New York Immigration Attorneys

Berger & Berger

555 International Drive, Suite 800 Buffalo, New York 14221 USA

 (716) 568-4451
 (716) 634-0415

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Law Firm Overview

Let the New York immigration attorneys form the law office of Berger & Berger help you find the best path to becoming an American citizen. For over 35 years Berger & Berger has represented Individuals, Corporations, and other Institutions across the nation and around the world. We specialize in all matters relating to the United States Immigration and Nationality Law, from business visas and permanent residency to removal proceedings and visa processing.

Berger & Berger attorneys and their support staff work as a team. Cases are handled by one or two immigration attorneys as well as paralegals and law clerks. This arrangement enhances productivity and provides the client with multiple points of contact and assistance. This also enables us to entrust distinct phases of representation to the appropriate lawyer and support personnel. Berger & Berger's immigration attorneys, law clerks, and paralegals routinely discuss progress and potential issues in individual cases to provide the best possible immigration service to their clients.

Year this Office was Established: 1974

Practice Areas

Additional Practice Areas: Canadians/NAFTA; Family Immigration

Practice Areas Description

At The Law Firm of Berger & Berger, we represent national and international clients for their immigration law concerns in the following areas:

- Immigrant

* EB-1 Visa
Aliens with extraordinary ability are those with "extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics which has been demonstrated by sustained national or international acclaim and whose achievements have been recognized in the field through extensive documentation."

* EB-2 Visa
The EB-2 classification includes aliens who are "members of the professions holding advanced degrees or their equivalent" and aliens "who because of their exceptional ability in the sciences, arts, or business will substantially benefit the national economy, cultural, or educational interests or welfare of the United States."

* EB-3 Visa
EB-3 classification includes:

• Aliens with at least two years of experience as skilled workers
• Professionals with a baccalaureate degree
• Other workers with less than two years experience, such as an unskilled worker who can
perform labor for which qualified workers are not available in the United States.

* PR through PERM
The procedure to obtain a green card through labor certification is a multi-stage process, which includes an application to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), the filing of a petition for immigrant worker with the U.S Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) and finally, if the applicant is already in the U.S., filing an application to adjust to permanent resident status. If the applicant is outside the U.S., an application for an immigrant visa is filed at a U.S. consulate abroad.

- Non-Immigrant

* B-1 and B-2 Visas
Generally, a citizen of a foreign country who wishes to enter the United States must either be from a country eligible under the “visa waiver program” or first obtain a nonimmigrant visa for a temporary stay. The "B" visitor visa is a nonimmigrant visa for persons desiring to enter the United States temporarily for business (B-1), or for pleasure or medical treatment (B-2). Persons planning to travel to the U.S. for a different purpose such as students, temporary workers, crewmembers, journalists, etc., must apply for a different visa in the appropriate category.

* E-Visa
Treaties between the United States and many countries allow foreign nationals to come to the United States to conduct trade or to manage substantial investments. Unlike the one million dollar threshold for the permanent resident investor visa (E-5), there is no fixed dollar amount for treaty investment. Those qualifying for the E-1 (Trader) or E-2 (Investor) visas can pursue long-term business objectives using these practical visas.

* F-1 Visas
The immigration laws of the United States permit foreign students to come to the U.S. to go to school at all academic levels. U.S. schools can obtain authorization from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to admit foreign students and to issue documentation allowing the students to obtain F-1 non-immigrant visa classification. Dependents are allowed to accompany students, and may be granted F-2 visa classification. A foreign student in the F-1 classification may stay in the U.S. for extended periods of time to complete degrees or other academic goals, and under certain circumstances, may be allowed to work in the United States.

* H-1B Visa
An H-1B non-immigrant visa may be used to bring a worker temporarily to the United States if the employee will work in a "specialty occupation" or as a fashion model of distinguished merit and ability. A specialty occupation requires theoretical and practical application of a body of specialized knowledge, and the alien must have earned at least a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in order to be eligible. For example, architecture, engineering, mathematics, physical sciences, social sciences, medicine and health, education, business specialties, accounting, law, theology, and the arts are all specialty occupations.

* I-9 Visa
In 1986, the Immigration and Control Act made employers liable for knowingly employing aliens not authorized to work in the U.S. by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). Employers are required to maintain I-9 Forms showing that all employees are authorized to work in the U.S., including U.S. citizens. Many common errors are committed by employers completing the I-9 Form. Violations of these laws expose all employers to substantial civil, and possibly criminal, penalties. This complex area of the law demands careful attention by all employers.

* J-Visa
The "J" visa is for educational and cultural exchange programs designated by the Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The purpose of an exchange program is to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries by means of educational and cultural exchanges. They provide an extremely valuable opportunity to experience the United States and our way of life. Foreign nationals come to the United States to participate in a wide variety of educational and cultural exchange programs.

* L-Visa
An L-1 intra-company transferee is an alien coming temporarily to perform services in a managerial, executive, or specialized knowledge capacity. The alien must have worked for the same corporation or firm, or for the branch, subsidiary or affiliate of the employer which employed him or her abroad, for one continuous year within the three-year period immediately preceding the filing of the petition, in an executive, managerial or specialized knowledge capacity.

* O & P Visas
The O non-immigrant visa category enables foreign nationals who have demonstrated extraordinary ability or extraordinary achievement in a variety of fields, or those who have critical skills and experience with such an individual, to obtain a temporary working visa.

The P non-immigrant visa is available to foreign entertainment groups, athletes, or entertainers who wish to enter the United States temporarily to perform under a reciprocal exchange program or to teach in a program that is culturally unique.

Affiliations

Attorneys

Michael B. Berger, Esq. Senior Partner Immigration

William H. Berger, Esq. Partner Immigration

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