Whether you are immigrating from Southern Ontario or Overseas, choose Berardi Immigration Law as your immigration lawyers
Berardi Immigration Law is a full-service immigration law firm offering a complete range of immigration services to both businesses and individuals in Southern Ontario, Canada and all other areas of the world. We are experienced immigration lawyers and uniquely qualified to manage clients’ most contentious and unusual immigration needs. We recognize that swift resolution of immigration related issues is integral to a client’s ability to conduct business or reach their personal goals in the United States.
Rosanna Berardi, the Managing Partner of our firm, is a former INS Inspector and INS Trial Attorney in Buffalo, New York and New York City. She is intimately familiar with all procedural and substantive aspects of the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act.
Located just 20 minutes away from the U.S. / Southern Ontario, Canadian border, our office assists corporate and individual clients of foreign nationality with the preparation of petitions or applications for temporary work permits for the U.S., green cards, criminal waivers, and more.
Berardi Immigration Blog
Traveling While in the H-1B Cap-Gap Period
May 16, 2013As the H-1B season is fully underway and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is currently adjudicating petitions that were accepted in the lottery, many F-1 students are in the period known as “H-1B cap-gap.” The cap-gap provisions allow an F-1 student who filed an H-1B petition and that was accepted in the lottery process to automatically extend their student status and employment authorization until October 1, 2013. However, during this cap-gap period travel is not advised. While the USCIS guidelines are not completely clear, it is regular practice that an F-1 student will lose the cap-gap benefits if they travel outside the ...New Immigrant Fee Payment Process for New Green Card Holders
May 14, 2013Earlier this month, USCIS announced that they are moving the existing online payment for the “USCIS Immigrant Fee” to its Electronic Immigration System (USCIS ELIS). Green card holders pay this fee as part of their initial entry to the U.S. USCIS began collecting the $165 fee of from foreign nationals seeking permanent residence in the U.S. just this past February to help them recover the costs of processing the 36,000 immigration visa packages received each month. The USCIS Immigrant Fee is a separate fee from the Department of State immigrant visa application Currently, immigrants who receive their visas at U.S. Embassies and ...A Busy and Successful Week at the Peace Bridge
May 10, 2013Our attorneys presented a total of 5 L-1 applications and 1 TN application and all were approved! On Tuesday, Rosanna Berardi, managing partner, accompanied three business professionals applying for L-1A status as managers/executives. Ms. Berardi was requested to meet the clients at the Peace Bridge and assist them in presenting the applications to the Customs & Border Protection. All three gentlemen were approved L-1 status for a 3-year period. On Wednesday, attorney Jennifer Early met with a Computer Systems Analyst to renew his TN status on behalf of our client, a large IT firm with operations in Toronto and NYC. The applicant ...
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