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NH Immigration Lawyer - NH Attorney

The Law Offices of Jason M. Sullivan are members of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).

Immigration law is federal law and, because most immigration matters are handled through the mail, we can efficiently and effectively represent clients in all 50 States and worldwide. If you are in need of legal assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Jason M. Sullivan is an appointed member of the New Hampshire Department of Homeland Security Liaison Committee for the American Immigration Lawyer's Association New England Chapter.

Brief descriptions of the various legal areas:

Immigrant Visas - Lawful Permanent Residence (Green Card)

To qualify for permanent residence, an applicant must have or be one of the following:

A spouse or minor child of a U.S. citizen
A parent, adult child or sibling of an adult U.S. citizen
A spouse or minor child of a lawful permanent resident
An employee that a U.S. employer has received approval from the Department of Labor to hire
A person of extraordinary or exceptional ability
A refugee or asylee fleeing persecution
An approved application in the visa lottery.

EB-5 ("Investor") Visas

The EB-5 Visa provides the most flexible path to a green card based on a US investment. The EB-5 visa does not require the applicant to manage the day-to-day affairs of a business. One may invest in an existing business, or a new business. More than one person may invest in the same business. The EB-5 investor may be a minority owner of the business.

One may qualify for an EB-5 as follows:

Invest $1 million and hire ten employees anywhere in the United States
Invest $500,000 and hire ten employees in an area within the United States where the unemployment rate exceeds the national average unemployment rate by 150%
Invest in a Regional Center. *

Of the 10,000 investor visas (i.e., EB-5 visas) available annually, 5,000 are set aside for those who apply under a pilot program involving an INS-designated "Regional Center." To date, the quota has not been exceeded.

* INS designated specific areas, called Regional Centers, as eligible to receive immigrant investor capital. INS approved over 20 Regional Centers. Regional Center investors may rely on indirect job creation rather than directly hiring ten employees. A competent professional, such as an economist, must quantify the indirect employment. If the regional center is in a high unemployment area the required capital is reduced to $500,000.

Adjustment of Status

Adjustment of status within the U.S. is available for immediate relatives of spouses or parents of U.S. citizens provided the alien entered with a visa, even though the alien's authorized stay has expired. It is also available to alien applicants who have obtained a labor certification indicating that there are no qualified or available Americans who are capable of performing the services the applicant does, and provided the alien applicant is in authorized status. Also aliens with exceptional ability in the sciences or arts may apply for adjustment of status, if they are in authorized stay and can prove that they possess current widespread acclaim and international recognition requiring exceptional ability.

Nonimmigrant Temporary Visas

We handle non-immigrant visa categories, both at the inception and for extensions, such as:

B1 & B2 - visitors for pleasure and for business
E1 & E2 - treaty investors and treaty traders
F1, M1 - students
H1A - registered nurses
H1B - professionals, performing a specialty occupation
H2A - agricultural workers
H2B - seasonal and short-term workers
H3 - trainees
H4 - dependents
I - journalists, news media
J & Q - exchange visitors
K - fiancées
L - intracompany transferees
O - aliens of extraordinary ability in the arts, sciences or business
P - performing entertainers and athletes
P1 - internationally known athletes and entertainment groups
R - religious workers

Citizenship/Naturalization

We can review a client's residency to determine eligibility and also appraise impediments to citizenship that may arise from an arrest, failure to register for selective service, substantial stays abroad, failure to prepare and file proper income taxes, and other criteria.

Deportation/Removal Cases

Our outstanding legal staff is dedicated to zealously protecting the rights of our clients. We individualize each case and pursue all available legal remedies. Some of these include Cancellation of Removal, Adjustment of Status and Suspension of Deportation.

"In my own attempts to provide information to USCIS to finish the process to gain Permanent Resident Status, I received notice that the information I had submitted was inadequate, and without additional documentation, I was in danger of being deported. Mr. Sullivan provided excellent advice, performed research, and assisted in compiling documentation that allowed my application to proceed without further investigation by USCIS. After five long years, I now have my Permanent Resident Status, thanks to the efficiency and hard work of Mr. Sullivan and his staff."
M. J. ~ New Hampshire, USA

303 Islington Street
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA | 03801

Phone: 603.433.1325 | Fax: 603.436.7388