Business and Entertainment-related Immigration

Since immigration law is federal, Valente Law serves the global community, including representing businesses and individuals throughout the United States and before US embassies and consulates worldwide. Valente Law offers a wide range of immigration services, especially to entertainment companies and individuals seeking nonimmigrant and immigrant status.  Recognizing the importance of family unity, the firm also handles family-related immigration matters for individual clients, ensuring spouses, children, and/or relatives can follow to join or accompany the client if the law permits.

Core areas served:

• Employment Eligibility Compliance
• Nonimmigrant ("Temporary") Work Visas
• Immigrant ("Permanent") Work Visas
• Consular Processing/Adjustment of Status

Core services provided:

• I-9 Compliance/Employment Eligibility Counseling
• Employment, Trade, and Investment-based visas for business/entertainment companies, artists, entertainers, fashion models, crew, international employee transfers, and professionals
• Foreign Information Media Representative visas
• Specialty Occupations visas
• TN NAFTA professional visas
• Exchange Visitor visas
• International Cultural Exchange Visitor visas
• Visas for qualified spouses and unmarried children of legal permanent residents awaiting final completion of their immigration process

U.S. immigration law is a complex area of federal law that involves several federal agencies, including the Department of State, Department of Homeland Security, which includes the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the Department of Labor. The law is constantly in flux and navigating it can be a daunting task.

Valente Law is committed to providing the best immigration strategies tailored to client needs and legal services of the highest quality in a prompt, courteous, cost-effective, and ethical manner. By staying abreast of the latest developments in the law, Valente Law guides clients through the morass of Homeland Security and State Department rules and regulations and timely and efficiently prepares immigration applications and petitions necessary to facilitate the immigration process.

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