This valuable handbook provides assistance for attorneys dealing with immigration and immigration issues. Immigration law is now in the news on an almost daily — and some days hourly — “breaking news” status. This handbook covers guidance and resources for attorneys regularly practicing in this area as well as those practicing in other areas for which immigration issues have taken on greater importance.
General Editor: James G. Aldrich, Dykema Gossett PLLC, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Chapter 1 — The B Visa Category (Tourists and Business Visitors)
Christina E. Coleman, Coleman Immigration LLC, Chicago
Chapter 2 — The F Visa Category (Students)
Lisa Scott, Scott Global Migration Law Group, Chicago
Chapter 3 — The J-1 Exchange Visitor Visa
Jacqueline Lentini McCullough, Law Offices of Jacqueline Lentini, LLC, Chicago
Chapter 4 — The E Visa Category (Treaty Traders and Investors)
Mark A. Primack, Dressler & Peters, LLC, Chicago
Chapter 5 — The L-1 Visa Category (Intracompany Transferees)
Mark A. Primack, Dressler & Peters, LLC, Chicago
Chapter 6 — The H-1B Visa Category (Specialty Occupation Workers)
Elise S. Levasseur, Dickinson Wright, PLLC, Troy, MI
Chapter 7 — The TN Category for Canadian and Mexican Professionals Under the North American Free Trade Agreement
Stephen J. Navarre, The Navarre Law Firm, Chicago
Chapter 8 — The H-2B Visa Category (Temporary Nonagricultural Workers)
James G. Aldrich, Dykema Gossett PLLC, Bloomfield Hills, MI,
Chapter 9 — The O and P Visa Categories (Aliens with Exceptional or Extraordinary Ability)
Susan R. Fortino-Brown, Law Offices of Susan Fortino-Brown, LLC, Chicago
Chapter 10 — Family-Sponsored Immigration: Immediate Relatives and Family-Based Preferences
Fazila Vaid, Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Schaumberg, IL
Chapter 11 — Employment-Based Permanent Resident Petitions
Fazila Vaid, Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Schaumberg, IL
Chapter 12 — Permanent Residence Under the Diversity Immigration Visa Program
Lisa Scott, Scott Global Migration Law Group, Chicago
Chapter 13 — Consular Processing of Visa Applications
Elise S. Levasseur, Dickinson Wright, PLLC, Troy, MI
Chapter 14 — Adjustment of Status (Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status in the United States)
Elise S. Levasseur, Dickinson Wright, PLLC, Troy, MI
Chapter 15 — Naturalization and Citizenship Applications
Farah S. Abbas, Abbas Law PLLC, Chicago
Chapter 16 — Service Center Processing: U.S. Applications
Ian D. Wagreich, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago
Chapter 17 — Employment Eligibility and Workplace Enforcement/Immigration Raids
James G. Aldrich, Dykema Gossett PLLC, Bloomfield Hills, MI
