About
Provided by Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Dorsey’s immigration practice group focuses almost exclusively on employment-based immigration matters for highly skilled foreign nationals, serving both large and small employers in their efforts to retain the best talent. Dorsey represents both high volume corporate petitioners and individual foreign national physicians, scientists, and entrepreneurs seeking green cards. Dorsey handles the full gamut of employment-based work, from H-1B, L-1, and TN visas to O-1 and EB-1(a) Extraordinary Ability petitions and everything in between. The firm serves clients in healthcare, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, IT / engineering, food, agribusiness, and manufacturing.
Dorsey has a national reputation in healthcare immigration, currently serving as principal outside immigration counsel for a highly ranked Minnesota-based hospital system. The work for this client and other healthcare and hospital system clients means Dorsey has developed significant expertise in the unique issues faced by foreign physician immigrants. Dorsey is one of just a handful of firms nationally that handles U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) research-based J-1 waivers for physicians. The firm also processes Conrad 30 and DHHS clinical J-1 waivers, file Physician National Interest Waivers (P-NIWs), H-1Bs for Physicians of National Renown, and O-1 physician cases, and work on MUA/HPSA issues. The firm also regularly represents individual physicians at leading academic health centers across the U.S.
Chambers Review
Dorsey & Whitney is a national firm with notable expertise in immigration matters. It advises clients on the full range of business immigration services, regularly acting for both large corporates and smaller businesses across a wide variety of sectors. The team is adept at handling visa applications and Extraordinary Ability petitions, and offers significant experience in healthcare immigration.
Work Highlights
- Dorsey & Whitney advised Deluxe on USCIS’s request for evidence pertaining to the specialty occupation nature of Deluxe’s Treasury Advisory Analyst Senior H-1B position.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The Dorsey team has extensive knowledge. They have been able to help, no matter how unique or complex the situation."
"They respond to our needs promptly, in or out of business hours."
"Every Dorsey member I have dealt with has been professional, competent and extremely personable; questions are handled immediately and the answers provided are always accurate and put in a manner intelligible to someone outside of the legal profession."
"It is so nice to work with a firm that has teams around the country and world that can assist with matters that require a specialized expertise in a particular region."
"The Dorsey team has extensive knowledge. They have been able to help, no matter how unique or complex the situation."
"They respond to our needs promptly, in or out of business hours."
"Every Dorsey member I have dealt with has been professional, competent and extremely personable; questions are handled immediately and the answers provided are always accurate and put in a manner intelligible to someone outside of the legal profession."
"It is so nice to work with a firm that has teams around the country and world that can assist with matters that require a specialized expertise in a particular region."
Notable Practitioners
Rebecca Bernhard advises on a wide range of business immigration matters, including visa applications and compliance issues. She is noted for her expertise in immigration concerns related to M&A transactions.
"Rebecca's years of experience in both the labor and immigration spaces are invaluable to our company. We trust Rebecca to provide us with only the best and most thorough legal advice."
"Rebecca is a trusted partner who has positively changed the lives of many of our team members. I'm grateful she provides us with counsel."