Practice Areas
Naturalization & Immigration
Non-Immigrant Work Visas
Immigrant Work Visas
Permanent Residency
Employer Sanctions
Naturalization
Consular Processing

Education
J.D., cum laude, Georgia State University Law School, 1998
B.A., University of Colorado, 1991

Admitted to Practice
Georgia

Profile
Sanford practices exclusively in the area of immigration and naturalization law.  He represents multi-national corporate clients and individuals who are pursuing non-immigrant and immigrant visas.  He regularly works with fashion designers, perfumers, photographers and musicians who are pursuing both long term and short term immigration opportunities in the United States.

Areas of Practice
Non-Immigrant Work Visas
Sanford successfully petitions the immigration service on behalf of multi-national companies and individuals who are trying to obtain work permission in the United States.  He regularly files H1B’s, L1A’s and L1B’s, O-1’s, and TN’s.  Sanford is proficient in developing an overall immigration plan for clients who are first seeking employment permission and then obtaining permanent residency in the United States.

PERM
Sanford assists employers and employees through the new greencard process known as PERM. Elarbee Thompson is fortunate to be located within the same office complex as one of the two DOL processing centers.

Immigrant Petitions/Consular Processing
Sanford assists clients in obtaining their Permanent Residency through Adjustment of Status petitions based on approved PERM Applications, Labor Certifications or through filing an I-140 petition in an EB1 or EB2 category including Extraordinary Ability and Multi-National Executive.  In addition, he prepares clients for consular processing.

Professional Associations
American Immigration Lawyers Association
American Bar Association
State Bar of Georgia
Atlanta Bar Association
Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce