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Practice overview
The immigration attorneys at Clark Hill serve a client base of multi-national companies and individuals located across the U.S. and around the world. We represent clients in immigration matters before all relevant governmental agencies, including the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Labor and Department of State, as well as matters arising at U.S. Ports of Entry. We also regularly handle immigration matters involving the movement of personnel between the U.S. and Canada under the provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Our experience in handling matters before government agencies gives us the experience necessary to serve the needs of our clients.
Clark Hill immigration attorneys recognize that successful companies rely heavily on their human capital, both domestic and international, to drive innovation. With this principle in mind, our goal is to utilize our broad immigration expertise and technological resources to facilitate the seamless transfer of international personnel in a manner consistent with the accelerating pace of global business.
The Immigration Practice at Clark Hill combines our expertise in immigration law with practical solutions such as fixed fee billing and the latest in case management software, to provide our clients with the highest level of service.
People are our Practice (Approach)
It's sometimes easy to forget that the practice of immigration law is, first and foremost, about people. In this time of heightened security and increased scrutiny, it's more important than ever that your people remain the focus of each immigration matter.
The Clark Hill Immigration Practice is in the business of people, not process. We have the experience, skills and technology needed to effectively navigate the tangled and ever-changing immigration bureaucracy. To our immigration group, these tools are a vehicle to remove fears, alleviate stress and provide a sense of comfort to your most valued assets...and a feeling of confidence to you and your organization.
The Clark Hill Immigration Practice brings professional and practical experience to every matter. When you engage the Clark Hill Immigration Practice, you get the specialized expertise, dedicated service and high-level counsel you expect from a boutique firm...combined with the high quality practice and big-picture focus that define multi-practice firms. Surrounded by leading attorneys in the field of employment and business law, government relations, litigation and personal legal services, attorneys and legal assistants with the Clark Hill Immigration Practice bring a unique and valued perspective to each client relationship.
Meticulous, Reliable, Accessible (Services)
These are the tenets that define the Clark Hill Immigration Practice. Our immigration professionals pride themselves on attention to detail and follow-through. Our professionals quickly respond to any situation by combining a sense of personal responsibility with the latest case management technologies. Some of our many immigration services include:
- US Work Visas
- US Green Cards
- US Citizenship Issues
- Regulatory Compliance Guidelines & Auditing
- Corporate Immigration Education & HR Training
- Counseling on Structural Changes (Mergers, Acquisitions, Spin-offs)
- Counseling on Reductions in Workforce
- Ongoing Relationships with Government Officials
Immigration Updates
We offer our clients regular updates on changes in immigration law and policy that affect their companies and their employees. As changes occur and situations develop, you can count on the professionals at Clark Hill to provide you with the latest information, transmitted electronically directly to your office.
Fixed Fees for the Ultimate in Budget Planning
We believe immigration service is best provided on a fixed fee basis. Carefully developed through extensive experience will similar cases, our fixed fee billing structure eliminates the immigration budgeting guesswork that has challenged human resources departments for years.
If for some reason the circumstances of a specific matter require fees in excess of the quoted fee, authorization is always obtained before proceeding further with work on the matter. If the nature of the matter does not lend itself to fixed fee billing, our normal professional or paraprofessional hourly rates will apply.
Links
At Clark Hill, our Immigration Practice Group realizes that sometimes it is best to go straight to the source. We offer our clients access to the most frequently used immigration websites without the hassle of surfing the net.
USCIS
- U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services
- Welcome to the United States: A Guide for New Immigrants
- Civil Surgeon Locator
- Change of Address Instructions and Form AR-11
- USCIS Processing Dates
- California Service Center
- Nebraska Service Center
- Texas Service Center
- Vermont Service Center
Department of Labor
- U.S Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration
- DOL Processing Dates For Labor Certification Applications - Regional and State Offices
Department of State
- U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs
- U.S. Department of State
- Visa Bulletin Priority Dates
Experience
The Immigration Practice Group at Clark Hill provides assistance to clients in a wide variety of industries including:
- Automotive industry
- School
- Information Technology
- Transportation & Logistics
- Religious Organizations
- Healthcare
- Non-Profits
- Biotechnology
- Software Development
- High Tech Engineering
- Steel
- Entrepreneurs
Our attorneys and legal assistants are dedicated to providing exemplary service to our clients while focusing on the human aspects of our practice. We draw upon our personal experiences to provide a sense of comfort to each foreign national we assist, while using our immigration expertise and technological resources to provide a sense of confidence to employers.
