Jennifer A. Minear

Jennifer is a Director in the Immigration Practice Group. Her practice focuses on employment-based immigration with a particular emphasis on the healthcare sector, including J-1 waiver and green card processing for foreign medical graduates.

Jennifer prepares both immigrant and nonimmigrant petitions and applications on behalf of foreign workers. Her areas of expertise include H-1B and L-1 nonimmigrant petitions; PERM labor certification applications, I-140 immigrant petitions, national interest waiver petitions, and I-485 adjustment of status applications. Jennifer also advises and represents clients on family-based immigration matters, immigrant self-petitions under the Violence Against Women Act, and citizenship applications.

Community and Professional Memberships

• American Immigration Lawyer’s Association (AILA)
• AILA Healthcare Professional/Physicians Committee
• International Medical Graduate Taskforce (Chair, Government Agency Liaison Committee)
• Virginia Bar Association

Admissions

• Virginia 2001
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia
• U.S. Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit

Publications

• “Getting the Green Card on the Five Year Plan: National Interest Waivers for Clinical Physicians,” in Immigration Options for Physicians (3rd edition, 2009)
• Co-author, “Clinical J-1 Waivers – A Primer,” in Immigration & Nationality Law Handbook (AILA, 2009-2010 edition)

Presentations

• Panelist & Discussion Leader, National AILA Conference (2009), “Don’t Wager My Waiver: J-1 Waivers for Clinical Physicians”
• Panelist & Discussion Leader, AILA Conference, “Immigration Options for Physicians: Advanced Strategies for Providing Proper Diagnosis and Treatment” (2009)