Housed in the Park Building, Lorina Tester is part of the Office of General Counsel. As Associate General Counsel, Lorina:
- Facilitates the hiring and retention of foreign nationals who contribute to the quality and diversity of the U;
- Applies for and approves employment-based immigration applications;
- Obtains dependent visa status for employees;
- Supervises and oversees procedures for sponsoring and hiring foreign nationals at the University;
- Provides campus-wide consistency in the handling of all employment-based immigration applications and issue all checks for USCIS fees;
- Limit the U’s liability from improper immigration practices on campus, and maintains Department of Labor and United States Citizen Immigration Services public disclosure files;
- Liaisons with the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Labor, and the Department of State;
- Provides legal advise on I-9 issues; and,
- Intervenes with U.S. Consulates abroad when international employees have travel/visa issues.
To see an overview of nonimmigrant, employment-based visas, please click here:
http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/types/types_1271.html
http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/Bull14final110303.pdf
http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin/bulletin_1360.html
What is a visa?
http://www.unitedstatesvisas.gov/whatis/index.html
How do I locate a U.S. Embassy abroad?
What if my visa is denied?
