Anthony F Siliato

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Meyner and Landis LLP's Immigration Law Group provides a full scope of immigration law services of only the highest quality at a reasonable cost. We pride ourselves on providing the legal sophistication and resources of a larger law firm with the cost advantage of dealing with a smaller, more personal and conscientious firm. This translates to direct involvement of experienced attorneys and efficient staffing of cases in all matters we handle. We also pride ourselves on the accessibility and responsiveness of both the attorney and paralegal responsible for any particular matter. All emails and telephone calls to our Immigration Law Group will receive a response within 24 hours, if not the same day.

Experienced Advice In All Business Immigration and Family Immigration Law Matters in New Jersey and Beyond

Business Immigration

With a special emphasis on business immigration law, our Immigration Law Group has more than 25 years of experience with all temporary work-related visa classifications (H-1B, H-2B, H-3, L-1A, L-1B, E-1, E-2, TN, O, P), as well as all permanent, immigrant visa categories, including obtaining a green card through the alien labor certification process (PERM). Thus, we are ideally suited to provide your business with both short and long-term guidance in connection with the recruitment, hiring, transfer and retention of international personnel worldwide. Our Immigration Law Group regularly provides these services to businesses of all sizes, from Fortune 500 companies to startups, in a variety of industries including hospitality products and services, pharmaceutical products and services, laboratory testing and inspections, oil, chemicals, natural gas, health care, travel, wireless telecommunications, executive relocation, manufacturing, multi-media and various technology companies. View some of our most recent successes in Business Immigration Law. Click here to read our recent publication in the New Jersey Law Journal's Employment And Immigration Law Supplement, entitled "Innovation Through Immigration - Creative solutions to the challenges of recruitment, hiring and retention of foreign-born talent".

Recent developments have shown that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Department of Labor have substantially stepped up their efforts in worksite enforcement, including increased audits of I-9 and H-1B Public Access files. Our Immigration Law Group will counsel your business on H-1B Public Access file and Form I-9 compliance, mandatory record-keeping, and E-Verify enrollment requirements for those who voluntarily enroll, as well as for those who are required to enroll, in the E-Verify program.

In addition to our full service U.S. immigration practice, our Immigration Law Group regularly assists our clients in facilitating global business travel and obtaining temporary work and permanent resident visas abroad. In this regard, we offer a single point of contact to a network of vetted immigration counsel whereby our firm maintains direct contact with the individual and his/her employer while maintaining careful oversight of all transactions to ensure they are performed timely and in the most cost-effective manner.

With our wealth of experience in business immigration law issues, we can assure your business that our Immigration Law Group is fully equipped to handle the most complex and sophisticated immigration law matters. We will provide you the advice as to most feasible or practical non-immigration classification that should be pursued for a particular individual; and assist in formulating a plan of employment (short and/or long term) so as to accommodate the needs of the employer and/or the employee, as the case may be.

Family Immigration

Our family immigration practice is focused on the reunification of families. We help our clients to determine which family visa preferences are most applicable to the client's situation and proceed accordingly. We handle all family-based visa applications involving United States citizens sponsoring spouses, children or other family members to legally come to the United States.

In addition, we secure visas for fiancés of American citizens, as well as for family members of legal permanent residents. We also process naturalization applications for legal permanent residents (residents with green cards).
The practice of Immigration Law is a highly complex area of law - due largely to the fact that the immigration laws themselves are intricate and undergo changes on a regular basis.

Credibility and reputation are key ingredients for success at the administrative level. Our experience, reputation and solid client base are the foundation for the ongoing success of our Immigration Law Group. With over 25 years of experience in practicing Immigration Law, our firm is equipped to handle the most complex and sophisticated business and family immigration law matters.

We look forward to the opportunity to provide you with both short and long-term immigration guidance. Whether it be initial filing options or strategies regarding employment-based sponsorship issues (e.g., feasible alternatives to the labor certification (PERM) process, EB-2 vs. EB-3, changing jobs, layoffs, DOL inspections, ICE raids) or issues of family sponsorship (e.g., fiancé visa vs. marriage-based visa, divorce), we are prepared to address your most pressing concerns related to employment or family immigration status.

For a free evaluation and fee estimate of your immigration case, please complete our Client Questionnaire.

With offices in Newark, New Jersey, the Immigration Law Group of Meyner and Landis LLP conveniently provides immigration services for businesses and individuals throughout the state of New Jersey. The firm's immigration practice, however, is national in scope, encompassing the representation of multi-national Fortune 500 employers, businesses and individuals throughout the United States.

Anthony F Siliato
Meyner & Landis LLP
1 Gateway Center #2500
Newark NJ 07102
Tel: 973 624-2800; 973 602-3440
Fax: 973 624-0356

Areas of Practice:
Immigration

Anthony F. Siliato, the founder of Meyner and Landis' Immigration Law Group, has been practicing Immigration Law for more than 25 years. He is chiefly responsible for the firm's business and corporate-related immigration matters which involve the recruitment, hiring, transfer and retention of international personnel worldwide. In addition, Mr. Siliato counsels business clients in the areas of immigration-related compliance, investigations and immigration due diligence for corporate mergers and acquisitions.

In servicing the immigration-related needs of employers in a full spectrum of industries including, hospitality, pharmaceutical, health care, travel, manufacturing, multi-media and technology, Mr. Siliato either partners with in-house counsel or human resource personnel or manages their foreign national personnel program entirely, in obtaining temporary and permanent (green card) visas for business, scientific, managerial and executive personnel. Through his substantial experience with all work-related visa classifications (H-1B, H-2B, H-3, L-1A, L-1B, E-1, E-2, TN, O, P), he is able to provide both short-term and long-term strategic guidance in the employer/employee relationship. His representation also includes that of outstanding researchers, extraordinary ability foreign nationals and those seeking national interest waivers.

In addition to securing visas, Mr. Siliato advises clients on corporate regulatory compliance. Recent developments show that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Department of Labor have stepped up their efforts in worksite enforcement. These efforts include increased audits of I-9 files and H-1B Public Access files. Such audits, at times, result in employer sanctions for I-9 and other employment-related violations. In extreme circumstances, criminal penalties have been imposed on corporate officers with control over the activities which form the basis for the employer's liability. Mr. Siliato consults corporate and business clients on I-9 compliance, record-keeping, and electronic (including E-verify) verification requirements to remain compliant with the law. Mr. Siliato also advises clients on safe harbor procedures for employers which receive social security mismatch letters. By taking certain steps in a timely fashion, an employer may avoid sanctions from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for employing individuals unauthorized to work in the U.S.

In addition to his inbound visa practice, Mr. Siliato regularly provides guidance in outbound immigration worldwide.

A past chair of the New Jersey Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Mr. Siliato remains an active member of AILA, serving as a mentor in employment-related immigration matters. He is a frequent speaker on employment-related immigration and has developed and performed numerous in-house training programs for clients and human resource personnel on many topics, including The Most Commonly Used Working Visa Classifications, The Road to the Green Card through PERM and I-9 Compliance. His authored works include Strategies To Expedite Employment of Foreign Nationals, and Common Pitfalls that Delay or Interrupt Employment, Seminar Material, National Business Institute, October 2006.

Mr. Siliato currently serves as a member of the Advisory Board of the International Institute of New Jersey, a non-profit organization whose mission statement is to help immigrants and refugees build full and productive lives in the United States and work to ensure their fair and equitable treatment. He has been selected as a Super Lawyer in the area of Immigration Law by New Jersey Super Lawyers Magazine (2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011).