Business Immigration

How do I get authorization to work in the United States?

Current U.S. immigration law allows people who have skills and talents needed in the United States to be admitted to work on either a temporary or permanent basis. 

Kolken & Kolken utilizes the U.S. Immigration laws to your advantage allowing you to come to the United States and work. We have uncommon success fitting square pegs into round holes, and rest assured if there is a legal way to get you in the United States to work, or to get you a Green Card through an offer of employment, we will find it.

We welcome the opportunity to speak to you to determine if you qualify for authorization to work in the United States.  For more information about obtaining authorization to work in the United States as well as obtaining a Green Card through sponsorship by an employer see below..

• Business Immigration - Who is allowed to come to the United States to Work? Current U.S. immigration law allows people who have skills and talents needed in the United States to come to the U.S.A. to work both on a temporary or permanent basis.  

• Employment-Based Preference System - Can my Employer Sponsor me for a Green Card? Immigration law allots 140,000 employment-based visas to immigrants each year.  

• Temporary Nonimmigrant Visas - Can I work in the United States on a Temporary Basis? A comprehensive listing of the various nonimmigrant visa categories which will allow you to work temporarily in the United States.  

• Labor Certification - Does my Employer have to try to find U.S. workers before they may Sponsor me for a Green Card? Most employers seeking to permanently employ immigrants must obtain a certification that no U.S. workers are able, willing, qualified or available for the position offered.  

• National Interest Waiver - Is there any way around the Labor Certification Process? A hard fought but worthwhile way around the labor certification process.  

• Trade NAFTA - I'm a citizen of Canada/Mexico, may I work in the United States? The Trade NAFTA category outlined with the minimum requirements for admission as a TN professional.