H-1B Specialty Occupations, L-1 Intracompany Transfers, O-1 Extraordinary Ability, and other employment-based nonimmigrant classifications.
Navigating the complex landscape of U.S. work visas requires precision, strategic timing, and deep regulatory expertise. Our team architects comprehensive visa strategies for corporations and individuals seeking to work lawfully in the United States.
The cornerstone of professional employment in the U.S., the H-1B visa enables employers to hire foreign nationals in specialty occupations requiring theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialized knowledge.
Facilitates the transfer of key executives, managers, and specialized knowledge employees from foreign offices to U.S. operations. L-1A for executives/managers and L-1B for specialized knowledge personnel.
For individuals with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics, or extraordinary achievement in the motion picture or television industry.
We also handle TN visas for Canadian and Mexican professionals, E-3 visas for Australian nationals, and other work authorization categories.
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A highly tactical immigration strategist, Daniel engineers precise global mobility and corporate immigration pathways before USCIS and EOIR.
View Full BioBetween September and mid-October 2026, the federal government added, proposed or litigated six separate costs on hiring and keeping foreign talent. Some are in force, some are blocked, some are proposed. A finance view of what to budget, what to model as a scenario, and what to watch.
Samper Law in collaboration with Kloss MartinoAccurate as of October 13, 2026A DHS proposed rule publishing October 14, 2026 would delete the regulation that tells USCIS officers to defer to a prior approval when the same employer files an extension for the same worker on the same facts. Comments are due November 13. DHS's own numbers show what it would cost employers in time.
Daniel Lopez, Esq.Accurate as of October 13, 2026On October 8, 2026, the Vice President and the Secretary of Labor announced that the Department of Labor will not accept or process permanent labor certifications for eight employers under federal investigation. The workers most exposed are H-1B employees approaching six years without a green card filing. Every other sponsor should read this as a warning about recruitment and layoffs.
Lidice Samper, Esq.Accurate as of October 13, 2026On September 30, 2026, a federal court in San Francisco vacated the agency policies that collect the $100,000 H-1B payment and barred their use under both the original proclamation and the extension through September 2027. The proclamation itself stands. Here is what employers can and cannot rely on.
Daniel Lopez, Esq.Accurate as of October 13, 2026