Immigration

Bond attorneys advise clients on immigration matters and assist them through the complex regulatory and bureaucratic processes required for foreign-born individuals to live and work in the United States. Representative clients include small and large businesses, health care and educational institutions, professionals and individuals.

Our immigration law practice focuses on employment-based applications and petitions (particularly non-immigrant work visas and permanent residency), and related labor condition and certification applications. In the higher education area, we regularly assist institutions by providing immigration services on behalf of foreign-born faculty and research personnel, as well as responding to special student issues. We also provide counsel in connection with family-related visas.

We represent clients throughout the preparation, filing and processing of immigration-related applications and petitions with government agencies. We also provide general assistance and advice to clients concerning the proper choice of visas for employees and potential employees, governmental procedures and pitfalls and the content and format of applications, petitions and related documents.

We routinely counsel Human Resources Managers on I-9 compliance issues and represent institutions facing Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services audits and enforcement actions.