Sarah Melnick

Senior Associate

Sarah Melnick

Sarah Melnick
Sarah Melnick
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Sarah Melnick

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Sarah is a Senior Associate at Fragomen’s New York office. She has experience advising multinational corporate clients on strategies to achieve global workforce mobility in the financial services, energy, information technology consulting and consumer packaged goods sectors, among others. Sarah counsels clients on all aspects of corporate U.S. immigration, including all major employment-based temporary and permanent visa categories and regulatory compliance.

Prior to joining Fragomen, Sarah worked with several Washington, DC-based immigration law firms while attending The George Washington University Law School. She assisted individual clients, Fortune 500 companies, start-ups and small to medium-sized organizations in a variety of industries, including finance, law, information technology consulting, software development, multimedia services and fashion.

Sarah’s pro bono efforts have included representing an undocumented minor in a petition for special immigrant juvenile classification and related family court proceedings, and counseling the Executive Director of a non-profit organization in his permanent residence process, which included obtaining a National Interest Waiver.

Education

  • The George Washington University Law School, J.D., 2015
  • The George Washington University, B.A., cum laude , 2011

More from Sarah

Admissions

Bar Admissions: New Jersey, New York

Practice Limited to Federal Immigration & Nationality Law

Experience

Advised a large multinational conglomerate on the immigration aspects of a corporate acquisition.

Represented individual artists and triathletes in obtaining “extraordinary ability” classification based on demonstrated international expertise and prominence in their fields.

Represented an international technology consultancy services company in obtaining “specialty occupation” classification for a high volume of prospective employees.

Publications and lectures

Speaker, “The Immigration Conversation – Summer Travel Considerations for Foreign Nationals.” Fragomen, 8 July 2026.

Sarah’s insights

Podcast
July 8, 2026

Summer Travel Considerations for Foreign NationalsRead more

April 12, 2024 | Blog post

Not Selected in the H-1B Cap? You Still Have OptionsRead more

September 26, 2023 | Blog post

Green Card Holders Considering a Move Abroad: Here’s What You Need To KnowRead more
More related insights

Sarah’s insights

Podcast
July 8, 2026

Summer Travel Considerations for Foreign NationalsRead more

April 12, 2024 | Blog post

Not Selected in the H-1B Cap? You Still Have OptionsRead more

September 26, 2023 | Blog post

Green Card Holders Considering a Move Abroad: Here’s What You Need To KnowRead more
More related insights

Sarah’s insights

Podcast
July 8, 2026

Summer Travel Considerations for Foreign NationalsRead more

April 12, 2024 | Blog post

Not Selected in the H-1B Cap? You Still Have OptionsRead more

September 26, 2023 | Blog post

Green Card Holders Considering a Move Abroad: Here’s What You Need To KnowRead more
More related insights

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  • United StatesUnited States

Get in touch

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  • English

Contact information

Email

[email protected]

T:+1 212 230 2802

F:+1 212 480 9930

New York

Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP

1400 Broadway

New York NY 10018

United States

Connect via Linkedin

Sarah’s insights

Podcast
July 8, 2026

Summer Travel Considerations for Foreign NationalsRead more

April 12, 2024 | Blog post

Not Selected in the H-1B Cap? You Still Have OptionsRead more

September 26, 2023 | Blog post

Green Card Holders Considering a Move Abroad: Here’s What You Need To KnowRead more
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[email protected]

T:+1 212 230 2802

F:+1 212 480 9930

New York

Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP

1400 Broadway

New York NY 10018

United States

Connect via Linkedin

Sarah’s insights

Podcast
July 8, 2026

Summer Travel Considerations for Foreign NationalsRead more

April 12, 2024 | Blog post

Not Selected in the H-1B Cap? You Still Have OptionsRead more

September 26, 2023 | Blog post

Green Card Holders Considering a Move Abroad: Here’s What You Need To KnowRead more
More related insights

Share

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  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn

Share

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  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn

Get in touch

Languages

  • English

Contact information

Email

[email protected]

T:+1 212 230 2802

F:+1 212 480 9930

New York

Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP

1400 Broadway

New York NY 10018

United States

Connect via Linkedin

Sarah’s insights

Podcast
July 8, 2026

Summer Travel Considerations for Foreign NationalsRead more

April 12, 2024 | Blog post

Not Selected in the H-1B Cap? You Still Have OptionsRead more

September 26, 2023 | Blog post

Green Card Holders Considering a Move Abroad: Here’s What You Need To KnowRead more
More related insights

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Europe’s New Mobility Equation: More Talent, More Oversight, More Complexity

Partner Raj Naik explores how geopolitical change, increasingly data-driven compliance and evolving talent strategies are reshaping workforce mobility across Europe.

Learn more

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Partner F. Joseph Paldino and Counsel Clark Cannon Named to Utah Business’ 2026 Legal Elite

Partner F. Joseph Paldino and Counsel Clark Cannon are named to Utah Business’s 2026 Legal Elite for their contributions to immigration law.

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Polish Citizenship by Descent: Do You Qualify?

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Learn more

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