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N:Im;Susan S.;;;
FN:Susan S. Im
ORG:ImLaw, PC;
TITLE:Founder & Immigration Attorney
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NOTE:Susan Im possesses more than 25 years of experience in immigration law. Practicing exclusively immigration law, Susan Im possesses in-depth experience preparing and advising on the full spectrum of nonimmigrant/temporary work visa applications (H-1B, L-1, TN, E-1/E-2, R-1, O-1, and H-3); temporary investor visa applications; F-1 student visa issues; employment-based permanent residency (“green card”) including PERM labor certification applications, I-140 immigrant petitions (including Schedule A Physical Therapist and Registered Nurses, and PERM labor certification-exempt categories (including multinational transfers of managers and executives, Schedule A Group II, extraordinary ability, and national interest waivers); I-9 compliance for employers; family-based permanent residency; and naturalization/citizenship applications.As a recognized expert in immigration law, Susan has provided thought leadership on immigration issues to legal and other professional associations in Michigan and throughout the United States. Susan has presented nationally and locally on employment-based immigration and family-based immigration topics for the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the AILA Michigan Chapter, and the Institute of Continuing Legal Education, where she has been a faculty member, to educate other attorneys in immigration law. She has also authored an Immigration Initiative and Policy Document for the Office of the Governor of Michigan.Susan has served in leadership positions for key organizations focused on immigration and advocacy. AILA is the premier national association of over 15,000 attorneys and law professors who practice and teach immigration law. For two years, she served as the elected Chair of the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s (AILA) Michigan Chapter and member of the AILA Board of Governors from June 2011 to May 2013. Susan served as the elected Vice Chair of AILA’s Michigan Chapter from June 2009 to June 2011. Thereafter, Susan was appointed by AILA National’s President to the AILA-USCIS Nebraska Service Center Liaison Committee from June 2013 to June 2017 and served as the AILA NSC Committee’s Vice Chair from June 2015 to June 2017. Susan was appointed by AILA National’s President to serve on the AILA USCIS Ombudsman Committee from June 2015 to June 2017. She served as Vice Chair of AILA’s USCIS Service Center Operations Liaison Committee from June 2017 through June 2019.In 2019, Susan Im was appointed by AILA National’s President to serve as Chair of AILA National’s USCIS Service Center Operations Liaison Committee (SCOPS) from June 2019 to June 2020. In 2020, the AILA USCIS SCOPS Committee was renamed the USCIS Case Assistance Committee (CAC), and Susan served as Chair of the CAC from June 2020 to June 2021. In 2021, Susan also received the AILA National President’s Commendation for Outstanding Volunteer Service.Susan is a current member of IMMLAW, a national consortium of prominent, highly experienced immigration lawyers. She is past President of the Asian Professionals Organization (now West Michigan Asian American Association) and past Immigration Chair of the Michigan Governor’s Advisory Council on Asian Pacific American Affairs (ACAPAA). Susan’s volunteer and charitable work also included serving on the board of directors of In the Image, a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving families and individuals in need of clothing, shoes, and household goods.In 2019, Susan Im of ImLaw received the “Best Lawyers” designation by U.S. News & World Report. Susan was named one of Grand Rapids Magazine’s “Top Lawyers” as voted by her legal peers in multiple years through the present. She has earned the “Leading Lawyers” distinction in multiple years through the present. Leading Lawyers conducts in-depth research of Michigan attorneys and sent surveys to over 32,000 Michigan attorneys. Leading Lawyers awards are earned by fewer than 5% of all attorneys licensed to practice law in Michigan and are awarded to the lawyers most often recommended by their peers in statewide surveys.
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