Getting a visa for a foreign employee can be a challenging endeavor. This seminar will provide an overview of the current visa landscape, provide strategies to obtain a visa for foreign workers and educate participants on new laws and policies that affect foreign employees. We will discuss why it has become so difficult to obtain the most popular visa for skilled foreign employees – known as the H-1B visa and briefly examine the criteria and application process for the H-1B visa. We will also look at some popular alternatives, including visas for multinational managers, executives, and workers of “extraordinary ability.” Finally we will discuss the pros and cons of each visa, examine common admissibility issues that arise when foreign workers travel overseas or have ever been arrested and review the latest changes in immigration policies and laws.