Sponsoring foreign workers can be an expensive, complicated, time-consuming, and, at times, frustrating endeavor. In many instances, employers must deal with three or more separate yet equally overburdened state and federal agencies in their attempts to fill crucial positions. Factoring in business deadlines and processing delays, timing issues often become critical. Aside from the timing issues involved with almost every petition, failing to spot what may appear to be a minor technical issue until the final stage of the process may result in a waste of precious time and money. As technicalities are the rule not the exception, each project must be approached with meticulous detail.
In addition to navigating the procedural maze of the Maine and U.S. Departments of Labor, the Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS"), and the U.S. State Department, we regularly advise our clients concerning ongoing compliance with complex immigration laws that affect their businesses. This includes guidance with regard to I-9 reporting requirements as well as ongoing recordkeeping obligations for H-1B employers.
General immigration law updates may be found on our website at Eaton Peabody: NEWS OF INTEREST. In addition to our employment-based practice, we also advise clients with regard to family-based immigration issues and prepare and file immigrant petitions and adjustment of status/visa applications on their behalf. Depending on client preference and the complexity of the case, our involvement may extend from the filing of the initial paperwork all the way through the INS interview and beyond.
Our practice has the resources which enable our attorneys to serve clients efficiently and effectively. We maintain an extensive immigration law library in our Bangor, Maine office and immigration software for purposes of form preparation. Both Mr. Johnston and Mr. Raynes are members of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
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