Gibney's Immigration Practice Group provides innovative solutions to meet the challenges of U.S. immigration law.   We advise employers on all types of business immigration transactions including those applicable to business visitors, short-term assignees, expatriates and local hires. With immigration professionals in our New York and San Francisco offices, our attorneys are readily accessible to:

• Evaluate a client's particular goals and expectations
• Create an immigration program that is tailored to achieve those goals
• Develop appropriate internal immigration-related policies, procedures and strategies for workforce planning
• Recommend appropriate levels of staffing and technology resources to  support the program
• Establish blanket programs for intracompany transferees, treaty nationals and trainees for expedited transfers
• Prepare all nonimmigrant and immigrant visa petitions and applications
• Advise on the immigration implications of company mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations
• Educate in-house personnel on all aspects of the immigration process, including technical compliance with Form I-9 employment authorization verification requirements and H-1B Labor Condition Application regulations.
• Conduct audits to assess compliance
• Assist with the establishment and maintenance of systems for Form I-9 electronic generation and storage, including registration with the Department of Homeland Security’s E-Verify system and coordination with Gibney Onboarding Services
• Provide full-time or part-time on-site assistance for program coordination and management
• Arrange for client access to real-time information on individual cases 24/7 through use of the Gibney OWL ™, our immigration case management extranet
• Consult on selected immigration issues and concerns.