Business Immigration

At the heart of our practice

For more than a decade, Lal Legal has helped entrepreneurs, business leaders, corporations, small firms and non-profits in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond pursue growth and excellence, to employ thousands of people, and to fulfill their entrepreneurial dreams.
 

We play a crucial role in helping individuals and companies navigate the complex legal requirements and processes associated with immigration for business purposes.
 

We support businesses, small and large, and employees through periods of expansion, succession, and all other important transitions. Our job is to help create the conditions for you to achieve sustainable success today and for the future by developing a strategic immigration plan tailored to meet your goals and needs.

We are passionate about your business, attentive to detail, and committed to giving you the edge as you navigate the challenges and opportunities of business leadership. Here are the areas that we assist with most frequently:
 

Lal Legal lawyers have helped to create and staff several successful Bay Area enterprises. 

Business Immigration

Insights

Navigating CBP Secondary Inspection, Searches and Seizures

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Is the U.S. Government Monitoring Your Pro-Palestine Posts?

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SEVIS Termination? Here Is What You Can Do

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Trump Administration Ends CHNV and CBP One Program, Revoking Parole for Thousands of Migrants

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Trump Administration Pauses Green Cards for Asylees and Refugees: What You Need to Know

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The Laken Riley Act Passes: What It Means for Immigration Enforcement and Public Safety

In a landmark decision, Congress passed the Laken Riley Act, which is expected to be signed into law by President Trump. The bill is a controversial piece of legislation named in honor of the 22-year-old nursing student whose tragic death sparked national debates about immigration enforcement and public safety. The bill, which cleared its final hurdles this week, aims to tighten immigration laws and address concerns about crimes committed by undocumented individuals. Here’s what you need to know about the law and its potential impacts.

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Trump Revokes Protections for 600,000 Venezuelans

The Trump administration has reversed a decision by President Joe Biden that extended deportation protections (temporary protected status) for over 600,000 Venezuelans living in the U.S. The decision to revoke the 18-month extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which was put in place due to ongoing crisis in Venezuela, was made public on Tuesday.

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Trump’s Executive Orders Reshape U.S. Policy

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Federal Judge Ends Keeping Families Together Program

A federal judge in Texas has struck down the Biden administration’s “Keeping Families Together” program, a policy that would have allowed undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens to remain in the country while adjusting status. Ultimately, despite the claims of the states who sued to stop this policy, it is the American public, including the hundreds of thousands of families impacted by this decision, who will bear the human and social costs of this decision.

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Post-Election Blues – What To Do Now?

There’s a silver-lining here for immigration advocates. We have always known that the Democrats will not liberate us–they have the same anti-immigrant policies sans the rhetoric. The Biden Administration has continuously tried to curtail the right to seek asylum. We have organized and resisted anti-immigrant policies before, and we will continue to do so. We will no longer be alone and scream into the void as the next President comes for our clients and our families. Trump’s victory should galvanize people who cannot look away from the very real violence that they will unleash on women, immigrants, the LGBTQIA community, and many more people.

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New Benefit: TPS for Lebanon

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New Benefit: DED for Lebanon

On July 26, 2024, President Joseph Biden issued a Memorandum on the Deferred Enforced Departure for Certain Lebanese Nationals to the secretaries of state and homeland security authorizing DED and employment authorization for 18 months for eligible Lebanese nationals.

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