Category: USCMA/NAFTA News Center

Due to our proximity to the border, Berardi Immigration Law often meets clients of our colleagues in order to help them prepare in presenting their NAFTA applications to Customs and Border Protection at the Peace Bridge in Buffalo, New York. On May 11, 2018, our Senior Associate Attorney Gabriella Agostinelli met the client of a colleague in […]

Associate Attorney Catherine Dines of Berardi Immigration Law recently met one of our clients in Fort Erie, Canada in order to help him prepare to present his TN application to Customs and Border Protection at the Peace Bridge in Buffalo, New York. This application was unique in that it was his second recent TN application with a […]

Associate Attorney Catherine Dines recently met one of our clients in Fort Erie, Canada to prepare her for presenting her TN application as an Industrial Designer to Customs and Border Protection at the Peace Bridge in Buffalo, New York. In addition to preparing the application, Catherine reviewed the application in-depth with the client and answered […]

On March 26, 2018, Managing Partner of Berardi Immigration Law Rosanna Berardi met with three clients in Fort Erie, Canada to review their petitions to be submitted to Customs and Border Protection at the Peace Bridge in Buffalo, New York. All three applicants were applying for L-1 status. Two of the applicants had very straightforward […]

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in conjunction with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that beginning April 30, 2018, it will roll out a pilot program that will eliminate “on the spot” border L-1 NAFTA adjudications at the Blaine, Washington port of entry. Instead, the government will replace these instant border adjudications with […]

On Friday, March 16, 2018, Partner of Berardi Immigration Law, Jennifer Behm, met three clients in Fort Erie, Canada to review their visa applications before submitting them to Customs and Border Protection at the Buffalo Peace Bridge. Jennifer reviewed their applications with them in detail and answered all of their questions. The first client, a […]

On Friday, March 9, 2018, our Associate Attorney Catherine Dines met one of our clients in Fort Erie, Canada in order to review his TN Scientific Technician. The TN Scientific Technician category can be a bit tricky, as it is not as straightforward in terms of required qualifications as some of the other categories. TN […]

On February 15, 2018, our Associate Attorney Catherine Dines met one of our clients in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada in order to help him prepare to present his L-1 application to Customs and Border Protection. Our office drafted the application in full and prepared our client to anticipate the types of questions CBP would ask. […]

The United States, Canada and Mexico continue to negotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), but the divide between each nation’s delegations on major treaty issues does not appear to be shrinking. In fact, many experts are starting to believe that the parties are too far apart to ever reach a deal. The American […]

This morning, our Senior Associate Attorney Gabriella Agostinelli met two of our clients in Fort Erie, Canada to prepare them in presenting their applications to Customs and Border Protection at the Peace Bridge in Buffalo. The first case was a TN Computer Systems Analyst application. Gabriella thoroughly reviewed the application with the client and answered […]