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Neelam is a Senior Associate in Fragomen’s New York office, where she practices exclusively in the field of immigration and nationality law. She provides strategic counseling on all employment-based immigration matters, including nonimmigrant and immigrant visa options. Neelam manages U.S. immigration programs for corporate clients in a variety of industries, including information technology, consumer products and more. She also has extensive experience providing individualized business immigration services relating to all aspects of global employee mobility for start-ups, mid-size and Fortune 500 companies in the healthcare, accounting, financial services, arts and entertainment, news media and sports fields.

While in law school, Neelam served as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Judge Nadine Lewis at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. During the course of her legal studies, Neelam also served as a student member of the Human Rights Immigration Litigation Clinic, where she successfully represented individuals for political asylum before the U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review.

Education

  • Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, J.D., Merit Scholarship Recipient , 2007
  • Stony Brook University, B.A., 2002

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Admissions

Bar Admissions: New York

Practice Limited to Federal Immigration & Nationality Law

Professional accomplishments

Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association

Member, South Asian Bar Association

Experience

Strategically counseled employers and human resources departments on immigration issues associated with corporate transactions and reorganizations, including mergers, acquisitions and workforce reductions.

Prepared and delivered presentations on legal issues, legislative changes and travel procedures to foreign national employee populations and employers.

Managed PERM programs for corporate clients, including batch and individual filings, audits and supervised recruitment. 

Publications and lectures

Author, “Proposed Restrictive Changes to the Nonimmigrant Visa Program under the Senate’s immigration Reform Bill.” The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, 22 May 2013.

Author, “Heightened B-1 Visa Scrutiny Affects International Employers.” New York Law Journal, 5 September 2011.

Neelam’s insights

September 15, 2022 | Media mentions

Bloomberg Law: How Employers Can Cope With the Work Visa BacklogRead more

Neelam’s insights

September 15, 2022 | Media mentions

Bloomberg Law: How Employers Can Cope With the Work Visa BacklogRead more

Neelam’s insights

September 15, 2022 | Media mentions

Bloomberg Law: How Employers Can Cope With the Work Visa BacklogRead more

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  • United StatesUnited States

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  • Hindi
  • Telugu
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[email protected]

T:+1 646 861 7027

F:+1 212 480 9930

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1400 Broadway

New York NY 10018

United States

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Neelam’s insights

September 15, 2022 | Media mentions

Bloomberg Law: How Employers Can Cope With the Work Visa BacklogRead more

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Neelam’s insights

September 15, 2022 | Media mentions

Bloomberg Law: How Employers Can Cope With the Work Visa BacklogRead more

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New York NY 10018

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