Alternatives to H-1B: When the Odds Weren’t in Your Favor
| Live Event Date: 04/11/2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Format | Length | CLE Eligible |
| Web Seminar | 90 min. | Yes |
Each year, hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals fix their hopes on being selected in the H-1B cap lottery for the opportunity to begin (or continue) employment in the United States. Likewise, U.S. employers depend on the lottery to attract and retain talent. Were your clients’ key employees not selected in the lottery? Expert panelists on this intermediate seminar will address creative strategies for foreign nationals unable to secure work authorization through the H-1B cap lottery, including the benefits and disadvantages of alternative U.S. nonimmigrant and immigrant options, qualifying criteria, and key strategic considerations.
Featured Topics:
- Working in F-1 status: CPT, OPT, and STEM OPT considerations
- H-1B cap-exempt: leveraging exemption categories and concurrent employment strategies
- Treaty-based visas (TN, E-3, H-1B1, E-1, and E-2) and exchange visitors (J-1)
- Extraordinary ability employees: qualifying for O-1 or P-1 status
- Looking outside of the United States to build an L-1 intracompany transferee application
- Moving straight to the green card application: timing and other considerations
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Sylvia S. Yong (DL), AILA Board of Governors, Toronto, Canada
Sylvia S. Yong is an Associate Attorney with KPMG Law LLP in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her practice focuses on employment-based immigration and compliance, global mobility solutions, and U.S.-Canada cross-border issues. She is currently Chair of the AILA Canada Chapter, and serves on the AILA Board of Governors, the AILA Distance Learning Committee, and the AILA GMS Membership Subcommittee. Ms. Yong received her JD from the University of British Columbia in Canada, and is admitted to the Ontario and New York State bars.
Kevin W. Miner, AILA USCIS HQ (Benefits Policy) Liaison Committee Vice Chair, Atlanta, GA
Kevin Miner is a Partner in the Atlanta office of Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP, and works with employers throughout the U.S. on business immigration processes. Mr. Miner is a co-author of Business Immigration: Law & Practice, 2nd Edition, which is a leading treatise on business immigration matters. He currently serves as Vice Chair of the AILA USCIS HQ (Policy and Benefits) Committee. Mr. Miner speaks regularly around the country on topics relating to high-skilled immigration.
Sonal J.M. Verma, AILA DOL Liaison Committee, Rockville, MD
Sonal J. Mehta Verma is a founding member of Verma Cortes LLC, based in Rockville, MD. Verma Cortes LLC is a full service immigration firm, and Sonal focuses her practice on business immigration matters. She has been a panelist at local, national, and international AILA conferences, interested lawyer groups, and law school classes. A former Washington, DC Chapter chair, she has been chosen to serve AILA on various local and national committees for over 20 years.
Shams Vahedi, East Lansing, MI
Shams Vahedi, Esq. based in Birmingham, MI, serves as an employment-based immigration advisor at Michigan State University. In this role, Shams specializes in facilitating work visas for international faculty and staff, contributing to the university's diverse and global workforce. Additionally, Shams is an active member of the Distance Learning Committee within AILA. Shams graduated from Michigan State University College of Law in 2018.