Practice Areas

Boston Employment Immigration Attorney

At Watson Law Offices, our success in representing clients in employment visa applications is based on attorney Roy Jack Watson, Jr.'s analytic approach to the practice of immigration law. Many firms view visa application representation as the process of filling out forms. Mr. Watson views a visa application as a problem-solving exercise. He assesses each client's goals thoroughly and develops a sound strategy for overcoming any obstacles in the way of attaining them.

The business immigration process

Our practice is focused on assisting companies and organizations with business immigration, preparing visa petitions, both immigrant and non-immigrant, that allow our clients to employ foreign national professionals, managers, and executives. Certain limited classes of applicants may file their own employment based petitions, but the majority of applicants must have an employer who is willing to file a petition to authorize employment. 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. Our attorney brings over thirty years of business immigration experience to each application. This allows us to ensure 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.

More information on our immigration law practice:

• Employment-based immigrant visas (Green Cards); change of non-immigrant status to that of a lawful permanent resident, pre-certified immigrant classification
• PERM labor certification process, compliance with PERM requirements
• Temporary (non-immigrant) employment-based visas, H-1B Nonimmigrant Professional and Specialty Occupation Worker visas, TN Temporary NAFTA professional visas, and L-1 intra-company transferee visas, including those for applicants who intend to seek immigrant status in the future
• E-1 Treaty Trader and E-2 Treaty Investor visas
• O-1 visas for those with extraordinary ability in the arts, science, or business
• Employment verification (I-9), ensuring that corporate clients are in compliance
• J-1 (Foreign Medical Graduate) Doctors' Waivers
• Foreign national professionals, providing immigration services for businesses, universities, and institutes who employ software engineers, biomedical researchers, certified public accountants, physicists, and other skilled professionals
• Mergers and acquisitions/downsizing, assisting in-house counsel in due diligence before mergers, acquisitions, and downsizing, so that foreign nationals are legally employed throughout and after the processes

Experienced immigration lawyer Roy Jack Watson, Jr. and his staff provide services to clients nationwide and throughout the Boston, Massachusetts, area from offices on Route 128 (America's Technology Highway). For more information, or to schedule a consultation with our attorney, please contact our Bedford office.