Mr. Hector Angel Chichoni

Practice Details

• Languages
  Portuguese
  Spanish
• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Duane Morris LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Matters: Obtained a decision from the U.S. Citizenship
  Immigration Services (USCIS) Ombudsman
  Chief Counsel reversing an improper rejection of an H-1B petition,
  resulting in an immediate re-processing of the petition.
  Serve as lead immigration counsel to individuals in matters before immigration trial judges
  file briefs before the Board of Immigration Appeals
  the U.S. Citizenship
  Immigration Services (USCIS) Administrative Appeals Office.
  Serve as lead immigration counsel for international corporate clients. Obtain foreign visas
  work authorizations for employees assigned inside
  outside of the United States.
  Counsel U.S.
  international businesses, educational institutions
  nonprofit entities regarding temporary
  permanent business-, employment-
  investment-related U.S. visas.
  Serve as lead counsel for immigration
  employment-verification issues during large acquisitions, mergers
  corporate reorganizations.
  Serve as pro bono lead immigration counsel on immigration-related matters in U.S. immigration court
  before the Board of Immigration Appeals on behalf of foreign nationals detained at U.S. Immigration
  Customs Enforcement (ICE) service processing centers.
  Counsel non-U.S. companies establishing U.S. operations for the transfer of key executives, managers
  specialists into the United States.
  Assist foreign nationals in obtaining U.S. citizenship.
  Process deemed export licenses with the U.S. Department of Commerce to authorize release of controlled technology while coordinating applicable visas for foreign nationals.
  Advise universities
  other organizations on the fundamental research exemption to export-control regulations
  its applicability to the activities of foreign graduate students, researchers, visiting professors
  others.
  Develop systems, procedures
  policies in accordance with U.S. immigration laws for employers to provide screening mechanisms for new hires with export-licensing issues while complying with federal antidiscrimination provisions.
  Represent employers in connection with I-9 compliance
  work-site enforcement actions by U.S. Immigration
  Customs Enforcement (ICE).
  Assist with streamlining companies' internal processes for the transfer of employees, including U.S. Exchange Visitor Program
  blanket L visa
  H-2B visa programs.
  Train in-house legal personnel in preparing applications
  petitions for the temporary admission of foreign nationals.
  Represent one of the largest children's hospitals in the United States in obtaining nonimmigrant
  immigrant visas for doctors
  researchers of extraordinary
  exceptional ability.
  H
  le crossovers between immigration
  export-control matters to avoid corporate liabilities that could lead to governmental audits
  fines.
  Serve as lead immigration counsel in advising
  defending a large national corporate client during immigration audits from legacy INS.
  H
  le large, complex corporate immigration matters exceeding millions of dollars in potential impact.