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Andrea Brown Godfread
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agbrown@harrisbeach.com

Andrea Godfread-Brown

  Senior Counsel

(315) 214-2058  |
  agbrown@harrisbeach.com
“Immigration is not an incidental concern to foreign nationals who are here or wish to come here to work, live or join family. It is all-encompassing. Immigration status determines the individual’s life plan and can affect employers in business planning and success. Due to shortages of human capital in the health care and technology industries, it is critical that employers are able to plan for and support the best talent from anywhere in the world.”
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Profile
Representative Matters
Professional and Civic
Areas of Experience
Admissions
Education
Location

Andrea has built her career around the practice of employment-based immigration law, including seven years in-house at Syracuse University where she handled all employer-sponsored petitions for non-immigrant and immigrant visas.  Since entering private practice 10 years ago, Andrea has developed a specialty practice in health care-related immigration. She represents hospitals and medical practice groups when they hire foreign-trained nurses, physicians, physician assistants and any other allied health professionals.

Andrea regularly handles J waivers, H-1Bs, O-1s and EB Permanent Resident petitions for many industries.  She also handles employment-based green card work for her health care, IT consulting, and engineering firm clients. In the past 10 years, she has also assisted small and start-up tech and engineering companies sponsor employees for H-1B and EB-1/EB-2 green cards.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS + SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

  • Regularly presents at The Tech Garden, a central New York business incubator, to business start-ups regarding immigration options for entrepreneurs.
  • Presented to local SHRM chapters on various immigration topics related to the workplace, including E-Verify and I-9 compliance.
  • Represent hospital clients with physician immigration cases for international medical graduates, here under the J-1 program, in obtaining waivers and transitioning to H-1B status.
  • Handle large volume of Schedule A Nurse green cards for Hospital client
  • Obtain cap-exempt status for Medical Center affiliated with clinical programs for purposes of filing H-1B visas for physicians
  • Successfully obtain ARC, HHS and Conrad State 30 Waivers for physicians who complete training in J-1 status
  • Handle Extenuating Circumstances H-1B transfers for physicians working in Medically Underserved Areas during their waiver period
  • Advise and Update large Medical Center and Hospital clients on emergency measures due to COVID-19 that are implemented by Department of Labor and USCIS
  • Handle Consular Process and Visa issues for healthcare workers who are eligible for National Interest Exemptions to Travel bans
  • Successful practice in O-1 extraordinary ability visas for physicians and researchers
  • Participate in national advocacy efforts for Immigration Legislation as it impacts International medical graduates and nurses
  • Handles employment-based visas applications (H-1B, O-1, TN, NIW, EB-1/EB-2, PERM) for tech industry clients
  • Advises recent F-1 graduates and employers about EAD, E-Verify, OPT, and H-1B

Professional and Civic

  • International Medical Graduate Task Force, Conference Committee Chair; member
  • American Immigration Lawyers Association, member

Legal Practices

Immigration

Industry Teams

Health Care

New York

U.S. District Court, New York - Northern District

Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College

JD
1997

Albany Law School

BA
1991
Syracuse, NY Office
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 March 9, 2022
DHS Announces Temporary Protected Status for Ukrainian Citizens in U.S.
On March 3, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that Ukraine will be designated for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) f...read more
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 October 10, 2021
Nursing Shortages Open a Path to Immigrant Nurse Visas: Process Explained
As hospitals and medical centers continue to face challenges in staffing during the pandemic, the struggle is heightened to find and hire su...read more
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 March 17, 2021
USCIS To Allow Employers Another Chance at Certain H-1B Denials
On Friday, March 12, 2021, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it may reopen and/or reconsider the denial of prev...read more
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 March 11, 2021
USCIS Stops Enforcing Charge Rule: Intending Immigrants No Longer Need to Pass Wealth Test
On March 9, 2021, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it will no longer seek judicial review of any court decisions inv...read more
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 February 25, 2021
Rescission of “Immigrant Visa Ban”
In its latest action to reverse Trump-era immigration policies, on February 24, 2021, the Biden Administration rescinded Presidential Procla...read more
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 February 24, 2021
USCIS Announces Premium Processing for E-3 Visa Petitions for Australian Nationals
On February 24, 2021, USCIS announced it is adding I-129 petitions for E-3 status to the list of case types eligible for Premium Processing....read more
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Syracuse, NY Office
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■ Areas of Expertise

Immigration Legal Practice
Health Care Industry Team

■ Profile

Andrea has built her career around the practice of employment-based immigration law, including seven years in-house at Syracuse University where she handled all employer-sponsored petitions for non-immigrant and immigrant visas.  Since entering private practice 10 years ago, Andrea has developed a specialty practice in health care-related immigration. She represents hospitals and medical practice groups when they hire foreign-trained nurses, physicians, physician assistants and any other allied health professionals.

Andrea regularly handles J waivers, H-1Bs, O-1s and EB Permanent Resident petitions for many industries.  She also handles employment-based green card work for her health care, IT consulting, and engineering firm clients. In the past 10 years, she has also assisted small and start-up tech and engineering companies sponsor employees for H-1B and EB-1/EB-2 green cards.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS + SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

  • Regularly presents at The Tech Garden, a central New York business incubator, to business start-ups regarding immigration options for entrepreneurs.
  • Presented to local SHRM chapters on various immigration topics related to the workplace, including E-Verify and I-9 compliance.

■ Representative Matters

  • Represent hospital clients with physician immigration cases for international medical graduates, here under the J-1 program, in obtaining waivers and transitioning to H-1B status.
  • Handle large volume of Schedule A Nurse green cards for Hospital client
  • Obtain cap-exempt status for Medical Center affiliated with clinical programs for purposes of filing H-1B visas for physicians
  • Successfully obtain ARC, HHS and Conrad State 30 Waivers for physicians who complete training in J-1 status
  • Handle Extenuating Circumstances H-1B transfers for physicians working in Medically Underserved Areas during their waiver period
  • Advise and Update large Medical Center and Hospital clients on emergency measures due to COVID-19 that are implemented by Department of Labor and USCIS
  • Handle Consular Process and Visa issues for healthcare workers who are eligible for National Interest Exemptions to Travel bans
  • Successful practice in O-1 extraordinary ability visas for physicians and researchers
  • Participate in national advocacy efforts for Immigration Legislation as it impacts International medical graduates and nurses
  • Handles employment-based visas applications (H-1B, O-1, TN, NIW, EB-1/EB-2, PERM) for tech industry clients
  • Advises recent F-1 graduates and employers about EAD, E-Verify, OPT, and H-1B

■ Professional and Civic

  • International Medical Graduate Task Force, Conference Committee Chair; member
  • American Immigration Lawyers Association, member

■ Education

Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College
 ,JD
 ,1997
Albany Law School
 ,BA
 ,1991

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