Whether you are an employer seeking a visa for a key employee or a worker with a special skill bringing your skills or talents to America, it is important to understand the complexity of obtaining any kind of employment visa in these harsh economic times.
I am U.S. immigration lawyer Paul L. Good. From my office in Herndon, Virginia, I practice law exclusively in the area of U.S. immigration law. I have helped guide hundreds of clients through the complex immigration process set up by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), formally known as the Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS).
Permanent Immigration Work Visas · Temporary Employment Visas
There are several types of immigrant (permanent) and nonimmigrant (temporary) visas available for foreign nationals seeking legal employment status in the U.S. or businesses sponsoring immigrants for employment:
Employment Immigration Visas
- EB-1 for extraordinary ability professionals
- EB-2 for professionals with advanced degrees or exceptional ability
- EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) for professionals with advanced degrees who can prove that their work is in the national interest of the United States
- EB-3 for professionals, skilled workers and other workers
- EB-4 for special immigrants, such as those in a religious occupation or vocation, broadcasters, and certain international organization dependents and retirees
- EB-5 for immigrant investors
Employment Nonimmigration Visas
- E-1/E-2: Treaty Traders and Investors
- E-3: Australian professional workers
- H-1B: specialty occupations
- I: foreign press
- J-1: exchange visas; au pair, trainee, intern, home residence waiver and medical professional waiver
- L-1A/B: intracompany transferees
- O: extraordinary ability persons
- P: internationally recognized performers
- Q: international cultural exchangees
- R: religious workers
- TN: Canadian/Mexican professional workers
Experienced Washington, D.C. Employment Visa Attorney
My firm provides legal advice and representation to individuals seeking a visa to work in the U.S. My record includes successfully advocating on behalf of many technical companies, construction companies and universities seeking visas for foreign professionals.
From my office in Herndon, Virginia, I advise and represent clients with immigration matters in communities throughout the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, Virginia and Maryland. The immigration attorney you hire will make a significant difference in how effectively your application is processed. Contact my office by phone or e-mail to arrange a consultation with an experienced and straightforward Virginia employer-sponsored visas attorney today.
