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Business Immigration Attorney

You want to be free to make decisions that are going to help you run the best business possible, and that means hiring the most talented people. In today's global economy, those people are often foreign nationals. At Watson Law Offices, we are a highly skilled immigration law firm that has been helping businesses and individuals solve complex immigration questions for over 30 years. We get employment based and other non-immigrant visas, lawful permanent residence (immigrant visas / "green cards"), and citizenship for employees and their families. This includes employee transfers for international companies as well as direct hires for domestic companies, universities and health care institutions in all areas of high-tech, bio-tech, science, business and all related professional areas.

The Watson Law Office

• Making Immigration Possible

The laws surrounding immigration are complicated. We have been helping corporations throughout the country with the business immigration process for over thirty years. If you have questions about immigration, experienced immigration lawyer Roy Jack Watson, Jr. can get you answers regarding:

• Employment Based Immigration Visas (Green Cards): Offer many avenues to permanent residence. Some of the most highly skilled individuals may be eligible to "self petition" without requiring an employer. These would include those in the top 1% of their professions - outstanding researchers and multinational business executives. Employer based petitions are also available for all skill levels from medical doctors, high-tech and bio-tech and all levels of professionals to skilled employees. If you would like to change your non-immigrant visa status to that of a Lawful Permanent Resident (green card), we can help.
• Labor Certification through the new PERM process: Do you understand the new rules (PERM) that determine the processing of all newly filed labor certifications in the United States? The newly designed PERM system has been intentionally designed to "trap" the unwary. But for those who understand the system, it promises rapid approvals.
• Employment Based Temporary (Non-Immigrant) Visas: Whether you are coming for four days or four years, there are a number of temporary visa options that will allow you to lawfully work in the U.S. Companies often limit themselves to what they have done in the past, and fail to explore other often better options. Let us help you choose.
• Family Based Immigration: Except for marriage to a United States citizen, the process of obtaining visas for family members can take years, so the sooner you begin, the better. Our knowledgeable staff can help guide you through this long and difficult process.
• Naturalization and Citizenship: When you want the full rights of a United States citizen, which includes Top Secret Security clearances, we can help you through this process.
• Employment (Form I-9) Verification / Worksite Compliance: The rules regarding employment verification for workers in the United States in the post 9/11 world are stricter than ever with severe penalties for violations. Avoid sanctions (and the attending bad publicity) by making certain that procedures are in place to insure full compliance.
• J-1 (Foreign Medical Graduates) Doctor's Waiver: If you are a Foreign Medical Graduate or an International Medical Graduate who would like to work in the United States, or to continue working following a residency program, you have options. This is a complex area where all you have worked to achieve could be lost through an innocent error. Let us guide you through this process.
• Other Professionals: From CPAs to CEOs, CFOs to biomedical researchers, software engineers and all levels of Health Care workers, we have helped all levels of businesses and skilled professionals.
• Mergers and Acquisitions / Downsizing: The instant that the deal closes, you could find that many (and in some cases all) of your previously lawful foreign employees could be rendered instantly illegal!! Be sure that your employees are still legally employed after your company's merger acquisition or other re-structuring. Call us before the deal is done, because in some cases afterwards is "too late!"

The Business Immigration Process

Certain limited classes of applicants may file their own employment based petitions. However, for the majority of applicants, you must have an employer who is willing to file a petition to authorize employment in the United States. While both the employer/petitioner and the employee/beneficiary have a common interest in getting employment authorization, errors and mistakes in the process can impose different costs and penalties on each. It is vital to protect both interests. We bring over 30 years of business immigration experience to each application. This allows us to insure that processing is done as rapidly as is legally possible, making sure that the case stays "on track" when faced with the inevitable governmental processing delays. Our thorough understanding of this complex area of law allows us to explore creative solutions to problems when traditional means do not work.

Contact Us

Seeking the right to live, work and learn in the United States is a complex process that has been made even more difficult by constantly changing laws that create the risk of permanent bars for seemingly small errors or oversights. Our experience can help you to facilitate the immigration process and to protect you from making innocent but critical mistakes. Contact our offices today for more information.