Wheeler Upham has almost 40 years of experience in serving the needs of both corporate and individual clients in immigration matters. We advise them on compliance with current immigration laws, U.S. Department of Labor regulations governing the employment of foreign nationals in the United States, and the movement of international personnel under NAFTA. Individual clients who seek counsel and immigration services from the firm include, among others, multinational managers, professionals, investors, entrepreneurs, university faculty and research staff, medical professionals, foreign relatives of U.S. citizens, entertainers, and athletes.Wheeler Upham can provide prompt and cost-effective immigration services to match your company or individual needs.

Specifically, we regularly advise and represent clients on a variety of complex immigration law matters, including:

Non-Immigrant/Temporary U.S. Visas:

• Visitors for business and pleasure (B-1/B-2)
• Treaty-investor or treaty-trader visas for non-immigrant workers from foreign parent companies to their U.S. subsidiaries or affiliates (E-1 and E-2)
• Australian professional workers (E-3)
• Foreign workers in professional/specialty occupations (H-1B)
• Petitions on behalf of the foreign national fianc(e)s and spouses of U.S. citizens (K-1/K-3)
• Intracompany transferees for multinational corporations (L-1A managers/Executives and L-1B, specialized knowledge workers)
• Aliens of extraordinary ability (O-1)
• Athletes, entertainment groups, and support personnel (P-1)
• Religious workers (R-1)
• Canadian and Mexican professional workers, under NAFTA (TN-1/TN-2)

Immigrants (Permanent Residence/"Green Card" and Naturalization/Citizenship):

First Preference Employment-Based Form I-140, Immigrant Petitions for aliens of extraordinary ability (EB-1A), outstanding researchers and professors (EB-1B) and, executives and managers of multinational corporations (EB-1C)

• Second Preference Employment-Based National Interest Waiver Applications (NIW)
• Form I-140, Employment-Based Immigrant Petitions following PERM labor certification (EB-2 and EB-3)
• Form I-130, Family-Based Immigrant Petitions on behalf of the Foreign National spouses, parents, children and/or siblings of U.S. citizens
• Form I-485, Applications to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, including Form I-765, Applications for Employment Authorization Document (EAD) and Form I-131, Application for Travel Document (Advance Parole)
• Applications for Naturalization to U.S. Citizenship (Form -400, -600)
• Applications to Remove Conditions on Permanent Residence Status (Form I-751)

Contact William H. Heritage, Jr. or Nicholas S. Ayoub for further information or assistance.