Shirley Tang is an immigration attorney who has more than 25 years of experience advising businesses on the recruitment and retention of global talent. She is a strategic resource to national and multinational human resource and talent management professionals in securing work visas (including H-1B, TN, L-1, O-1, and others) and permanent residency (green cards) through employment sponsorship. Her clients include publicly traded companies, startups, and individuals across a broad range of industries including information technology, education, pharmaceuticals, finance, healthcare, hospitality, and manufacturing.

Shirley has considerable expertise representing companies and high net worth individuals, who are citizens of certain eligible countries, to obtain work visas based on a treaty of commerce and navigation (E-1 Treaty Trader) or a bilateral investment treaty (E-2 Treaty Investor). She assists companies in developing and structuring technical training plans to attract highly skilled interns and trainees from overseas under the J-1 exchange visitor program. Shirley also provides guidance to Human Resource managers on Labor Condition Applications, I- 9 compliance and enforcement issues. She also counsels private educational institutions on compliance with the Student Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), which operates under the auspices of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Prior to practicing immigration law, Shirley served as an Assistant District Counsel for the legacy Immigration and Naturalization Service in Newark, New Jersey. As such, she was responsible for handling immigration litigation, employer sanctions, IRCA compliance cases and denaturalization cases. She is a frequent speaker on immigration law, delivering presentations at Continuing Legal Education seminars, as well as lectures on pressing immigration topics for the American Immigration Lawyers.

Why do I practice U.S. immigration law?

As a first generation American-born citizen, I grew up observing my immigrant parents endure hardship and sacrifice to ensure that my siblings and I had better opportunities to accomplish our goals. Throughout my career as an immigration lawyer, I have been privileged to help clients transform their lives as they become part of our communities and achieve their American dreams. This is why I am so passionate about the practice of U.S. immigration law.