Work visas, sponsorship,
and permanent residence
For businesses sponsoring talent and professionals moving to the United States, across the full range of nonimmigrant and employment-based pathways.
Common situations
Businesses sponsoring foreign talent, and individuals with U.S. job offers, transfer opportunities, or extraordinary qualifications.
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H-1B specialty occupation petitions, including cap registration and consular changes.
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L-1A and L-1B intracompany transfers from a foreign office.
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O-1 visas for individuals of extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics.
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E-1 and E-2 treaty trader and investor visas (notably for French and other treaty-country nationals).
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TN visas for Canadian and Mexican professionals under USMCA.
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PERM Labor Certification followed by I-140 for permanent residence.
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EB-1 Outstanding Researcher and Extraordinary Ability petitions.
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EB-2 with National Interest Waiver for advanced-degree professionals.
What working with the firm looks like.
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Strategy
We identify the visa or residence pathway that fits the role, the timeline, and the long-term goals, for both employer and employee.
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Documentation
Job descriptions, organizational charts, recommendation letters, and supporting evidence are drafted, reviewed, and tightened so the petition tells a clear story.
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Filing
Petitions are filed strategically, premium processing where useful, regular processing where appropriate.
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Adjustment or consular
Once approved, the firm coordinates change of status, consular interviews, or transfers as needed.
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Long-term planning
Most employment cases lead toward permanent residence. The firm maps the steps from day one so timing is never an afterthought.
What Breton Law does
Employment cases require both legal precision and business sensibility. With an MSc in international business and ten-plus years preparing employer petitions, the firm builds filings that read clearly to USCIS adjudicators and protect the company's strategic interests.
What people ask before scheduling a consultation.
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Does the company or the employee pay the filing fees?
Most employer-sponsored filings legally require the company to pay specific fees. The firm walks both parties through which costs are statutorily the employer's, which are negotiable, and what a typical fee structure looks like.
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How long does an H-1B take?
If selected in the cap lottery, an H-1B can be approved in two to six months, faster with premium processing. The firm files the registration, prepares the petition, and handles the full lifecycle.
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I'm a French entrepreneur. Can I open a U.S. office?
Yes, France is an E-1/E-2 treaty country and an L-1 is available for established companies. The firm has handled both pathways for French clients and can recommend which fits your situation.
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What is a National Interest Waiver?
It's a way to skip the PERM Labor Certification step in EB-2, available to individuals whose work is in the U.S. national interest. The firm assesses eligibility realistically and does not push borderline cases.
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Do you handle PERM start to finish?
Yes, recruitment, prevailing wage, audit responses, and the I-140 petition that follows. PERM cases benefit especially from the firm's paralegal-trained eye for procedural detail.
Ready when you are.
Book a consultation and we'll walk through your case together, clearly, honestly, and without pressure to commit beyond the conversation itself.