“Hard Work and Dedication”: Two Client Success Stories

At ImLaw, we consider our clients’ successes to be a win for all of us. The complexity and ever-changing nature of U.S. immigration law means that close collaboration between our team and our clients is paramount. Below, we outline two unique experiences from clients whose successful outcomes have helped fuel our client companies’ business growth, enhance their employees’ lives and careers, and promote positive global exchange of talent and ideas.

From L-1A to Green Card

One particular case involved helping a key managerial worker gain permanent residency in the United States, which directly enhanced the organization’s business interests in North America. Working closely with attorney Brian Mick, this manager shared that Brian consistently went above and beyond what was expected and was always extremely professional. 

Our client’s employee was a corporate sales and operations planning (S&OP) manager who worked for the parent company of a multinational organization based in Germany. His responsibilities included managing supply and demand strategies across the U.S. and Canada, maintaining a robust supply change, enacting risk mitigation strategies, and managing S&OP design. 

ImLaw handled the multinational manager’s transition from the temporary L-1A visa status to lawful permanent residency, also known as green card status. Instead of going through PERM, a lengthy and complex process requiring, among other things, a job market test, the ImLaw team utilized the much more streamlined EB-1-C multinational manager route to green card status for our client’s key managerial employee. The EB-1 category is one of five ways to obtain a green card through employment. This case ended satisfactorily with green card approval and proceeded faster than the expected timeline. The managerial employee shared, “I would absolutely recommend ImLaw to others. They are a very professional law company.”

From F-1 to H-1B

Another client’s employee was residing in the U.S. on F-1 student visa status, which is typically issued for the duration of the F-1 program in question. After graduation, the student began working for our multinational company client pursuant to F-1 Optional Practical Training (OPT). He needed, however, to change to a work visa status to ensure there would be no gap in his ability to continue working for our client following the expiration of his OPT. 

The F-1 employee’s case was contingent on being selected in the annual H-1B lottery, an entirely random, computer-generated process with extremely challenging odds. Fortunately, he was selected in the annual lottery, allowing the ImLaw team to proceed with an application to change his status to H-1B, which was approved by USCIS.

“The ImLaw team has been nothing but professional and excellent,” shared our client’s employee. “All team members who worked on my case deserve recognition. I’m delighted with the approval of my case and would recommend ImLaw. Their team does an amazing job of explaining the process and keeping the applicant in the loop. Thank you once again for all your hard work and dedication.”

Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan and serving clients around the globe, the ImLaw team is able to assist on a wide variety of employment-based immigration matters. Contact our team to learn more about our capabilities and how we may be able to assist you.