Practice Areas & Industries: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Gardere has a full-service immigration practice assisting corporations with obtaining the proper visas for hiring, transferring and training their employees in the United States. We also coordinate transfers of U.S. employees abroad with foreign law firms. The Immigration Practice Area provides the following services:

• Short and long-term planning of both permanent and temporary international transfers of personnel for corporate companies.
• Obtaining of U.S. non-immigrant visas including:
  • Business visitor/pleasure visas (B-1/B-2)
  • Treaty trader/investor visas (E-1/E-2)
  • Student visas (F-1)
  • Professional visas (H-1B)
  • Trainee visas (H-3)
  • Trainee and exchange visas (J-1)
  • Intracompany transferee visas (L-1)
  • Artist/athlete visas (O and P)
  • Religious worker visas (R-1)
  • TN NAFTA work authorizations
• ­Obtaining U.S. permanent residence through employment, investment or family relationships
• I-140 immigrant petitions
• Labor certifications (traditional and reduction in recruitment)
• National interest waivers
• I-485 adjustment of status
• I-539 extensions/change of status
• Visaapplications or extensions
• I-131 advance paroles and reentry permits
• I-765 employment authorizations
• N-400 applications for naturalization
• N-470 applications to preserve permanent residence
• N-600 applications for certificate of citizenship
• I-9 and employer sanctions issues
• Coordination of outbound immigration work with foreign law firms