Employment Visas
Employer Compliance (I-9)
Family Immigration
Citizenship
At Knapp Law Co. LLC, we help clients with employment- and family-based immigration to obtain temporary and permanent visas and citizenship through naturalization. We also advise employers on the complex area of I-9 compliance to make sure their employees have work authorization, properly complete the I-9 form and follow the rules for reviewing and recording the corresponding documents. Immigration is an ever-changing area of law with many nuances and pitfalls for the untrained. We parse through the statutes, regulations, case law, agency guidance, and presidential executive orders and explain in easy-to-understand terms the available planning options and what you need to do to achieve your goals.
Immigration Law Practice Areas
Employment Immigration
Helping organizations recruit and retain employees
Family-Based Immigration
Helping individuals bring family members to the United States
Naturalization
Helping individuals apply for U.S. citizenship
Employer compliance (I-9)
Helping organizations keep accurate employment authorization records
The Latest from Knapp Law
USCIS Expands Biometrics Collection and Pauses Adjudications
In recent weeks reports surfaced about USCIS scheduling “petitioners” for biometrics (fingerprints and photos) appointments at local offices. In immigration cases, the “petitioner” typically is the U.S. permanent resident or citizen sponsoring a family member for a...
Processing Pause Update on “Travel Ban” Countries
After implementing travel bans on several countries last year, in January 2026 USCIS announced that it was pausing adjudications for all benefit requests from or on behalf of persons form those countries. They are: Afghanistan, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin,...
Challenges of Employment-Based Immigration
With the annual H-1B lottery upon us, it seems fitting to offer a very short primer on the challenges of employment-based immigration. The H-1B visa is for workers in a “specialty occupation,” which is defined as a job that requires a specific bachelor’s or higher...
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