Immigrant Visas
We provide detailed advice on all US immigrant categories, with a focus on family-based green cards, employer-sponsored multinational managers and applicants with extraordinary ability in business, the arts and entertainment.
What is an EB-1 Immigrant Petition?
The EB-1 category covers petitions for multinational managers, individuals with extraordinary ability and outstanding researchers and professors.
How we can help
Our experienced US team will assess each case and provide tailored advice on how to proceed with the petition. We will guide applicants and employers through the process of submitting the immigrant petition and completing the adjustment of status or immigrant visa application.
What is an EB-2/3 Immigrant Petition?
The EB-2 category allows members of professions holding an advanced degree or its equivalent, as well as foreign nationals who have exceptional ability, to permanently work in the US. The EB-3 category permits skilled workers, professionals, and unskilled workers to enter the US for permanent employment.
How we can help
Our US team is skilled at working with employers who wish to hire individuals in the US for permanent employment. We assist the employers and the applicants with obtaining the proper documentation, navigating the permanent labor certification (PERM) process, moving through the complex stages of the EB-2 and/or EB-3 petitions and completing the adjustment of status or immigrant visa application processes.
What is an EB-5 Immigrant Petition?
The EB-5 (employment-based, fifth preference) visa allows investors to apply for permanent residence if they make an investment in a commercial enterprise in the US and plan to create or preserve 10 permanent full-time jobs for US workers.
How we can help
Our US team has the experience to assist investors through the all the steps of the EB-5 immigrant petition process from documenting the source of the investment funds to submitting the adjustment of status or immigrant visa petition process.
Latest Insights
10 April 2025
Change in thresholds for sponsor company size classification from 6 April 2025
On 6 April 2025 the criteria used to define small companies under the Companies Act 2006 changed, impacting relevant companies responsible for paying…
7 April 2025
Laura Devine Immigration partners and solicitors featured on 2025 Pro Bono Recognition List
We are delighted to announce the inclusion of six LDI lawyers on the 2025 Pro Bono Recognition List published this morning – congratulations to…
3 April 2025
British citizenship – addressing wrongs of the past
British nationality law has been riddled with discrimination, and it has evolved to put this right. This article focuses on one of the latest…