M. Alejandra Vargas concentrates her practice in the area of immigration law. Ms. Vargas represents companies in a wide variety of industries including, financial, Fintech, consumer goods, tech and artificial intelligence. She advises businesses on both temporary and permanent visa sponsorship processes, helping clients establish, review, and customize their immigration policies to meet business needs and ensure compliance.

Ms. Vargas also assists individuals and families with nonimmigrant and immigrant visa matters, as well as naturalization. She helps skilled professionals, artists, entrepreneurs, and business owners secure temporary and permanent visa sponsorship, obtain lawful permanent residence, and navigate the U.S. naturalization process for themselves and their families.

As a volunteer attorney in Duane Morris’ Pro Bono Program, Vargas contributes her expertise to those in need. She is a member of the Hispanic/Latino Employee Resource Group and the Marketing Committee of the New York office and previously served as co-chair of the firm’s Associates Committee.

Ms. Vargas is a graduate of University Pontificia Bolivariana in Colombia, and she was awarded an LL.M. by Brooklyn Law School and an LL.M. (Matrise and Master II) in Private Law from the University Panthéon- Assas (Paris II) in France. She is fluent in French and Spanish.

Areas of Practice

Corporate Immigration Compliance: I-9 Policies, compliance programs, training, audits, ICE investigations; E-Verify advice and counsel, training, compliance programs and risk/benefit analysis; electronic I-9 vendor reviews, merger and acquisition immigration compliance review, remediation and risk analysis.

Inbound and Outbound Temporary Visa Petitions: Inbound U.S. Business Visitors (B); Investors (E); Specialty Workers (H-1B); Temporary Workers (H-2B); Trainees (H-3); Intra-company Transferees (L); Extraordinary Ability (O); Canadian and Mexican Professionals (TN). In reference to Outbound Visas, Ms. Vargas works with expert local counsel in the outbound country to facilitate and streamline the visa process.

Permanent Residency Applications: Extraordinary Ability, Outstanding Researchers and Professors; Multinational Managers (EB-1) Advanced Degree Professionals (EB-2); Skilled Workers and Professionals (EB-3) PERM Labor Certifications; Family Based Petitions in all categories, waivers and consular processing