The firm has affiliates in more than 270 cities around the world as Hawaii's exclusive member of Commercial Law Affiliates, an international network of independent business law firms. CLA information is also available in Japanese, Chinese and French, or visit CLA's home page to find out more about this organization and how the firm's affiliation can help you or your business. Legal immigration is a highly regulated and tightly controlled system that serves the national interest. Through our legal immigration system, U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents unite with close family members, and U.S. employers gain access to the specific skills necessary to strengthen the U.S. economy and remain competitive in the global economy. Through legal immigration, the U.S. also fulfills its longstanding tradition of protecting a fraction of the world's refugees.
Legal immigration is good for America - citizens and immigrants alike.
Examples of non-immigrants are students, tourists, temporary workers, business executives, and diplomats. Through family-based immigration, a U.S. citizen or LPR can sponsor his or her close family members for permanent residence. An LPR can sponsor his or her spouse, minor children, and adult unmarried children. Typically, the employer must first demonstrate to the Department of Labor that there is no qualified U.S. worker available for the job for which an immigrant visa is being sought. A person located outside the United States who seeks protection in the U.S. on the grounds that he or she faces persecution in his or her homeland can enter this country as a refugee.