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Practice/Industry Group Overview
The Fennemore Craig Immigration Practice represents both domestic and international companies on the work authorization issues of foreign national employees. The Immigration Practice complements the firm’s full range of labor and employment legal services. Fennemore Craig’s commitment to immigration legal services reflects the growing demands from employers for result-oriented assistance in recruiting highly qualified workers worldwide for specialized fields, such as health care and the tech sector.
Immigration Practice attorney Nancy-Jo Merritt, assisted by a team of experienced paralegals, aids U.S. businesses in obtaining and maintaining the appropriate immigration status for foreign professionals and highly skilled workers. She also counsels multi-national clients in the international relocation of employees to such diverse locations as Canada, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom and Pacific Rim countries, as well as the United States. She also assists employers who want to provide sponsorship for foreign workers who wish to obtain lawful permanent resident status, or a “green card.”
The Immigration Practice counsels employers on compliance with federal law requiring verification of employee eligibility to work in the United States and advises employers regarding audits and documentation requests from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (formerly the Immigration and Naturalization Service), U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S Immigration and Custom Enforcement, the Department of Labor, and the Social Security Administration. Development of internal policies for management of the myriad issues facing employers with foreign national employees in their workforce is also a focus.
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