Douglas R. Penn

NEWS:

• Help for displaced Haitians (January 2010)
• Human Rights Day Event Focuses on Immigration (December 2009)
• Attorney Penn quoted in Connecticut Law Tribune (November 2009)
• Attorney Penn quoted in Yale Daily News (October 2009)
• Attorney Penn elected chair of the Connecticut Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (June 2009)

The Law Office of Douglas R. Penn LLC is committed to providing diligent, competent representation to families and businesses with immigration related matters. Immigration laws can be complex. We give realistic advice, set achievable goals, and educate our clients about the immigration process as it affects their cases.

Douglas R. Penn has been practicing immigration law since 1997. Mr. Penn received a Juris Doctor and a Master of Arts in international studies from the University of Denver in 1994. Currently, Mr. Penn is the Chair of the Connecticut Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. He regularly gives presentations to interested business organizations and community groups on immigration issues.

We assist our clients with all stages of United States immigration law, from initial temporary trips for business, to applying for work visas and employment authorization, to immigrating to the United States, to applying for naturalization. With our typical focus on achieving results, we evaluate a case at the beginning to identify and solve potential issues before they become problems.

We focus our immigration practice on employment and family based immigration to the United States. For employers and employees, we provide legal assistance with obtaining permanent residence, including preparation and filing of:

• PERM applications for labor certification
• Extraordinary ability petitions for foreign nationals
• Petitions for executives and managers
• Immigrant petitions for qualified religious workers

We also assist employers with obtaining the appropriate temporary (nonimmigrant) work visa for their employees, such as:

• Professional work visas (H-1B visas and similar visa categories, including H-1B1 for Singaporeans and Chileans and E-3s for Australians)
• E-1 and E-2 visas for Treaty Traders and Treaty Investors
• L-1A and L-1B visas for intra-company transferees
• O visas for extraordinary foreign nationals
• R visas for qualified religious workers
• TN status for Canadian and Mexican professionals

With family based immigration, we provide advice and assistance with obtaining the appropriate visa to the United States, including marriage and family petitions and fiancée (K-1) and overseas spouse (K-3) visa processing. We assist family members with all steps towards immigrating to the United States, including assisting with consular processing and attending interviews at Citizenship and Immigration Services offices.

We also assist our clients with applying for Unites States citizenship. We thoroughly review our client’s immigration history when preparing the naturalization application and closely monitor the entire naturalization process. At our clients’ request, we attend their naturalization interviews.