This comprehensive and informative CLE course will address visa and green card petitions and, if time permits, will also cover H-1B’s. The course will explain how to successfully file visa petitions E ((Investors and Traders from countries with treaties with the US), O-1A (Athletics, Business, Education and the Sciences) and O-1B (Artists, and those in Motion Pictures & TV).

Regarding green card petitions, the course will focus on EB-1A (Extraordinary Ability in the Arts, Athletics, Business, Education and Sciences); EB-2 NIW (Advanced Degree Professional or Exceptional Ability in the Arts, Sciences or Business, whose endeavor has Substantial Merit and National Importance; are Well-Positioned to Advance their Endeavor in the US, and On Balance, waiver of a job offer is in the U.S. national interest); and PERM-based (recruitment efforts fail to identify a single qualified US worker).

This course will also address H-1B (professional workers in “specialty occupations”, L-1 (intracompany transferees) and P-1 (athletes and entertainers).