R-1 Religious Worker Visas
This employer-sponsored visa permits individuals to work for a 501(c)(3) nonprofit religious organization to carry on the vocation of a minister or in a professional or nonprofessional religious vocation or occupation.
The occupation must involve an understanding of the tenets of the denomination; non-religious positions, such as administrators or building maintenance staff, are not covered by this visa category.
Qualifying religious workers must have been a member of the same religious denomination as the sponsoring nonprofit religious organization in the United States for at least two years immediately preceding the application for admission.
R-1 visas are initially issued for a three-year period with a maximum of five years. There are no numerical limitations.
IMMLAW Attorneys who practice in this area include…
Although pursued by national and regional law firms over the years, in late 2010, Susan went back to her own firm, ImLaw, PC, to offer clients the benefits of a personal level of service, backed by more than 25 years of experience resolving immigration cases for clients that include small to medium-sized employers, Fortune 100 and 500 companies, individual and corporate investors, students, and other individuals. She currently has a team of seven, consisting of three attorneys, two paralegals, one legal assistant, and one billing specialist.
See Susan S. Im's full profile
MAILE M. HIROTA is the Manager of Hirota & Associates, LLLC, a boutique immigration law firm in Honolulu, Hawaii concentrating in business and family-based immigration law, including family visas, business and investor visas, permanent residence and U.S. citizenship matters.
See Maile Hirota's full profile
MICHAEL R. JARECKI is the principal of Jarecki Law Group, LLC in Chicago, a full-service U.S. immigration firm that provides customized representation for businesses, individuals and families. His practice includes all areas of immigration law, including representation before immigration agencies and courts, handling appeals from agency and court decisions, and litigating immigration issues in the U.S. federal courts.
See Michael R. Jarecki's full profile
Rita Sostrin is a founding partner of Sostrin Immigration Lawyers, LLP. Prior to launching Sostrin Immigration Lawyers in 2010, she worked at top immigration law firms and served in various leadership positions on behalf of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).
See Rita Sostrin's full profile
Jan Pederson is recognized by The Washington Post as one of “seven leading lawyers” in Washington, D.C. She has been dedicated to the practice of immigration and nationality law for over forty years. She has successfully represented thousands of clients – including renowned physicians, Fortune 500 companies, television networks, entertainers, and healthcare providers of all sizes – and is masterful at resolving complex immigration issues.
See Jan M. Pederson's full profile
Savitz Law Offices provides U.S. Immigration Law services and expertise in business immigration law for employers and their employees, especially STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) fields, including obtaining temporary work status and visas (H-1B, L-1, TN, etc.) and Green Cards.
See Bennett Savitz's full profile
Tarik H. Sultan is a shareholder in the firm of Wolf Sultan Vazquez P.C. in Tucson, Arizona. He has served on the National Board of Governors for AILA, as well as on numerous national liaison committees with the Departments of Labor, Justice and Homeland Security. His practice is focused in all areas and aspects of immigration law, with a particular emphasis in employment-based visas and employer sanctions defense. Mr. Sultan has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 1999, Superlawyers since 2007 and is listed in Martindale Hubbell’s Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.
See Tarik H. Sultan's full profile
Nicole Simon is the Managing Partner of Landau, Hess, Simon, Choi & Doebley. She represents businesses and individuals in all areas of immigration law, including employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas, family-based cases, and naturalization.
See Nicole Simon's full profile
Marcine A. Seid is a globally-recognized speaker, practitioner, and thought leader in U.S. business immigration matters. She has more than 25 years of experience advising and representing clients in connection with nonimmigrant and immigrant visa petitions and immigration-related corporate compliance issues, including Form I-9 audits and worksite enforcement actions. She also founded and served as principal attorney of the Seid Law Group, recognized by U.S. News and World Report as one of the top immigration law firms in the United States.
See Marcine Seid's full profile
Ester Greenfield is of counsel at MacDonald, Hoague & Bayless, in Seattle, Washington, and her practice is limited to immigration law. She represents employers and individuals in business and family immigration cases as well as citizenship matters.
See Ester Greenfield's full profile
Linda Rose is the Founding Partner of Rose Immigration Law Firm, PLC, in Nashville and serves the firm in an Of Counsel capacity. The firm emphasizes PERM labor certification, nonimmigrant visas for professionals and international transfers, and university research/teaching. Linda is also a jazz musician, so she and the other firm attorneys focus on O&P visas in music, arts, and entertainment. She has practiced business immigration law for more than 35 years.
See Linda Rose's full profile
Lori Chesser is a senior shareholder and chair of the Immigration Department at Dentons Davis Brown in Des Moines, Iowa. Her practice encompasses business immigration, employment verification (I-9 review, audits and E-Verify), and family immigration, as well as related areas including employment, tax, health, corporate formation and contracts.
See Lori T. Chesser's full profile