§ 2.1 Introduction

• Library: Rights of Foreign Nationals (OSBar) (2020 Ed.)

§ 2.1 INTRODUCTION

An attorney serving business clients is likely to encounter immigration issues in two contexts. The first is if the attorney's U.S. business client employs, or would like to employ, foreign workers. The second is if the attorney's client is a foreign person seeking to establish a business or work in the United States on a temporary basis, or is a foreign entity seeking to establish operations in the United States.

In both contexts, the clients and their attorneys unfamiliar with U.S...