The Immigration Law Practice Area offers a comprehensive range of immigration and naturalization legal services to corporate, small business and individual clients. We focus on temporary and permanent immigration, as well as citizenship.

Temporary/Nonimmigrant Visas

We offer analysis, advice and handle applications for individuals seeking to enter the U.S. to visit, study or work, or change visa categories. Each status has its own eligibility requirements, advantages and disadvantages, and therefore individualized attention and communication are crucial to a successful outcome. We have experience in guiding individuals and companies in the following areas:

• B1/B2 (visitor for business or pleasure) and visa waiver
• F1 (student)
• J1 (exchange visitor)
• E (treaty trader or investor)
• H-1b (temporary worker)
• L-1 (intracompany transferee)
• O-1 (outstanding researcher, professional or artist)
• P-1 (athlete or performer)
• R-1 (religious workers)
• TN (NAFTA category for Mexican or Canadian professionals)

Immigrant Visas/ Permanent Residence (Green Cards)

We represent both individuals and employers who apply for or sponsor foreign national through employment-based or family-based petitions. It is important to discuss and plan for the applicable processes, timing, and importance of remaining in valid temporary status, where applicable, due to visa backlogs and retrogression.

Our firm fully understands the necessity of keeping abreast of the most recent changes in immigration laws, understanding the importance of filing concurrent adjustment of status applications, mastering the intricacies of filing labor certification applications with the Department of Labor, complying with recruiting requirements for advertised positions, and helping clients plan for interviews at U.S. embassies around the world. We can counsel employers regarding hiring foreign personnel who have existing or pending applications or whose status is about to terminate. Our attorneys have extensive experience in all facets of immigrant visas, including:

• Labor certifications (PERM)
• Immigrant visa petitions for family members and workers
• Priority workers: multinational executives and managers
• Outstanding professors and researchers
• Exceptional ability in the sciences, arts or business
• Special Immigrant religious workers
• Investors
• Marriage-based green cards, including same-sex marriage cases, and removal of   conditional residence
• Waivers (I-601 and I-601A provisional waivers)

We also offer counseling and advice for family members of foreign nationals who must apply for or renew visa status, and citizenship applications for those seeking naturalization.

May 4, 2018Laurie Woog Was Recently Quoted in New Jersey Business Magazine on the Impact of Immigration Laws on New Jersey Employers

Laurie Woog, Of Counsel to the Firm and Chair of its Immigration Law Practice Group, was recently quoted in a New Jersey Business Magazine article on how immigration laws are impacting New Jersey employers....

May 3, 2018Immigration Law Update: H-1b and DACA News

H-1b Cap reached: As H-1b watchers know, USCIS started accepting H-1b filings for the new fiscal year on April 2, 2018 and the cap, or quota, was reached quickly....

13 Feb2017 Mandelbaum Salsburg Year in Review

We are pleased to share our 2017 Year in Review which highlights some of the Firm's notable successes during the last year. We are thankful to our clients who have allowed us to continue doing what we love. We continue to expand our practice areas and bench to reflect our clients needs....

18 SepLaurie Woog Interviewed on Issues and Ideas Radio Show about Current State of DACA

Laurie Woog, Chair of the Firm's Immigration Law Practice, spoke with Chris DeBello on his "Issues and Ideas" radio show this week about the current state of DACA and who it is impacting the 22,000 in New Jersey who are in it. Hear what Laurie had to say by clicking on Read More....

12 SepSeptember 2017 Immigration Law Update

Mandelbaum Salsburg's Immigration Law Department has shared its July 2017 Immigration Law Update covering topics such as DACA and new restrictions on employment-based Green Card applicants. Check out this month's issue here....

24 AugLaurie Woog Authors Article for The Matrimonial Strategist on Divorce and the Undocumented Spouse

Laurie Woog, Of Counsel to the Firm and Chair of its Immigration Law Department recently authored an article for The Matrimonial Strategist on "Divorce and the Undocumented Spouse....

5 JulJuly 2017 Immigration Law Update

Mandelbaum Salsburg's Immigration Law Department has shared its July 2017 Immigration Law Update covering topics such as DACA Benefits, Cuts to the H-2B Visa Program and the Supreme Court's recent decision on travel. Check out this month's issue here: http://conta.cc/2uJLNLe...

27 JunLaurie Woog Quoted on Northjersey.com Regarding Revised Travel Ban

Laurie Woog, Chair of Mandelbaum Salsburg's Immigration Law practice was quoted in a northjersey.com article on the Revised Travel Ban. Check out what Laurie had to say here: http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/nation/2017/06/26/wholl-banned-under-revised-travel-ban-thats-not-so-clear/428757001/...

5 FebImmigration Law Update - February 2017

Check out the latest news and recent developments in immigration law with the Firm's "Immigration Law Update" provided by Laurie Woog, Chair of the Immigration Practice Group. Click read more to view this month's update...

20 JanImmigration Law Update - January 2017

Check out the latest news and recent developments in immigration law with the Firm's "Immigration Law Update" provided by Laurie Woog, Chair of the Immigration Practice Group. Click read more to view this month's update...

25 JunUSCIS Approves EB-2 National Interest Waiver (NIW) Petition Submitted in the Field of Emergency Medicine Technology by Attorney Laurie Woog, Head of Mandelbaum Salsburg Immigration Group

After only two months, USCIS approved the above case submitted by Laurie Woog, Esq. on behalf of a venture capital-backed start up tech company in New York that sought to retain a key business partner responsible for managing the launch of an app designed to revolutionize...

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