Lawful Permanent
Residency
Green
Cards
In order to
have the option of employing international faculty for an extended period
of time (long-term), the UND department/school may need to begin some immigration
procedures early in the faculty person’s stay.
The department/school needs to keep
two things in mind – the employee’s current employability (as
an H-1B or J-1) and their potential extensions of that employability. While
H-1B or J-1 applications are pending (for the employee’s status is just
beginning), the department/school and employee may need to be simultaneously
working with an immigration attorney on the first step of employment-based
Lawful Permanent Residency (which is immigration vocabulary for long-term
employability). The UND Office of International
Programs does not do Lawful Permanent Residency processing.
The Office of International Programs recommends that the department/school
contact an immigration attorney.
The employment-based Lawful Permanent
Residency process has three steps. The first two steps are employer-initiated
and the last step is alien/employee initiated. In the most common method of
getting permanent residency for an international faculty member, the first
employer step is called Labor Certification. This step with the North Dakota
Labor Department must be initiated with 18 months
of the job offer, not the starting date of employment. Once the Labor Certification
has been completed, the employer has the option at that time to continue or
stop the process of sponsoring the alien for permanent residency.
The three steps in this kind of
Lawful Permanent Residency are:
- Labor Certification (Employer must do within 18 months of job offer)
- The Employer must file a Form I-140 with the USCIS.
- The Employee must file a Form I-485 with the USCIS.
It is up to the department/school and the individual
as to who will pay for all or part of the application
process.
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Immigration
Attorneys
There are many
immigration attorneys. Here are some that we know of in the area.
The University of North Dakota does not endorse these law practices and is
not responsible for the services and performance of these attorneys.
| Borene
Law Firm, P.A.
Suite
4602, IDS Center
Minneapolis,
MN 55402
(612)
321-0082
Attorney: Scott Borene |
Reichert
Law Office
218
South 3rd St.
Grand
Forks, ND 58201
(701)
787-8802
Attorney: Jay Knudson |
| John
G. Benson
333
North Washington Avenue, Suite 328
Minneapolis,
MN 55401
(612)
373-70001
Attorney:
John G. Benson
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Dorsey
& Whitney LLP
Suite
1500, 50th Sixth Street
Minneapolis,
MN 55402-1498
(612)
492-6766
Attorney:
Craig J. Peterson |
R.
Mark Frey
2151
Hamline Avenue North, Suite 206
St.
Paul, MN 55113
(651)
486-7117
Attorney:
R. Mark Frey |
Ingber
& Aronson
1221
Nicollet Mall, Suite 506
Minneapolis,
MN 55403
(612)
339-0517
Attorney:
Rober Aronson
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| Oppenheimer
Plaza
VII, Suite 3300, 45 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis,
MN 55402-1609
(612)
607-7493
Attorney:
Rebecca J. Bernhard
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Swanson
Group International, LLC
602
Skyview Circle
Grand
Forks, ND 58201
(701)
330-5749
Contact:
Sue Swanson
sue_swanson2000@yahoo.com |
F.
Snyder Gokey
218
NP Avenue
Fargo,
ND 58107-1389
(701)
356-6360
Attorney:
F. Snyder Gokey |
Fredrikson
& Byron, P.A.
200
South Sixth Street, Suite 4000
Minneapolis,
MN 55402-1426
Attorney:
Laura Danielson
Attorney:
Loan Huynh
Attorney:
Debra Schneider
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| Chapman
Law Firm
The
Black Building
118
Broadway, Suite 106
Fargo,
ND 58102
(701)
232-5899
Attorney: David J.
Chapman |
Fondungallah
Law Offices
2499
Rice Street Suite 236
Roseville,
MN 5513
(651) 482-0520
Attorney:
Samuel A. Nkwanchung
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Marks
Gray, P.A.
1200
Riverplace Blvd., Suite 800
Jacksonville,
FL 32207
(904)
398-0900
Attorney:
Giselle Carson
gcarson@marksgray.com |
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