Alternatives to the H-1B Visa
| Live Event Date: 8/3/2021 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Format | Length | CLE Eligible |
| Web Seminar | 90 min. | Yes |
With H-1B registration closed, what options are available for individuals not selected? What if your client was selected, but received a denial? The speakers for this intermediate seminar will give an overview of alternative options that will allow beneficiaries to begin employment in the United States. They also will discuss the requirements, benefits, and limitations of certain nonimmigrant and immigrant options.
Featured Topics:
- Qualifications of H-1B Cap-Exempt Employers and Concurrent Employment
- Continuing Work Authorization While in F-1 Status, Issues with Day 1 Curricular Practical Training (CPT)
- O-1 or P-1 Extraordinary Ability Visa Considerations for Recent Graduates
- Best Practices to Prepare for L-1 Intracompany Transferee Options
- Country-Specific Visas: TN, E-3, H-1B1, and E-1/E-2
- Legal Permanent Residence Options and Timing Considerations
AILA Membership Benefit – Access to Free Seminar Recordings (CLE Credit Available for $35)
Enjoy access to free seminar recordings (from October 2020–present) as an AILA Member. AILA encourages live attendance for those wishing to ask the speaker questions. CLE credit is included with purchase for live participants.
Recordings will be available approximately two weeks after the live event date. AILA members can access these seminars, with no CLE credit, for free. Recordings are CLE eligible in most jurisdictions and an administration fee is required to obtain CLE credit.
Contact us at cle@aila.org or visit AILA’s Web Seminar Recordings page for more information about receiving CLE credit for a web seminar recording.
Heather N. Segal (DL), Toronto, Canada
Heather Segal is founding partner of Segal Immigration Law. She practices exclusively in Canadian immigration law, American Consular and Border immigration law. Heather earned her law degree from Queen’s University in 1994 and a Master of Laws in Immigration from the University of California, Berkeley - School of Law in 1996. She was an elected Director to the American Immigration Lawyers Association Board of Governors for last ten years.
Ellen Freeman, AILA Business Section Steering Committee, Pittsburgh, PA
Ellen Freeman has more than 20 years of practice in all facets of employment-based immigration. She works with growing organizations to advise on U.S. immigration law, strategy, compliance, and training. Her depth of experience fully supports clients moving through the challenging steps of business growth and shifting employment strategy, including forming corporate entities, establishing U.S. operations, and managing applications for temporary visas through permanent residence Ellen is highly active in immigration education and development at the national and international levels and serves in various leadership roles with AILA. She is currently a member of AILAs Business Section Steering Committee.
Khorzad Adi Mehta, AILA DOL Liaison Committee, Owings Mills, MD
Khorzad A. Mehta practices immigration law in Owings Mills, MD. He represents individuals, families and U.S. employers with employment- and family-based immigrant and nonimmigrant visa matters. He has a special interest representing international physicians and their employers. Khorzad is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Law, The Ohio State University, and is admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of Ohio and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
Eligible participants can receive up to 1.8 CLE credit hours. AILA will administer CLE credit only to individuals who register and log into the web seminar. AILA cannot verify your attendance and participation in this program unless you register directly for the web seminar and use your name to log in to participate in the program. Therefore, persons who log in or listen in on the web seminar as part of a group will not be able to obtain CLE credit.
Please note that your jurisdiction may limit the amount of distance learning credit you can earn. To view details on your jurisdiction's credit restrictions and CLE requirements, visit the CLE Center.
AILA has filed for CLE and specialized credit in all jurisdictions with mandatory CLE requirements. For details about specific approvals, contact us at cle@aila.org.
- AILA applies for accreditation upon attorneys’ request after participation for the following states: AR, DE, IA, ID, KS, KY, LA, ME, MN, MS, OR, TN and WY. Programs are typically approved.
- Florida and Rhode Island - Attorneys must apply on their own for approval of seminars in FL and RI. Programs are typically approved.
- The OnDemand Recording format does not qualify for CLE credit in the following jurisdictions: MO and PR. Please note that your jurisdiction may limit OnDemand credit based on the date of the original presentation. View the OnDemand Downloadable Expiration Chart for more details.
To receive CLE credit for the live event, attorneys must record web seminar attendance and the CLE code provided within one week of the web seminar date via webCLE.
Contact us at cle@aila.org or visit AILA’s Web Seminar Recordings page for more information about receiving CLE credit for a seminar recording.