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Immigration

Wisconsin

2 Years Ranked

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Carrie Ziegler Thomas is an experienced employment-based immigration attorney. She assists clients from a range of industries in meeting their U.S. immigration needs and provides sound, actionable counsel to help companies navigate challenges.

Carrie drafts nonimmigrant and immigrant petitions, including H-1B, L-1A, L-1B, Blanket L Certification, TN, O-1, E-1, E-2, E-3, and J-1 waiver documents, PERM applications, and U.S. permanent residence petitions such as EB-1, EB-2, EB-3 and EB-5. She works with companies on worksite compliance issues including immigration site visits, internal I-9 audits and best practices, E-Verify use, and responding to Social Security no-match letters.

• Worked with foreign investors to file EB-5 green card petitions for direct investments in new businesses, helping to solve complex source of funds issues.

• Successfully filed O-1 extraordinary ability petitions for innovative engineers and talented artists, such as coach-builders.

• Partnered with companies to find creative hiring solutions, including temporary need and long-term planning, to fill staffing needs.

• Worked with companies during a merger or acquisition to analyze the immigration effect of the change and prepare the necessary documents to minimize the impact on employees.

• Counseled companies in an increasingly strict immigration adjudication climate to strengthen petitions and strategize ways to reduce Requests for Evidence.

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Carrie Ziegler Thomas of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP is skilled in handling a wide range of different visa applications for employees of corporate clients.

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