Families
If you are sponsoring a spouse, fiancé(e), or relative, start here for the filing paths that fit your facts.
- · Marriage-based green cards
- · Fiancé(e) visa (K-1)
- · Family sponsorship / petitions for relatives
- · Adjustment of status
Practice
Families, individuals, employers, and startups — pick the path that fits your facts
Immigration Ascent is a division of Gillespie, Shields and Taylor, providing legal counsel and representation in U.S. immigration matters. Our practice is organized around the people the immigration system actually touches — families, individuals, employers, and startups.
Individuals
Naturalization, green card renewal or replacement, and removal defense — counsel when the next filing is about you.
View practice area →Employers
H-1B, O-1, EB-1A, TN, and PERM / employment-based green cards when your hire depends on the right petition.
- · H-1B visa & status
- · O-1 (extraordinary ability)
- · EB-1A (immigrant founders / extraordinary ability)
- · TN visa
- · PERM / employment-based green cards
Startups
Immigration counsel for founders, entrepreneurs, startup executives, and growing teams evaluating founder and talent pathways.
- · Founder & entrepreneur immigration strategy
- · O-1A for founders and key talent
- · EB-1A for founders and entrepreneurs
- · EB-2 NIW for entrepreneurs
- · H-1B strategies for startups
- · Employment-based green cards for growing teams
- · Startup immigration insights