The following is a list of temporary and permanent employment visa solutions that may be appropriate in your particular situation.  Please contact us at (248) 470-8918 to setup an appointment or phone consultation.

• Attend scientific, educational, professional, business, or religious conventions
• Work on specific projects in the U.S. and paid by a foreign employer
• Participate in commercial transactions (which do not involve gainful employment) such as negotiating contracts and consulting with business associates
• Undertake independent studies such as feasibility studies, market research or any such activity
• Attend professional or business conferences, workshops, or seminars
• Explore possibilities to set up a subsidiary of a foreign corporation, or to make investments
• Attend meetings as a member of the Board of Directors of a U.S. corporation
• Observe business, professional, or vocational activity as long as it does not involve any hands-on activity
• Conduct business consultations with business associates in the U.S.
• Act as purchasing agents of a foreign employer to come to the U.S. to procure goods, components, or raw materials for use outside the U.S.
• Participate in court proceedings in the U.S.
• Install or service equipment in the U.S. on behalf of a foreign company pursuant to a contract of sale or to provide after sales service

H-1B "Specialty Occupation" Visas

H1-B Visas are appropriate for those individuals who meet any of the following criteria:

• Foreign professionals, such as scientists, engineers, programmers, research analysts, management consultants, journalists, accountants, and others with Bachelor's or any equivalent combination of education and experience relevant for the H-1B position

• Foreign professionals involved in cooperative research and development projects administered by the U.S. department of defense

• U.S. Licensed Physical Therapists

• U.S. Licensed Physicians 

• Professional Nurses entering the U.S. to supervise nursing operations

L-1A "Executive/Manager" Visas are appropriate for those individuals who meet any of the following criteria:

• Foreign national executives being transferred to the U.S. to manage an organization or a major function or division of an organization

• Foreign national managers being transferred to the U.S. to supervise work of other supervisory, professional or managerial employees, or who manages an essential function, department or subdivision

• Employees and partners of international accounting firms

• Multinational companies to transfer foreign national executives to manage an organization or a major function or division of an organization in the U.S.

• Multinational companies to transfer foreign national managers to supervise work of other supervisory, professional or managerial employees, or who manages an essential function, department or subdivision in the U.S.

• Specialized Knowledge employees of companies outside U.S. that have related U.S. branches, subsidiaries, affiliates or joint venture partners

• Multinational companies to transfer employees with specialized knowledge such as, its products, research methods and marketing techniques

EB-1 Green Cards

Employment Based Green Cards under the First Preference Category (EB-1) are appropriate for those individuals who meet any of the following criteria:

• Foreign nationals who have received national or international acclaim for outstanding achievements in Arts, Sciences, Education, Business or Athletics
• Outstanding professors and researchers who have at least three years experience in teaching or research in their field and received international recognition for their work
• Executives of multinational companies managing an organization or a major function or division of an organization
• Managers of multinational companies supervising the work of other supervisory, professional or managerial employees
• Managers who manage an essential function, department or subdivision
• Multinational companies to sponsor the Green Card application for their executives and managers
• U.S. Universities to sponsor the Green Card application for foreign national professors and researchers with outstanding abilities

• Immediate family members of EB-1 Green Card applicants

Employment Based Green Cards under the Second Preference Category (EB-2) are appropriate for those individuals who meet any of the following criteria:

• Foreign professionals with an advanced university degrees (masters degree or higher) and a job offer from a U.S. company
• Foreign professionals with a baccalaureate degree and five years of progressive experience in the job offered and a job offer from a U.S. company
• Foreign nationals with exceptional ability in the sciences, business or arts and with a job offer from a U.S. company
• U.S. companies to sponsor the Green Card application for foreign professionals holding advanced university degrees, or persons with exceptional ability in the sciences, business, or arts
• Universities to sponsor the Green Card application for foreign national professors and researchers of exceptional ability

• Immediate family members of EB-2 Green Card applicants.

EB-3 Green Cards*

Employment Based Green Cards under the Third Preference Category (EB-3) are appropriate for those individuals who meet any of the following criteria:

• Professionals with a U.S. bachelor's or foreign equivalent degree and a job offer from a U.S. company
• Skilled workers with at least two years of training and/or experience and a job offer from a U.S. company
• Unskilled workers with less than two years training or experience and a job offer from a U.S. company
• U.S. companies to sponsor the Green Card application for professional, skilled or unskilled foreign nationals

• Immediate family members of EB-3 Green Card applicants

To be eligible to obtain the Foreign Labor Certification under current regulations, the employer must meet the following requirements:

• There must be a bona fide job opening;
  

• Job requirements must adhere to what is customarily required for the occupation in the U.S. and may not be tailored to the worker's qualifications;

• The employer must document that the job opportunity has been and is being described without unduly restrictive job requirements, unless adequately documented as arising from business necessity; and
  

• The employer must pay, or demonstrate ability to pay, at least the prevailing wage for the occupation in the area of intended employment

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