S. Consulates outside the U.S.
• Post-permanent resident processes such as Reentry Permits, preservation of permanent resident status for naturalization purposes, and naturalization
• Development of employment verification (I-9) system and E-Verify compliance programs
• In-house audits of H-1B and I-9 programs, policy development for Department of Labor and Department of Homeland Security investigations, and investigation defense
• Development of effective anti-discrimination policies related to immigration, including management of Office of Special Counsel (Department of Justice) investigations

Ability to Partner. As members of a large corporate national law firm, Reinhart's Immigration Law Group prides itself in being able to not only assist clients with complex immigration laws and regulations, but also to add value to this knowledge by understanding the business, financial and human resource needs and challenges faced by their clients. As a result, not only is the legal advice we provide appropriate to address your organization's immigration law needs, but it will take into account and compliment the particular business or operational demands of your organization.

Industry Knowledge. Whether it is working with a CEO, systems analyst, supply chain analyst, engineer, teacher, physician, accountant, biologist or chemist, Reinhart's Immigration Law Group has most likely already worked with securing immigration benefits for a foreign worker in that position in a setting similar to that presented by your organization. This deep experience allows us to quickly and effectively address your organization's particular foreign worker recruiting, hiring and retention issue(s). 

Involvement.  Reinhart immigration lawyers not only help interpret, understand and utilize immigration laws and regulations, but we are also involved in getting new or enhanced favorable immigration legislation signed into law. We are actively and personally involved in both state and national advocacy efforts to enact laws that enhance and expand your organization's ability to effectively and efficiently hire and retain foreign workers to meet the human talent needs of your organization.  

Education.  Reinhart's Immigration Law Group regularly provide written updates on changes to immigration laws that affect your organization's ability to recruit, hire and retain foreign workers. We also conduct educational seminars, both in-house and at Reinhart's various offices, covering a vast array of topics, including recent changes to immigration laws, demystifying complex immigration laws and regulations, compliance with immigration requirements and implementing strategies to enhance an organization’s ability to effectively recruit, hire and retain foreign workers. 

Infrastructure.  Reinhart's Immigration Law Group includes numerous experienced attorneys, paralegals and administrative support staff. We utilize industry-leading software applications and databases to effectively and efficiently process, file and track immigration filings. Each member of the Group is committed to providing excellent client services in a timely, effective and cost-efficient manner. We further pride ourselves on our availability and quick responsiveness to clients.

Benefits of using Reinhart for all your immigration legal needs

Single source of information. Many times, foreign workers choose the attorney who will represent them, although this will have an important effect on the employer as well. By choosing Reinhart to represent you and your foreign workers, your organization will know exactly what legal processes are being performed in its name and that the processes are being performed by well qualified legal counsel. We know how important it is to keep the employer informed about these very important legal matters (that typically involve significant liability and responsibility for the employer) such as an H-1B filing or PERM labor certification process. Consolidating your organization's immigration work at Reinhart will ensure that your organization's best interests are being protected, that your organization has immediate access to knowledge on legal matters being executed on its behalf and that both your organization and the worker are being assisted by well-qualified, experienced lawyers.

Uniformity of submissions to the government.  Even when you have good lawyers working on your behalf, if they are in different firms, the submissions often go to the same agencies and same offices within those agencies. It can cause potential issues if different firms are using different strategies for similar cases or describing certain company events, data or jobs differently. Having a single law firm as your immigration advocate will ensure that your organization presents a consistent and accurate face to the government.

Effective maintenance of your entire program. When all the immigration work is consolidated with one firm, that firm can give more effective and holistic advice for an organization's entire immigration program. We can be more of a business partner when we know everything that is going on with your organization's immigration efforts as well as within your organizational culture and long-term operational objective. For example, we can help your organization develop policies and take a bigger picture view when we know what is going on in all of your locations, departments and divisions.

Resources of a full-service law firm. Compared with immigration boutiques working on some of the cases, a full-service law firm, especially one that is already representing your organization in health law, labor and employment law, business organization or other practice areas, has a much more comprehensive perspective in their workforces on the immigration work. Boutiques primarily concentrate on obtaining the visa or permanent resident status and do not necessarily understand or care to become involved in advising clients on other important issues outside of the immigration processing that impact an employer's ability to hire, retain or sever foreign workers in its workforce. We look at the immigration issues presented by our clients through the lens of employment and labor issues, benefits issues, corporate issues and even, as necessary, from a litigation perspective and are therefore able to add additional value to our services.

Reinhart's Immigration team attorneys are members of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.