James Bach - Immigration Law

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Law Offices of James A. Bach
100 Bush St., Suite 1980
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: 415-248-3100
Fax: 415-248-3105
immilaw.com
jbach@immilaw.com


The Law Offices of James A. Bach consists of attorney James A. Bach and a dedicated staff with decades of experience in providing effective and efficient legal services for its corporate clients in the area of Immigration Law.

Our firm has the experience and capacity to handle a large volume of business immigration cases, while providing the highest level of service to each individual employee we represent.

Our firm has been granted the highest rating by Martindale-Hubbell.* This rating "identifies a lawyer with very high to preeminent legal ability" reflecting "expertise, experience, integrity and overall professional excellence" and "the highest professional and ethical standards." While we appreciate this recognition, we also see this rating as a benchmark to live up to on a daily basis and in every single case.

We have extensive experience in providing comprehensive legal counsel to businesses employing foreign-born professionals, family-based immigration, and complex analysis and solutions in all other areas of immigration and nationality law. Our expertise includes:

  • Permanent residence ("green card") status for nurses, doctors and other health care workers.
  • Nonimmigrant (temporary) visa petitions and applications for H-1B professionals, L-1 intracompany transferrees, Canadian professionals using the NAFTA treaty, E-1 importers, and E-2 investors.
  • Expedited green card status for Transferring Managers and Executives, Outstanding Professors and Outstanding Researchers, and Persons with Extraordinary Ability in the Arts and Sciences.
  • Immigration based on marriage and other family relationships.
  • Comprehensive counseling and planning for high technology companies in providing immigration benefits to engineers and software professionals from all over the world.
  • National Interest Waiver cases.
  • Labor Certification cases in over forty states nationwide.
  • Adjustment of Status applications in INS offices throughout the United States, and applications for Consular Processing of Immigrant Visas at U.S. Embassies and Consulates throughout the world.
  • Waivers of excludability, including J-1 waivers and waivers relating to the 5-year bar.
  • Complex citizenship cases.

Mr. Bach is one of only 8% of California immigration attorneys who are certified by the State Bar of California as Certified Specialists in Immigration and Nationality Law. James Bach has been granted the highest A/V rating by Martindale-Hubbell, which “identifies a lawyer with very high to preeminent legal ability” reflecting “expertise, experience, integrity and overall professional excellence” and “the highest professional and ethical standards.” Mr. Bach serves as a Commissioner on the State Bar's Immigration and Nationality Advisory Commission for the 2008 to 2011 term. Among other things, the Commission writes and grades the biannual California Immigration and Nationality Specialty Examination. He is also an Arbitrator for the San Francisco Bar Association.

The firm represents both corporation and individuals, with a focus on H-1B visas, PERM labor certifications, and other business immigration cases, as well as family-based immigration and complex analysis and solutions in all other areas of immigration and nationality law.
Areas of Practice:
  • Nonimmigrant (temporary) working visa petitions and applications for H-1B professionals, L-1 intracompany transferrees, Canadian professionals using the NAFTA treaty, E-1 importers, and E-2 investors.
  • Expedited green card status for Transferring Managers and Executives, Outstanding Professors and Outstanding Researchers, and Persons with Extraordinary Ability in the Arts and Sciences.
  • Immigration based on marriage and other family relationships.
  • Comprehensive counseling and planning for high technology companies in providing immigration benefits to engineers and software professionals from all over the world.
  • National Interest Waiver cases.
  • PERM Labor Certification cases nationwide.
  • Adjustment of Status applications in INS offices throughout the United States, and applications for Consular Processing of Immigrant Visas at U.S. Embassies and Consulates throughout the world.
  • Waivers of excludability, including J-1 waivers and waivers relating to the 5-year bar.
  • Permanent residence (“green card”) status for nurses, doctors and other health care workers.
  • Complex citizenship cases.

Admissions:
State Bar Of California
Supreme Court of California
U.S. District court for the Northern District of California
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Hawaii State Bar Association

Resume

Education:
Dartmouth College 1975
University of California, Hastings College of Law, 1979.

Articles:
A Lie Can Exclude You From the United States Forever
Job Requirements and Interviews in Labor Certification Cases
Portability: Can You Change Jobs Without Jeopardizing Your Immigration Status?
Who Can Benefit From a Labor Certification?

Employment:
Law Offices of James A. Bach
San Francisco, California

Areas of Practice:
Immigration, with a concentration on obtaining working visas and green cards for professionals working for high tech companies

Organizations:
American Immigration Lawyers Association, 1980
Bar Association of San Francisco

Date of Birth:
May 27, 1953

Immigration Law

Immigration Law includes:
  • Permanent residence (green card) status for nurses, doctors and other health care workers.
  • Nonimmigrant (temporary) visa petitions and applications for H-1B professionals, L-1 intracompany transferrees, Canadian professionals using the NAFTA treaty, E-1 importers, and E-2 investors.
  • Expedited green card status for Transferring Managers and Executives, Outstanding Professors and Outstanding Researchers, and Persons with Extraordinary Ability in the Arts and Sciences.
  • Immigration based on marriage and other family relationships.
  • Comprehensive counseling and planning for high technology companies in providing immigration benefits to engineers and software professionals from all over the world.
  • National Interest Waiver cases.
  • Labor Certification cases in over forty states nationwide.
  • Adjustment of Status applications in INS offices throughout the United States, and applications for Consular Processing of Immigrant Visas at U.S. Embassies and Consulates throughout the world.
  • Waivers of excludability, including J-1 waivers and waivers relating to the 5-year bar.
  • Complex citizenship cases.