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    Immigration

    Norris McLaughlin provides a full-service immigration practice whose trained professionals have extensive experience in the field of immigration law.

    The immigration law attorneys are skilled in all types of immigration matters and representation before the nation’s immigration-related agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Board of Immigration Appeals, Board of Immigration Labor Certification Appeals, Department of State, United States Embassies and Consulates, Department of Labor, and any other federal agency, whether in the United States or overseas.

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    The immigration attorneys can handle services including:

    Corporate Immigration

    Employee Immigrant Visa

    • Multi-National Executives and Managers
    • Persons with Extraordinary Abilities
    • Professors and Researchers
    • Professionals with Advanced Degrees – National Interest Waiver
    • Persons with Exceptional Abilities – National Interest Waiver
    • Professional Workers
    • Skilled and Unskilled Laborers
    • Foreign Medical Graduates, Doctors, Nurses, and Other Healthcare Professionals
    • Broadcasters
    • Religious Workers
    • PERM Labor Certifications
    • Recruitment and Continued Compliance Policies
    • Consular Processing

    Employee Non-Immigrant Visas

    • E-1, Treaty Traders and Qualified Employees
    • E-2, Treaty Investors and Qualified Employees
    • E-3, Specialty Occupation Professionals from Australia
    • H-1B, Workers in Specialty Occupations
    • H-1C, Registered Nurses
    • H-2A, Temporary or Seasonal Agriculture Workers
    • H-2B, Temporary Non-Agriculture Workers
    • H-3, Trainees
    • J-1, Exchange Visitors
    • L-1, Intracompany Managerial, Executive, Specialty Occupation Transferees
    • O-1, Persons of Extradordinary Ability in Sciences, Arts, Education, Business, Athletics, Motion Pictures, or Television Production
    • P-1, Internationally Recognized Athletes or Performers
    • Q-1, Persons Participating in International Cultural Exchange Program
    • R-1, Religious Workers
    • TN, North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Temporary Professional Visas for Individuals from Mexico and Canada
    • Extensions and Changes of Status
    • Consular Processing

    I-9 Compliance Matters

    • Form I-9 Processing
    • E-Verify Employer Agent
    • Form I-9 Remote Employee Verification
    • Form I-9 Employer Training
    • Form I-9 Internal Audits
    • Immigration and Customs Enforcement Site Inspections and Random Audits

    Individual Immigration

    Immigrant Visas

    • Employer Sponsored Immigrant Work Petitions (EB-1, EB-2, EB-3, and EB-4 Immigrant Visas)
    • Family Based Immigrant Petitions (spouse of US Citizen, relative of a US Citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident)
    • Diversity Visa Program
    • EB-5 Individual Investor Visa
    • Consular Processing

    Non-Immigrant Visas

    • Visitor Visas (B-1/B-2)
    • Student Visas
    • Trainee Visas
    • OPT Applications
    • STEM OPT Matters
    • Entertainment, Sports, and Media Visas
    • A, B, C, D, E, H, I, J, L, M, O, P, Q, R Visas
    • Treaty Trader/Treaty Investor E Visas
    • TN, North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
    • Temporary Professional Visas for Individuals from Mexico and Canada
    • Extensions and Changes of Status
    • Consular Processing

    Family Immigration

    • Immigrant Relative Petitions (Spouses, Parents, Siblings, Children, Stepchildren, Adopted Children)
    • Adjustments of Status to Lawful Permanent Residency
    • Hardship Waivers
    • Fiancée Petitions
    • Removal of Conditions on Permanent Residency
    • International Adoptions
    • Consular Processing

    EB-5 Investor Visa Program

    • Representation of Foreign Investors in Direct Investments and Regional Center Investments
    • Regional Center Formations and Management
    • Representation of US organizations seeking EB-5 Investment Capital from Foreign Investors

    Naturalization

    • Individual-Based Naturalization (5 Years as a Lawful Permanent Resident)
    • Spouse-Based Naturalization (3 Years as a Lawful Permanent Resident and Married to a U.S. Citizen for 3-Years)
    • Naturalization Interview Preparation and Representation
    • Denaturalization Proceedings

    2 Attorneys found

    Irem Dogan

    Member
    New York

    Education

    • Brooklyn Law School
      • J.D.
    • American University, School of International Service
      • B.A.

    Area of Practice

    • Immigration

    Michael K. Ligorano

    Member
    New Jersey

    Education

    • Western New England University School of Law
      • J.D.
    • Rutgers University
      • B.A., cum laude

    Area of Practice

    • Real Estate, Finance, and Land Use
    • Immigration

    News

    June 7, 2022
    Norris McLaughlin Welcomes Michael K. Ligorano to Bridgewater Office
    December 30, 2021
    William Menard Named National Law Review 2021 “Go-To Thought Leader” in Immigration Law
    September 30, 2021
    Six Norris McLaughlin Attorneys Recognized by New York Metro Super Lawyers ®
    August 11, 2021
    Immigration Attorney William C. Menard Recognized by the New Jersey Law Journal as a “New Leader of the Bar”
    January 1, 2021
    Norris McLaughlin Promotes Associate Attorney to Member of the Firm
    March 22, 2018
    William Menard to Moderate the Somerset County Business Partnership Immigration Forum
    March 6, 2018
    William Menard Discusses Immigration Detention on PRI’s “The World”

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