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Chambers USA honors Paul Parsons P.C. as a "Leader in the Field"

Chambers and Partners recently announced the selection of Paul Parsons, P.C. as a leader in the field of immigration law and inclusion in its Chambers USA 2010 law firm directory. Chambers USA ranks the leading firms and lawyers in an extensive range of practice areas throughout America. The research is in-depth and client focused and the guide is read by industry-leading companies and organizations throughout the US and worldwide. It is also widely used by firms in all states for referral purposes.

Law firms and individual lawyers are ranked in bands from 1-6, with 1 being the best. Paul Parsons, P.C. is currently ranked as a band 1 practitioner, based on Chambers' assesmment of submissions put forward by legal practices, interviews during the course of research, and their own database resources.

 

Employer responsibilities under PERM

By Paul Parsons 

A foreign national cannot force an employer to sponsor him/her for a "PERM labor certification" which is the first step that the vast majority of foreign nationals need towards seeking permanent resident "green card" status.   This is a test of the labor market with the U.S. Department of  Labor.   The employer must undertake six recruitment steps and convince the DOL that there was not a qualified, available U.S. worker for the position in order to obtain a PERM labor certification.
 
About two years ago the DOL issued new regulations which absolutely prohibit a foreign national from paying any legal fees or recruitment costs (such as for the required classified ads in newspapers).    An employer who wishes to seek a PERM labor certification must pay any legal fees and recruitment costs so that the foreign national does not adversely influence the employer's consideration of U.S. applicants.
 

Effects of termination on H1 and J status

By Paul Parsons 
 
Most professionals have nonimmigrant (temporary) visas.   The most common one is the H-1B specialty worker visa.    It is initially issued for up to three years.   It can later be extended for another three years.    Unless the H-1B foreign national is at least a year down the road with a labor certification case on the lengthy immigrant (permanent resident) visa track, he/she would need to depart the U.S. for at least a year once the full six years of H-1B status have been used.
 
Some professionals might be J-1 exchange visitors and be limited generally to three years in that nonimmigrant status. A foreign national cannot force an employer to seek to extend his/her H or J nonimmigrant status.
 
If an employer obtains an H-1B nonimmigrant status for a worker for up to three years and then decides to terminate that foreign worker prior to the expiration of H-1B status (legally permissible for no reason in an "at will" state such as Texas), the employer simply needs to notify the U.S. CIS that that worker was terminated.   If the employer fails to notify the CIS, the laid off employee might later seek backpay for wages that were promised but not paid for the rest of the period of approved H-1 status.
 

A terminated H-1B is supposed to be offered one way return transportation expenses to his/her home country.  Most terminated H-1B workers instead seek to find a same or similar position with a new employer and try to "port" H-1B status to the new employer.

 

Paul Parsons named to Texas Super Lawyers seven consecutive years

MINNEAPOLIS — Nov. 6, 2009: Minneapolis-based Law & Politics, publishers of Super Lawyers magazines, announced that Austin, Texas, immigration attorney Paul Parsons has been named to the 2009 edition of Texas Super Lawyers. Each year, only 5 percent of the lawyers in the state receive this honor. "Paul Parsons has received very high evaluations from his peers on the Super Lawyers’ Blue Ribbon Panel," says Bill White, publisher of Super Lawyers and Law & Politics magazines. "And he was also given high marks from the Super Lawyers research editors."

Parsons was also honored with the Sam Williamson Memorial Award for excellence in advancing the practice of immigration law.

For more information on this selection and award, please refer to the Super Lawyers press release found here.

 

Paul Parsons receives "Best Lawyers in America" Honor

Paul Parsons has once again been selected by peers for inclusion in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® in the specialty of Immigration Law. As such, he is one of a distinguished group of attorneys who have been listed in Best Lawyers® for ten years or longer.

For a quarter of a century, Best Lawyers® has been regarded – by both the profession and the public – as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States. For selection criteria and more information about the honor, please visit www.bestlawyers.com.

 
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