About the Firm
We help companies and individuals with global mobility, immigration, economic sanctions, and IP (intellectual property). Attorney Heidi Meyers has more than 28 years of experience in immigration law, since 1995. We have also recently added economic sanctions and IP to our practice, to better help our clients in this rapidly changing security, regulatory, and business environment. We help immigrants, their businesses, their employers, and their family members with complex immigration issues in an all-enforcement all the time environment. We can fight for you in federal court, as Ms. Meyers is admitted in the Southern District of NY, Eastern District of New York, District of D.C., the Second Circuit, Third Circuit, and Fifth Circuit Courts of Appeals, as well as New York State. Our expertise in immigration law includes federal court litigation, business immigration, deportation and removal, inadmissibility and waivers, family immigration (petition for writ of mandamus, APA actions), temporary visas, naturalization, and denaturalization, and USMCA (TN). Extensive experience in H-1Bs (temporary professionals), L-1As (managerial or executive transferees), L-1Bs (specialized knowledge workers), E-2 (treaty investors), E-1 (treaty traders), F-1 (students), PERM labor certification, National Interest Waivers, Aliens of Extraordinary Ability, as well as deportation and removal issues, asylum, waivers of all kinds, federal court litigation.
We speak Spanish, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, Dari, Pashtu, and Italian, and welcome people of all religions and walks of life.
Our office values our clients’ confidentiality and privacy, and our law office does not allow Work From Home (WFH). Our employees perform all office work on our law firm computers and devices, and no personal devices are allowed. Employees are prohibited from downloading or copying client information onto personal devices or using their personal phones to conduct law firm work. In-person appointments in the office to discuss your case confidentially with the attorney or bring documents are always available.
Location
Law Office of Heidi J Meyers
11 Broadway Suite 925
New York NY 10004
Our office is conveniently located at 11 Broadway, New York NY 10004 in lower Manhattan, by Battery Park, the Museum of the American Indian, and the Wall Street Bull. It is easily accessible to mass transit, including the 4 or 5 train to Bowling Green, the R or W to Whitehall Street, and the 2 or 3 to Wall Street, as well as the Staten Island Ferry. It is also within walking distance of the World Trade Center and PATH trains.
For further inquiries, please contact us at (646) 508- 5225,
(212) 791-4007 or [email protected]
We are open from Monday – Friday: 9 am to 4 pm (except national holidays), as well as Sundays by appointment only
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Immigration News and Updates
Huawei: Update on Export Controls & Economic Sanctions with China, Dec 2020
Since Huawei and its non-U.S. affiliates were added to the US Dept of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)’s export controls entity list, the BIS has imposed additional restrictions on Huawei, making it difficult to do business with Huawei unless a company...
Work Permit Updates September 2020
Recently, there have been many issues regarding delays in work permits. Over the summer, USCIS accumulated a backlog of 75,000 cases in which the work authorization card was approved, but the physical card itself had not been produced. So many people were in the...
Acclimate to American Culture Before You Come – Starting a Business in the U.S. Series No. 1
It might seem like a strange time to start a business, in the midst of a pandemic, economic downturn and period of de-globalization. But in the midst of adversity, there are opportunities, if you take a fresh look, re-assess and examine. While others are going...
National Interest Exceptions (NIEs) to the Travel Ban on H-1Bs, H-2Bs, L-1s, and certain J-1s
The Presidential Proclamation 10014 banned H-1B, H-2B, L-1A, L-1B, and certain categories of J-1s (including au pairs, trainees and interns, teachers, camp counselors and summer work program). The ban applied to entry of foreign nationals who were abroad on the date...
New Filings of DACA cases-USCIS Cannot Ignore the US Supreme Court
Why has USCIS been ignoring the US Supreme Court mandate and rejecting initial applications for DACA? The U.S. Supreme Court, in DHS v. Regents of the University of California, 140 S.Ct. 1891, 1915 (2020) held that the Trump Administration’s termination of DACA...
Good News For Federal Appeals of Removal Orders
The U.S. Supreme Court has opened the door to appeals of removal orders involving denials of adjustment to permanent residency, cancellation of removal, removability for having committed certain crimes and other issues in removal proceedings. The US Supreme Court made...
Rights of H-1B Workers
As an H-1B employee, you have rights. H-1B employers are heavily regulated under both US immigration law and US employment law. If you are an H-1B worker, and are being taken advantage of by your employer, do not despair! First, the H-1B employer is legally obligated...
How Can Foreign Respiratory Therapists Work in the United States?
How can foreign respiratory therapists work in the United States? The Coronavirus pandemic has created a shortage of respiratory therapists. Chronic low-level respiratory diseases were already the fourth-leading cause of death in the US before Covid-19. Respiratory...
Immigration Consequences of Money Laundering
The grounds of inadmissibility, which include money laundering, apply to both foreign nationals outside the U.S. who are applying for a visa, as well as foreign nationals within the U.S. who are applying for adjustment to permanent residency. Not only that, but they...
Recession, Layoffs and Foreign Workers in E-1, E-2, H-1B, L-1, O-1,and TN Status
Due to the Coronavirus, and worldwide economic standstill, we are already seeing the beginning of large numbers of layoffs. More than a million workers in the US could lose their jobs by the end of March 2020. See, for...
The Law Office of Heidi J Meyers is OPEN and ready to assist you with any immigration issue!
Dear Valued Clients and Friends: Our office is open and will stay open regardless of the Coronavirus. Please do not hesitate to contact us with any immigration issue or concern. We are happy to help you! We can handle employment/business immigration issues in an...
Drunk Driving (DUI or DWI) and Immigration
An arrest for DUI (Driving Under the Influence) or DWI (Driving While Intoxicated) may have serious consequences for your immigration status, even if you are not convicted. If you are convicted of DUI or DWI, you may be barred from demonstrating good moral character...
Court holds Trump Policy on Unlawful Presence for Foreign students and Exchange Visitors (F, J and M) Unlawful.
On February 6, 2020, in Guilford College et al. v. McAleenan, a federal district court issued a permanent injunction prohibiting the Trump Administration from implementing its new policy regarding unlawful presence for F-1 students, J-1 exchange visitors and M-1...
The New Travel Ban Still Allows Nonimmigrant Visas and Special Immigrant Visas, Depending on the Country
The Trump Administration’s new travel ban, or “Proclamation on Improving Enhanced Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry”, issued January 31, 2020 bans the issuance of immigrant visas (i.e., green cards processed from abroad by US Consulates...
Out of Status Foreign Doctors with DACA, TPS or Asylum Applications, Part 1.
There are many medical doctors in the U.S. who are out of status. Some foreign-born doctors have grown up in the U.S., and attended high school, college and medical school here. They may be out of status, but have been granted DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood...