Welcome to Allen & Hodgman
U.S. and Canadian Immigration Lawyers
Our practice consists of both Canadian and U.S. immigration law.
We are lawyers who are licensed to practice immigration law in both Canada and the United
States. Our partners' names are Bruce
Allen and (Ms.)
Blair Hodgman. If you want to live, work or study in Canada or
the United States, we want to help. We are also experienced in
working with businesses to obtain the right work permit quickly for
your foreign workers. We have offices in the Midwest United States in Cleveland, Ohio
and in Atlantic Canada near Halifax, Nova Scotia. With the help of
phone, fax and email, we serve clients all over the world.
 Come
to The United States!
There are many opportunities for foreign nationals to live, work, and study in the United States. Professionals from around the world can
take advantage of one of the 85,000 H-1B
visas available each year. Qualifying Canadians can work easily in the United States
in one of the numerous skilled worker TN
visa categories established by NAFTA. Intra-company transferee L
visas and investor E
visas are also available. These visas are often the stepping
stone to permanent residency ("Green
Cards"). The new PERM regulation
may shorten the Green Card process for many people.
 Come
to Canada
Canada offers many attractive opportunities for skilled workers
and their families to live and work in a prosperous country with
excellent schools, social services, and universal health care. Those
who qualify can obtain permanent residency in as little as a year's time. Unlike the U.S., an employer sponsor is
often not required. Canadian citizens and permanent residents can
sponsor their spouses, children, parents and grandparents immediately, instead of waiting many years, as in the U.S.
Canada also welcomes couples in
non-traditional relationships.
Canada
also offers work
permits to many categories of temporary workers with job offers
in Canada, such as
software professionals. Canada now has a program which permits the
spouse or partner of a temporary worker to work as well.
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Bruce Allen and Blair Hodgman are members of the American Immigration Lawyers
Association (AILA), the foremost
professional organization of American Immigration Lawyers. We are
the only AILA members in Atlantic Canada.
We are also members of the Canadian Bar Association Immigration Section, and Ms. Hodgman
has served as member of the
national Executive Committee of the section, and provincial chair.
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