We aid these clients in starting and maintaining their U.S. operations with the personnel so vital to their success. Barton also provides global immigration solutions for multinational corporations, small businesses, academic and research institutions, artists, and other individuals.
Barton has had success both in partnering with human resource departments and in independently overseeing foreign national personnel programs. Our attorneys are knowledgeable regarding the processes of obtaining virtually every kind of work-related visa for various personnel, especially those serving in a business, managerial, or executive capacity.
At the intersection of employment and immigration, Barton attorneys help to facilitate a smooth employee-employer relationship and ensure that clients are in compliance with current immigration regulations as they pertain to employment and business. Our practice covers all areas of Business Immigration Law including the various investor visas (for example, EB-5, E-2, and E-1 options) and other permanent (green card) and temporary employment-based visas (H-1B, E-3, L-1, O-1, TN, EB-1, EB-2, and others) for individuals and companies.
Our business immigration services include advice and counseling related to:
- Investor visas (EB-5)
- Direct or regional center investments
- Naturalization
- Consular processing and visa issuance
- Trainee visas and student-related matters
- Legal solutions for short and long-term work assignments
- Reentry permits, advance parole, and employment authorization document
(EAD) applications
- Security clearance issues
- Translation, legalization, and acquisition of documents
- Passports
- Dependent visa processing for family members
- Employment-based immigration, including:
Non-Immigrant Visas
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- B-1 – Temporary Business Visitor
- E-1 – Treaty Trader Visa
- E-2 – Treaty Investor Visa
- E-3 – Certain Specialty Occupation Professionals from Australia
- F-1 – Student Visa (Occupational Practical Training)
- H-1B – Specialty Occupations
- H-1B1 – Professionals from Chile and Singapore
- H-3 – Nonimmigrant Trainee or Special Education Exchange Visitor
- J-1 – Educational and Cultural Exchange for Trainees, Interns and Research Scholars
- L-1A – Intracompany Transferee Executive or Manager
- L-1B – Intracompany Transferee Specialized Knowledge
- O-1 – Individuals with Extraordinary Ability or Achievement
- P-1A – Internationally Recognized Athlete
- P-1B – Member of Internationally Recognized Entertainment Group
- Q – Cultural Exchange
- TN – NAFTA Professionals
Immigrant Visas
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- EB-1 – Aliens with Extraordinary Ability, Outstanding Professors and Researchers and Multinational Managers & Executives
- EB-2 – Advanced Degree Professionals, Exceptional Ability and National Interest Waivers
- EB-3 – Skilled Workers, Professionals and Unskilled Workers
- PERM Labor Certification