If you're a health care and life science organization confronting the maze of U.S. or foreign immigration laws, EpsteinBeckerGreen's Immigration Law Group can guide your way. Our seasoned immigration attorneys have over 25 years of experience advising companies on hiring foreign nationals and helping new employees secure visas and work permits. We also counsel clients on the best practices for avoiding employer sanctions and worksite enforcement actions, complying with record-keeping and anti-discrimination provisions under current U.S. immigration laws and establishing policies and procedures to ensure future compliance with such laws.

Using EpsteinBeckerGreen's international affiliation network, the Immigration Law Group has developed an emigration program to assist U.S. health care and life science organizations in transferring employees to foreign countries.

Who We Serve

Major academic medical centers, ambulatory care facilities, biotechnology companies, financial institutions, health insurers, hospital and health multinational systems, long-term care providers, pharmaceutical and medical device companies and physicians groups.

Services We Provide

• Securing the documentation necessary to satisfy all immigration requirements when client organizations seek to recruit and employ foreign personnel 
• Counseling clients about the provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, including employer sanctions, record-keeping and antidiscrimination provisions 
• Advising employers on the immigration-related requirements associated with outsourcing organizational functions to vendors or hiring independent contractors
• Drafting contracts required to protect health care and life science organizations from governmental worksite enforcement liability associated with the use of independent contractors 
• Counseling health care and life science organizations regarding the immigration and worksite enforcement responsibilities necessary to secure and/or retain Government Contracts under Executive Order 13465, issued on June 6, 2008
• Working with health care facilities and employers to prepare and file the application materials, secure the visa certification documentation and/or obtain the other documentation, necessary to hire and retain foreign doctors, nurses and other health care workers
• Advising clients on how to develop and implement policies and procedures required to document their workforce and avoid government worksite enforcement actions
• Defending employers against complaints for alleged violations of record-keeping, worksite enforcement and anti-discrimination regulations
• Advising employers on the completion of Form I-9's and responding to issues regarding work authorization