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2011 Immigration Update on Foreign PIs, Postdocs, and Grad Students
60 Minute On-Demand Webinar. Available in CD, MP3 and PDF Transcript.
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ATTENTION:
Deans • Department Chairs • Human Resource Directors • Compliance Officers • Legal Counsel
Sponsored Research Directors • PIs with Current or Proposed Foreign Staff
or Call 1-800-303-0129 ext. 506The number one concern of many foreign researchers is making sure they maintain proper immigration status to eventually receive a green card to stay in the United States permanently. Don’t let your researchers' immigration status hinder the advancement of your research. As a PI, the more you know about their options and how you can help them, the more foreign researchers will be able to focus on working for you!
This on-demand training will be helpful to any professionals concerned with full compliance with immigration rules and regulations concerning laboratory researchers from other countries.
5 Key Take-Aways:
In this webinar, Dr. Adam Frank will navigate the muddy turf foreign researchers’ face:
- The infamous visa backlog. What is it and how it affects foreign-born researchers
- How background checks can affect foreign researchers leaving the US to get visa stamps
- Strategies in phrasing job descriptions to get immigration approval
- Tactics to keep researchers here under temporary status (other than the J-1 and H-1 permits)
- What immigrant options are available for foreign born scientists
Plus! Discover the secrets to the 5 categories for immigrant visas to know how to help current or potential researchers. Notate the differences between actual approvals and mere qualification, and more.
Price:
- CD with audio and handouts -- Price: $197
- MP3 audio file only -- Price: $197
- PDF Transcript only -- Price: $197
Meet Your Presenter:
| Adam Frank, graduated from University of Baltimore Law School in 1994 and became a member of the Maryland Bar that same year. He began practicing immigration law in 1998, and opened his own immigration law office in 2000 with a partner (the same firm he is currently at now). During the past 11 years he has worked with postdocs, medical doctors, and others to help them stay in the United States both temporarily and permanently. Approximately 90% of his clients are researchers looking to stay in the United States, working for such employers as NIH, FDA, University of Maryland, Georgetown University, George Washington University, Harvard University, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, MD Anderson Cancer Institute, among others. Since 2008 he has been traveling across the US to present Immigration lectures for postdocs, HR personal, principal investigators, etc. in regards to immigration law in conjunction with the National Postdoctoral Association. The talks have occurred at many Universities and Institutes, such as Dana Farber, University of Colorado, Duke, UNC, UNJMC, among others. In 2010 he also was invited to talk at the American Association of Medical Colleges, Group on Graduate Research, Education, and Training annual meeting on Immigration Law and how it affects postdocs and their PI’s.
This On-demand presentation is brought to you as training tools by the Principal Investigators Association, which is an independent organization. All views expressed are those personally held by the presenter and are not official government policies or opinions.Further, the information is not legal advice. You should contact a legal professional for guidance regarding your individual circumstances. |
or Call 1-800-303-0129 ext. 506 for more information. |
