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4225 SW Huber Street
Suite 410
Portland, Oregon 97219
Phone: 503.892.6615
Fax : 503.892.8851
Se habla español
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Experienced Business Immigration LawyerUS businesses often desire to hire foreign employees who have critical skills and foreign employers often want to relocate employees to the United States to assist with US operations. Unfortunately, this is not a straightforward or easy process. The requirements are generally highly restrictive and visa shortages and delays are endemic. Very often employment-based cases involve extremely complex and technical issues, which must be properly analyzed and resolved to obtain the desired visa. Sometimes routine approaches to problems are not sufficient and novel solutions are called for. For these reasons, most employers turn to an experienced immigration attorney to help with this critical process. The law firm of Michael W. Meltzer, PC has provided immigration services to employers in Oregon and throughout the Pacific Northwest and the rest of the United States as well as abroad for nearly 20 years and has extensive experience in all areas of business-related immigration law. We also work with other attorneys who have other specialties whose clients need immigration advice in a business context including in managing the immigration consequences of mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate changes. We have represented the full spectrum of US and foreign business, including "mom and pop" stores, small start-ups, and medium and large privately held companies, and large publicly traded companies with thousands of employees and operations all over the world. We have extensive experience with special occupational categories including scientists, researchers, professors and teachers, engineers, IT and computer professionals, graphic designers, physicians, nurses and physical therapists. Our business practice includes the following immigrant and nonimmigrant categories: IMMIGRANT CATEGORIES (Permanent Residence) - PERM labor certification for professionals with a bachelor's degree and skilled workers whose work requires at least 2 years of experience
- Schedule A nurses and physical therapists
- Foreign nationals with extraordinary ability
- Outstanding professors and researchers
- Multinational executives and managers
- National interest waivers
- Employment creation investors
- Advanced degree professionals
NONIMMIGRANT CATEGORIES (Temporary Work Authority) - H-IB foreign nationals in specialty occupations
- H-2B seasonal workers
- L-1A executive and managerial intracompany transferees
- L-1B specialized knowledge intracompany transferees
- E-1 treaty traders (owners and employees with special skills)
- E-2 treaty investors (owners and employees with special skills)
- E-3 specialty occupation visas for Australians
- O foreign nationals with extraordinary abilities in the arts and sciences
- P performers and entertainers
- TN trade NAFTA Canadian and Mexican nationals
- B-1 visas for business activities that do not involve US employment
If you need an experienced business immigration lawyer, contact our offices to schedule a complimentary case evaluation. Se habla español Law Firm of Michael W. Meltzer, P.C.
4225 SW Huber Street
Suite 410
Portland OR 97219 Ph: 503.892.6615
Fax: 503.892.8851 The Law Firm of Michael W. Meltzer, P.C., in Portland, provides legal counsel in immigration, naturalization and visa matters to clients throughout Salem and Portland in Oregon, across the state of Washington (WA), in Vancouver, Canada, and around the world. | 
