Tejas Shah
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Band 1 : Immigration
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Provided by Tejas Shah
Practice Areas
Tejas guides employers of all sizes – across a diverse cross-section of industries, including finance, banking, education, transportation, and healthcare – in efficiently and economically sponsoring workers for permanent residency in the United States through Program Electronic Record Management (PERM) labor certifications and in multiple temporary visa categories, such as H-1B, O-1, E-2, R-1, E-3, and L-1.
Career
Tejas counsels employers who seek assistance and counsel on self-audits and responding to I-9 audits by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration (SSA) no-match letters, and Department of Labor wage and hour audits of H-1B workers. He represents and assists higher education institutions with a wide range of immigration issues in and outside of litigation, including advising student and faculty issues involving immigration statuses, sponsoring faculty and other professional staff for visas and permanent residency, and advising institutions on legally compliant immigration sponsorship programs.
Professional Memberships
Executive board member, South Asian Bar Association of North America (SABA); Board member, Indo-American Center of Chicago.
Personal
George Washington University Law School, J.D., 2006; Duke University, B.S., economics, 2002.
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