Foster LLP

Chairman: Charles C. Foster

Languages: Afrikaans, Cantonese, Chinese (Mandarin), Dutch, English, French, Hindi, German, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Urdu, Vietnamese, Yoruba

Firm Overview:

Foster is a leading global immigration law firm dedicated to helping employers and individuals obtain nonimmigrant and immigrant work visas and permanent resident options worldwide. With the most board-certified attorneys in immigration and nationality law in Texas, the firm provides top-tier knowledge and expertise, a client-centered approach to service excellence, and tech-led solutions to strategically manage today’s growing need for international talent. The firm comprises over 100 lawyers, legal assistants and other professionals across three offices and multiple coordination centers globally. Wherever your business takes you – in the U.S. or abroad – your Foster team reaches to deliver full immigration support.

Main Areas of Practice:

Employer:

Foster LLP's full-service immigration law firm delivers trusted global immigration services to the most dynamic employers in the United States and worldwide. Whether responding to simple inquiries or developing solutions for the most complex corporate immigration law queries, the firm's attorneys recognize the need for personalized, one-on-one attention. When you work with Foster LLP, you will find that their responsive attorneys listen, anticipate, and adapt to the clients’ needs while employing optimal, tech-led solutions. Foster's immigration law firm provides a variety of resources including their state-of-the-art I-9 auditing and compliance process, an attorney I-9 client hotline, and a customizable 24/7 case tracking portal.

Employer service offerings include:

·Work permits and visas worldwide

·Temporary, long-term and permanent residency options worldwide

·Naturalization to U.S. citizens

·U.S. and global immigration policy development

·Form I-9 and E-Verify advice, consultation and training

·Form I-9 proactive and reactive audits

·U.S. and global immigration compliance audits and training initiatives

·Strategic immigration planning for entry into new markets

·Strategic immigration planning for filling gaps in U.S. and global workforce

·Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) authorizations

·Critical immigration support for mergers and acquisitions

·Litigation representation

Investor:

Foster has worked closely with investors and entrepreneurs, providing mission-critical advice, consultation and immigration support for new technology start-ups, and immigrant investors seeking to enter the U.S. market.

Our investor, start-up and entrepreneurial service offerings include:

·Consultation and strategic advice on qualifying investments and corporate formations

·Immigration support for fine-tuning business plans to document qualifications

·Consultation, advice, and preparation and filing of H-1B, L-1 and E work-authorized petitions

·EB-5 investor petitions and permanent residency

·Support for regional centers

Individual/Family:

Foster are proud of their long history of service and advocacy on behalf of individuals and families. Life happens, and it isn’t always easy, but having a trusted advisor to help you navigate the immigration landscape gives you the freedom and flexibility to pursue your dreams, unite with your family, or simply adjust to life’s surprises.

Individual and family-based service offerings include:

·Marriage and family-based immigration

·Consular processing for immigrant visas

·DACA – Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DREAMers”) registration and renewals

·Citizenship and naturalization

·Extraordinary Ability immigrant visa petitions

·National Interest Waiver immigrant visa petitions

·Physician National Interest Waiver Immigrant Visa Petitions

·J-1 waivers, including No Objection Waivers, Conrad State 30 for physicians, and Health and Human Services Waivers

·Waivers for unlawful presence and other grounds of inadmissibility

·FOIA requests

·Advice and consultation with criminal defense counsel

·Representation in removal proceedings

·Appeals before Federal District Court, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and U.S. Supreme Court

·VAWA representation

·Asylum

·Temporary Protected Status (TPS)

·B, G, I, K, O, P, Q, R, S, TN, U visas

·Expatriation

·Immigration advice and consultation

To schedule a consultation, please visit us at www.fosterglobal.com.