Immigration
Immigration strategies built around your business, your family, and your long-term future—not just a mere petition.
Lead Attorney
Lina Li, Esq.
Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2024–2026
Most legal problems don’t stay within one area of law. Neither do we.
Immigration decisions extend far beyond a single petition. Whether pursuing business expansion, family reunification, or long-term residence in the United States, each step carries legal, commercial, financial, and personal consequences. We take a comprehensive view of every matter, developing immigration strategies that advance your broader objectives—not simply the mere filing of a petition.
We represent employers, executives, investors, entrepreneurs, and individuals across employment-based, investment-based, family-based, and humanitarian immigration matters.
Featured Matters
Building a U.S. Business and a Family’s Future Without Massive Capital
A Taiwanese entrepreneur wanted to open a U.S. branch and get the family settled quickly—without the capital outlay an EB-5 investment would require.
A Taiwanese entrepreneur sought to establish and manage a small U.S. business upon its launch, requiring a swift path to legal status. However, the client wished to avoid the significant capital demands of an EB-5 investment as well as the intensive hiring requirements associated with an L-1A visa.
Our team formulated a comprehensive E-2 Treaty strategy, which included preparing a detailed business plan and a thorough feasibility report. Following a justifiable investment to establish the U.S. branch, the E-2 visa petition was promptly approved by USCIS.
As a result, the client and their family successfully relocated to the United States, where the spouse obtained employment authorization and the children were admitted into the local public school system. This integrated approach successfully accomplished both the commercial expansion goals and the family’s long-term objectives.
Relocating Global Leadership: Securing the Business and Supporting the Family
A multinational corporation required the immediate U.S. relocation of a key executive to lead critical business operations, but the move was threatened by the lack of status for the executive’s family—creating a high-stakes risk for the company’s leadership continuity.
The employer faced the challenge of ensuring its executive could focus entirely on corporate objectives without the distraction of family separation or legal instability. The business needed a partner capable of managing the logistical and regulatory complexities of a multi-member relocation as a unified corporate objective.
Our team engineered a comprehensive L-1 intracompany transferee strategy that aligned the executive’s work authorization with the family’s dependent status applications from the outset. Recognizing that global relocation often involves staggered timelines due to family members’ school or career commitments, we engineered a strategic roadmap that accommodated these varying transitions. Our team managed these multi-stage arrival plans—facilitating eventual reunions from the home country or transitions from F-1 student status—as part of a unified project, ensuring both the executive’s immediate operational continuity and the family’s long-term integration.
Within months, the firm secured the necessary L-1 status and dependent visas, enabling the executive to assume their U.S. role on schedule. By removing the personal and legal hurdles of relocation, we ensured the company met its international expansion goals while providing the executive’s family with a stable foundation for their future in the U.S.
Executing a Three-Phase Green Card Roadmap Ahead of H-1B Expiration
When a key team member’s H-1B status neared its expiration date, a business required a sustainable, long-term approach to retain their talent—executed seamlessly to avoid procedural errors that could jeopardize the hire or compromise the company’s compliance standing.
Facing the upcoming expiration of a core foreign employee’s H-1B visa, a U.S. employer sought a permanent retention solution. The primary goal was to obtain stable, long-term work authorization before the temporary status lapsed.
Instead of handling the legal filings in isolation, we designed an integrated immigration roadmap that unified the PERM labor certification, the I-140 petition, and the adjustment of status application. By meticulously overseeing regulatory compliance throughout each phase, we supported the worker’s path to permanent residency while fully protecting the employer’s recruitment and hiring integrity.
The synchronized green card process proceeded smoothly, enabling the organization to preserve a vital workforce asset. This proactive legal intervention successfully prevented the operational disruptions, project delays, and financial setbacks typically triggered by employee attrition.
Humanitarian Immigration: Restoring Safety, Legal Status, and a Future
Through compassionate advocacy, our firm successfully secured lawful permanent resident status for a domestic violence survivor via a Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) self-petition, establishing independence and security in the United States.
The client faced a severe pattern of coercive control, psychological abuse, financial manipulation, and deportation threats from a U.S. citizen spouse. Fearful of status loss and completely isolated from family support, the applicant saw no viable legal options.
Our legal team meticulously documented the extensive history of abuse through comprehensive personal statements and substantial corroborating evidence. By constructing a powerful evidentiary record and providing close guidance across each phase of the legal process, we successfully achieved vital immigration protection, enabling the client to build a life in safety and complete independence.
Leadership Without Borders
Attained EB-1 permanent residence by presenting an outstanding record of extraordinary ability, professional recognition, sustained national and international acclaim, and executive leadership capacity.
After years of directing international business operations, a multinational executive pursued permanent residence through the EB-1 category.
We strategically compiled evidence of the client’s executive functions, organizational leadership, and global experience, presenting a strong case of compliance with immigration regulations. Our representation culminated in an EB-1 approval, enabling the client to remain a lawful permanent resident while directing U.S. operations.
Scope of Representation
We do not merely file petitions; we act as an extension of your HR and leadership teams to design long-term immigration roadmaps that secure your talent and support your corporate objectives.
Business Mobility & Talent Retention
H-1B (specialty occupations, lottery management, and extension roadmaps), L-1A/L-1B (intracompany transfers), O-1A/O-1B (extraordinary ability), E-3, and TN. We manage these not just as isolated filings, but as part of an overall workforce strategy.
Strategic Permanent Residency Pathways
EB-1A (extraordinary ability), EB-1C (multinational managers), National Interest Waivers (NIW), and PERM-based green card programs. Our integrated, multi-phase planning is designed to mitigate compliance risks and ensure retention.
Corporate & HR Compliance Advisory
Strategic design and consulting for corporate relocation, I-9 compliance, risk management, and long-term immigration roadmaps tailored to company growth.
Investor & Treaty Visas
E-2 treaty investor status and strategic business formation.
Humanitarian & Individual Advocacy
VAWA, U-visa, T-visa, and complex family-based adjustment of status.
Strategic Advisory FAQ
How do you partner with HR and corporate leadership during immigration planning?
Unlike firms that operate in silos, we act as a seamless extension of your HR and leadership teams. We design long-term immigration roadmaps that align directly with your company’s growth objectives, business expansion timelines, and talent retention goals, rather than merely processing individual petitions.
What is the benefit of an integrated immigration strategy?
An integrated approach prevents the procedural bottlenecks that often disrupt business operations. By proactively planning transitions—such as moving from H-1B to a PERM-based green card, or coordinating L-1 status with family relocation—we mitigate compliance risks and operational downtime, ensuring your workforce remains stable and authorized.
How can we retain key talent when H-1B status is nearing expiration?
Retention strategy must be proactive. We specialize in designing sustainable roadmaps that unify PERM labor certification, I-140 petitions, and adjustment of status filings. By meticulously overseeing the regulatory requirements throughout each phase, we minimize the risk of procedural errors and help you preserve your organization’s vital assets.
What should we consider when planning green card pathways for employees?
Every employee’s background presents unique variables (e.g., EB-1A extraordinary ability vs. PERM labor certification). We evaluate the specific profile of the employee—considering their professional achievements, education, and long-term role in your company—to recommend the most efficient, compliant, and cost-effective pathway to permanent residence.
How do you support companies expanding or relocating to the U.S.?
We offer Business Mobility & Talent Retention services that go beyond visa filing. Whether you are launching a U.S. branch (E-2 Treaty Investor) or transferring key executives (L-1), we align corporate structuring with individual immigration status to ensure your business launch and team relocation are compliant, synchronized, and efficient.
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