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Megan Blanford
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- English
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Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
755 W Big Beaver Rd Suite 750
Troy MI 48084
United States
Megan is an Associate at Fragomen’s Detroit office, where she assists clients with immigrant and nonimmigrant matters, particularly PERM, as well as related Requests for Evidence.
Megan has experience counseling clients on strategies for nonimmigrant and immigrant visas, including H-1B, L-1, O-1 and EB-1A visas. She has partnered with corporate clients of all sizes, ranging from venture-backed companies to large publicly traded companies.
Prior to joining Fragomen, Megan worked at a corporate and family immigration firm in Kansas City, Missouri, where she handled a wide variety of immigrant and nonimmigrant matters, including L-1, H-2A and EB-5 visas. She also worked at a boutique corporate immigration firm as a Supervising Attorney and at a university immigration law clinic advising local non-profits on family and humanitarian immigration services.
Education
- The University of Iowa College of Law, J.D., 2017
- Drake University, B.A., 2014
More from Megan
Admissions
Bar Admissions: Iowa
Practice Limited to Federal Immigration & Nationality Law
Professional accomplishments
Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association
Member, Chicago Bar Association
Member, The Missouri Bar Association
Experience
Filed a large number of third-party worksite H-1Bs and ensured continued immigration compliance for a large third-party contracting software development company.
Filed a high volume of L-1 visas, both consular and through USCIS, for an India-based software development company and partnered with them through multiple acquisitions and mergers to ensure continued immigration compliance.
Filed numerous highly technical and scientifically based O-1s and EB-1As for a biomedical company.
Megan’s insights
July 5, 2022 | Fragomen news
