In today’s fluctuating economy you need a business partner who can see past the paperwork, quickly make sense of new employee mobility rules and regulations, and implement creative solutions to meet your business needs.

In a globalized labor market, employers, entrepreneurs, investors and professionals have come to rely on Dentons to help them navigate the immigration and visa process with the goal of recruiting and retaining the best and brightest employees from anywhere in the world.

Our team handles all business non-immigrant and immigrant visas, both for temporary business visitors (students, trainees, executives, workers) and for permanent immigrants who bring extraordinary ability, professional experience, business investment and religious training to the US.

US business immigration is part of Dentons’ Global Mobility practice, a multidisciplinary team comprised of immigration, employment, employee benefits, tax and other lawyers in locations around the world. By partnering with Dentons, you tap into our global reach and full-gamut experience—not only in immigration law, but also capital markets, corporate, employment and employee benefits, litigation, real estate and tax.

Dentons’ immigration lawyers and professionals can help you:

• Advise on immigration consequences of mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, reductions in force and new-company formations
• Advise on foreign immigrant investment structuring
• Develop strategies to recruit and retain experienced managers and skilled professionals
• Prepare visa petitions and organize supporting documentation, including:
• Permanent residence petitions EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3
• PERM Labor Certifications and National Interest Waivers
• Non-immigrant visa categories H-1B, E-3, L-1, O-1, and TN
• Foreign students changing status from F-1 to H-1B for temporary work authorization
• International companies in temporary (L-1 or E-1) or permanent transfers of employees
• Investors seeking to develop or manage projects in the US (L-1A, E-2, EB-1C and EB-5 visas)
• Companies sponsoring employees in shortage occupations (particularly computer professionals, scientists, and physicians) for permanent residence
• Fiancé, spouse and other family sponsorship
• Process requests through the various agencies of the US Departments of Homeland Security (including Citizenship & Immigration Service, or USCIS), Labor and State (including US embassies and consulates abroad)
• Train human resources staff in best-practice compliance with immigration laws and regulations, including E-Verify, IMAGE and I-9 documentation, including labor condition attestation record-keeping requirements; employment agreements; and expatriate assignments
• Advise health care facilities sponsoring foreign physicians, RNs and other health care providers in underserved areas
• Defend clients in audits, worksite raids and other enforcement actions by the Labor Department and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), working with seasoned litigators and white-collar criminal defense lawyers as needed.
• Defend individuals from deportation and advise on special programs, such as temporary protected status and the DACA (the Deferred Action For Child Arrivals) program
• Assist individuals in family-sponsorship applications and specialized employment-based applications; and advise on maintaining permanent residence and obtaining US citizenship
• Provide guidance to high-net-worth individuals on issues ranging from pre-immigration income and estate planning to post-immigration relinquishment of resident/citizenship status

Recognition

Iowa Supreme Court Appoints Elizabeth Van Arkel to Iowa Access to Justice Commission

October 15, 2021

United States: Immigration lawyer Elizabeth Van Arkel was recently invited to join the Iowa Access to Justice Commission by Chief Justice Susan Christensen of the Iowa Supreme Court.

Henry Chang quoted in multiple media about the new US visa ban

June 26, 2020

Following his recent Insight article on President Trump’s Presidential Proclamation suspending the entry of certain non-immigrants, Dentons’ partner Henry Chang was quoted in multiple media about the new proclamation and its implications.

Dentons secures 123 individual and 38 practice rankings in Chambers USA

May 26, 2017

Global law firm Dentons earned 123 individual and 38 practice rankings in the most recent edition of Chamber USA, a well-known annual legal directory that identifies the world's best lawyers and law firms based on in-depth, objective research.

Insights

The definitive guide for Canadians travelling to the United States

April 4, 2025

Since taking office on January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump has issued numerous Executive Orders related to immigration. Among other things, they require US government agencies to “vet and screen to the maximum degree possible all aliens who intend to be admitted, enter or are already inside the United States.” They also impose an alien registration requirement for foreign nationals who remain in the US for 30 days or longer, including Canadian snowbirds.

The US alien registration requirement and its application to Canadian citizens

March 24, 2025

On March 21, 2025, the Government of Canada updated its travel advisory for the US, to inform Canadians who are traveling to the United States for more than 30 days (it should say “30 days or longer”) that they will be required to register with the US Government.

Navigating Residency and Citizenship by Investment Programs: A Basic Guide

January 25, 2024 (Updated on September 4, 2024)

New Zealand and United States: Human mobility is increasing significantly in recent decades.

View all insights for Immigration in the United States

News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Henry Chang quoted in multiple media about the new US visa ban

June 26, 2020

Following his recent Insight article on President Trump’s Presidential Proclamation suspending the entry of certain non-immigrants, Dentons’ partner Henry Chang was quoted in multiple media about the new proclamation and its implications.

Dentons’ Canada-US Business Immigration practice grows with the addition of a three-member team in Toronto

March 18, 2019

Dentons is pleased to welcome partner Henry Chang, associate Jonathan Mor and law clerk Denys Koval as the newest additions to the firm’s Canada-US Business Immigration group.

Dentons secures 123 individual and 38 practice rankings in Chambers USA

May 26, 2017

Global law firm Dentons earned 123 individual and 38 practice rankings in the most recent edition of Chamber USA, a well-known annual legal directory that identifies the world's best lawyers and law firms based on in-depth, objective research.