Practice Areas

Immigration Law

The immigration group at Brooks & DeRensis is known throughout New England and the United States for thought leadership and creative strategies to resolve complex immigration problems. Our immigration clients include universities, hospitals, laboratories, artists, researchers, scientists, entrepreneurs, start-up companies, small and medium-sized multinational companies, and their founders.

We work with both employers and foreign professionals to secure US work visas and employment-based “green cards.” We stand side-by-side with clients, helping them move seamlessly through the visa petition process before the US Department of Labor and the US Citizenship and Immigration Service; through the visa validation process before the US Department of State consular posts abroad; and through the border crossing process at air and land ports before US Customs and Border Protection.

Our services include:

Transaction of US temporary visa petitions for foreign professional workers
Expert advice, counsel, preparation and submission of National Interest Waiver Petitions, of Extraordinary Scientist Petitions, and of Outstanding Researcher or Professor Petitions to classify an individual for the “employment-based green card”
Representation before US consular posts abroad to validate US visas
Counsel to US employers and their foreign employees concerning travel to the United States, living in the United States, working in the United States, and international travel with or without US or foreign visas
Training of employers, human resources directors, and supervisors on US work authorization questions, and on Form I-9 compliance
Representation before the interested government agencies in a Form I-9 audit or investigation
Personal representation at the airports and US border crossing points
Foreign work visas for US workers abroad including to South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and Brazil

Secure Your Future Here

Immigration is difficult and essential, both for you and for the strength of our communities. Let us help you realize a new life in the United States.