PRE-ORDER
Designed for both seasoned and new practitioners, this handbook equips attorneys with the tools and insights needed to address today’s most pressing immigration challenges. It details the requirements for successfully petitioning for B, F, J-1, E, L-1, H-1B, TN, H-2B, O, and P visa categories, as well as other immigration routes such as family-sponsored immigration, employment-based permanent resident petitions, and obtaining permanent residence through the Diversity Immigrant Visa program. The handbook also covers the processing of visa applications, naturalization and citizenship applications, and employment eligibility and workplace enforcement, including immigration raids.
General Editor:
James G. Aldrich, Dykema Gossett PLLC, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Chapter 1 — The B Visa Category (Tourists and Business Visitors)
Julie T Emerick and Anne Miller, Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Schaumburg
Chapter 2 — The F Visa Category (Students)
Scott Pollack and Lindsey Fullerton, Scott D Pollock and Associates, P.C., 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)
James G. Aldrich, Dykema Gossett PLLC, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Chapter 5 — The L-1 Visa Category (Intracompany Transferees)
James G. Aldrich, Dykema Gossett PLLC, Bloomfield Hills, MI
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 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
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 Extraordinary Ability or Internationally Recognized)
Susan Fortino-Brown, Law Offices of Susan Fortino-Brown, LLC, Chicago
Chapter 10 — Family-Sponsored Immigration: Immediate Relatives and Family-Based Preferences
Fazila Vaid and Anne Miller, Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Schaumberg, IL
Chapter 11 — Employment-Based Permanent Resident Petitions
Fazila Vaid and Anne Miller, Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Schaumberg, IL
Chapter 12 — Permanent Residence Under the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program
Cathy Higgins-Mora, Law Office of Cathy Higgins-Mora, 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
