Overview
U.S. Immigration
Beth manages all types of U.S. employment-based immigration matters. Through her many years of practice, she has worked on every type of work visa for many different occupations and industries, including H-1Bs, L-1s, TNs, H-3s, E-1s/E-2s/E-3s and O-1s, and advises employers on issues related to other nonimmigrant visa statuses, including B-1, F-1, J-1 and Conrad State Waivers for foreign physicians. Beth has specific expertise with O-1 business cases, F-1 STEM OPT issues and H-1B maintenance of status issues.
Beth has also handed all types of permanent residence (green card) cases, including PERM applications, multinational manager immigrant visa petitions, national interest waiver petitions, adjustment of status applications, advance parole applications, employment authorization applications, re-entry permit applications, and outstanding researcher and extraordinary ability permanent residence petitions. Her PERM expertise includes complex prevailing wage issues, not substantially comparable cases and filing appeals with BALCA.
Corporate Counseling
As a senior lawyer on the team, Beth advises senior management and HR on:
- Complex H-1B issues, including H-1B cap-related issues and alternatives, H-1B portability, H-1B site visits and AC21 H-1B extension issues
- Developing immigration-related policies and procedures that outline company commitments and expectations for foreign national employees
- I-9 compliance issues, including E-Verify
- Global visa and compliance issues, including maintenance of permanent residence status for employees transferred overseas and related re-entry permit issues
- Employee terminations and layoffs with immigration consequences
Health Care Immigration
Beth provides leadership on health care immigration related matters, including:
- Working with the medical sector and foreign medical professionals to obtain employment
- Managing Conrad State 30 and FLEX 10 J-1 waiver applications, National Interest Waivers (NIWs), H-1B petitions, O-1 petitions and PERM applications for physicians and other health-care specialties
- Analyzing and advising health care clients on licensure, VisaScreen, cap-exempt affiliations, Schedule A nurses and other immigration issues specific to health care clients and their foreign national employees
Beth advises health care employers on important solutions for maintaining work authorization and status for these critically needed positions.
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Credentials
Bar Admissions
New Jersey
Minnesota
Clerkships
Court of Common Pleas, Franklin County, Ohio (Staff Atty.), Hon. David Fais, 1996-1997
Superior Court of New Jersey, Morris County, Hon. Barbara Zucker-Zarett, 1994-1995
Education
Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law
J.D. with highest distinction (1994)
Franklin and Marshall College
B.A. Dean's List (1990)
Insights & Events
Latest
Insights
Other Perspectives
- Immigration Law: What You Need to Know About Current U.S. Immigration Law
Co-presenter, Minnesota CLE Webinar, November 2017 - H-1B Visas: Employment Considerations for the FY2019 Cap, Site Visits, RFE Responses and Continued USCIS Scrutiny
Co-presenter, Faegre Baker Daniels Webinar, January 2018 - Employment Law: Immigration and Global Mobility in Trump Era
Co-presenter, Minnesota CLE Webinar, July 2017 - Hot Topics in Business Immigration – Trump Administration Update
Co-presenter, Faegre Baker Daniels Webinar, May 2017 - Making a Blanket L Petition Work for Your Client
Co-presenter, AILA National Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 2016 - Managing Immigration Expectations and Compliance
Co-presenter, Council for Global Immigration Symposium, Washington, D.C., June 2016 - Business Immigration Basics
Co-presenter, 2016 Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute, St. Paul, Minnesota, May 2016 - B-1 Business Travel Issues
Co-presenter, Council for Global Immigration Symposium, Washington, D.C., June 2015 - How to Become an Immigration Attorney
Presenter, National Business Institute, March 2015 - USCIS Receives 172,500 Cap Subject H-1B Petitions; Lottery Conducted on April 10, 2014
Faegre Baker Daniels, April 2014 - H-1B Cap Reached; USCIS to Conduct Random Lottery
Faegre Baker Daniels, April 2014 - USCIS Predicts H-1B Cap-Subject Petitions Will Be Subjected to Random Lottery; Announces Premium Processing to Start on April 28
Faegre Baker Daniels, March 2014 - Immigration Essentials for the Employment Law Paralegal
National Business Institute, March 2014 - Trouble Filling Highly-Skilled Positions? Consider International Applicants Under Specialized-Skills Visas
Faegre Baker Daniels, January 2014 - H-1B Cap-Subject Petitions Will Be Accepted by USCIS Beginning April 1; Employers Urged to Start Process Now as Lottery Is Anticipated
Faegre Baker Daniels, January 2014 - DHS Announced Proposed Change in F-1 Student Rules to Allow Spouses and Children of F-1 International Students to Study Part-Time
Faegre Baker Daniels, November 2013 - Visa Bulletin – December 2013: Additional Backlogs for Indian Citizens
Faegre Baker Daniels, November 2013 - Largest Civil Settlement in Immigration Case: Department of Justice and Infosys Settle Two-Year Investigation for $34 Million
Faegre Baker Daniels, October 2013 - U.S. Government Reopens: Immigration Processes Being Worked on Again
Faegre Baker Daniels, October 2013 - Immigration and Employment Law: The Latest Developments
National Business Institute, October 2013 - Immigrants: Their Growing Role in Our Economy and How to Make Them Part of Your Business
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, October 2013 - Employment Law Series: Immigration – H-1 E-2 L-1 P-2! Understanding the Alphabet Soup of Temporary Work Visas
Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, October 2013 - Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Why U.S. Companies Need to Come on Board
Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, October 2013 - Visa Backlogs: Permanent Resident Applicants Want the Wait to Be Over
Faegre Baker Daniels, September 2013 - Travel Alert: CBP Announces Expansion of Global Entry Program
Faegre Baker Daniels, August 2013 - USCIS Receives 124,000 Cap Subject Petitions; Lottery Conducted on April 7, 2013
Faegre Baker Daniels, April 2013 - H-1B Cap Reached; USCIS to Conduct Random Lottery
Faegre Baker Daniels, April 2013 - Investor Issues
Upper AILA Midwest Immigration Law Conference, April 2013 - What's "Trending Now" in Business Immigration
Immigration & Global Mobility Seminar, "Passport to Success: Anticipating Immigration Reform & Addressing Today's Expanding Global Workforce," May 2013 - Current Trends and Strategies With Audits, RFEs and Denials
Immigration & Global Mobility Seminar, "Passport to Success: Anticipating Immigration Reform & Addressing Today's Expanding Global Workforce," May 2013 - USCIS Predicts H-1B Cap-Subject Petitions Will be Subjected to Random Lottery; Announces Premium Processing to Start on April 15
Faegre Baker Daniels, March 2013 - H-1B Cap-Subject Petitions Will be Accepted by USCIS Beginning April 1
Faegre Baker Daniels, January 2013 - President Obama Announces Plan to Increase Economic Growth in the U.S. Through Enhanced Visa Processing
Faegre Baker Daniels, February 2012
Firm Blog Contributions
- LaborSphere – a resource providing coverage and insights on breaking cases, recently enacted legislation and a broad range of labor issues
Leadership & Community
Pro Bono
- Asylum
Professional Associations
- Law360 — Immigration Editorial Advisory Board, 2015-17
- American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
Honors
- JD Supra — Readers' Choice Awards, 2016-17