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.
Jennifer has published numerous articles on immigration issues ranging from J-1 waivers to green card options, to prevailing wage requirements. She has spoken, by invitation, at many national conferences and Continuing Legal Education Courses sponsored by the American Immigration Lawyers Association and other groups.
Recognitions
- Best Lawyers®
- ‘‘Lawyer of the Year’’, Immigration, 2023
- Immigration Law, since 2021
- Virginia Business Magazine
- Lawdragon 100 Leading Immigration Lawyers, 2023
- Virginia Lawyers Media, “Influential Women in Virginia,” 2014
- International Who's Who Corporate Immigration, 2023
- American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Service Excellence Award 2014
- Super Lawyers®, Virginia, Rising Star, 2011
Professional and Community Involvement
- AILA | American Immigration Lawyers Association
- President (2020 - 2021)
- President-Elect, (2019 - 2020)
- National First Vice-President, AILA (2018-2019)
- National Second Vice-President, AILA (2017-2018)
- National Treasurer, AILA (2016-2017)
- National Secretary, AILA (2015-2016)
- Elected Director, AILA Board of Governors (2012-2015)
- Past Chair, AILA Healthcare Physicians Committee
- Past Member, AILA Department of State Liaison Committee
- Past Chair, Government Agency Liaison Committee, International Medical Graduate Taskforce
- VBA | Virginia Bar Association
Publications
- Quoted In: CNN: Elon Musk is one of illegal immigration’s harshest critics. He once described his past immigration status as a ‘gray area’ (September 29, 2024)
- Quoted in: Financial Times: Biden’s Immigration Woes Complicate US Labour Shortages (April 11, 2022)
- Podcast Guest: The Rational Middle: Episode 83: Immigration Law in the Shadow of Trump with Jennifer Minear (June 9, 2021)
- Quoted in: The New York Times: Why an Estimated 100,000 Americans Abroad Face Passport Problems (May 6, 2021)
- Quoted in: The Guardian: ‘You can be kicked out any time’: US immigrants’ lives upended by Covid (May 5, 2021)
- Quoted in : Financial Times: Joe Biden’s Immigration Orders Leave Skilled Workers Guessing (February 7, 2021)
- Quoted in: PBS NewsHour: Trump Restricts Immigration Amid the Pandemic (July 28, 2020)
- Quoted in: Forbes: Immigrants Sent Scrambling Amid Fallout of New Trump Order (June 23, 200)
- Quoted in: The Hill: Immigrant Doctors Face Challenges to Work Even in Coronavirus Pandemic (April 10, 2020)
- Quoted in: Virginia Business: Hitting a Wall (September 3, 2019)
- Quoted in: Bloomberg Law: Companies Seeking H-1B Visas Asked to Prove Future Work Exists (July 17, 2019)
- Author: Re-Imagine the H-1B to Match Our Economy's Needs, thinkimmigration: (Mar 2019)
- Quoted in: Los Angeles Times: Immigrant Tech Workers Struggle to Get H-1B Visas Under Trump: "I've Never Felt So Helpless" (February 2019)
- Quoted in: Mother Jones: Report: Immigrant Applications are Seeing "Crisis Level" Delays Under the Trump Administration" (January 2019)
- Quoted in: Bloomberg Law: Foreign Students Who Work Stymied on Post-Graduation Employment (November 2018)
- Quoted in: Forbes: The Next Harmful Move Against H-1B Visas (September 2018)
- Quoted in: Bloomberg Law: Immigration Policies Weigh on Indian Workers Seeking Green Cards (September 2018)
- Quoted in: Medical Economics: Future Uncertain for Internationally Trained Docs (August 2018)
- Quoted in: National Public Radio: Syrian Student Worries About Her Future At Northeastern (July 2018)
- Quoted in: Forbes: New USCIS Policy Will Carry Harsh Consequences For Applicants (July 2018)
- Quoted in: Mother Jones: The Trump Administration Is Working to Deport More Legal Immigrants (July 2018)
- Quoted in: Bloomberg Law: Foreign Student Training Program Rules Quietly Tightened (April 2018)
- Quoted in: ABC News Radio: Foreign doctors filling shortages, communities who need them uncertain amid visa changes (June 2017)
- Quoted in: “Executive order aims to reform specialized visa program” in Internal Medicine News (May 2017)
- “Think Immigration: The New Front in the War on Immigrants – Administrative Action (September 2017)
- Co-author, “Arguing H-1B Cap Exemptions: Is Your Client Affiliated?” (June 2017)
- Quoted in: “Is Physicians Visa Program Ailing as EB-5 Spat Roils?” in Bloomberg BNA News (September 2016)
- Panelist and Co-Author: “Recent Proposed and Implemented Department of Homeland Security Initiatives Regarding High-Skilled Workers, STEM Students, and Entrepreneurs,” AILA Fall Conference (September 2016)
- Author: Fear Mongering in America, The Hill (December 2015)
- Author: “How Executive Action Could Heal Healthcare-Related H-1B Petitions” AILA Voice (Feb. 2015)
- Co-author: “Arguing H-1B Cap Exemptions: Is your client “affiliated?” (2015)
- Author, “PERM Regulation Via Smoke Signal Not Acceptable,” AILA Voice (May 2014)
- "Threading the Needle: Counseling the International Medical Graduate on options for Lawful Permanent Resident Status," in The Physician Immigration Book (2011)
- Co-author, "How Do You Solve a Problem Like ACWIA?: Prevailing Wage Conundrums for Academics and Researchers," in Immigration Options for Academics and Researchers (2011)
- “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: Arguing H-1B Cap Exemption, AILA Annual Conference (June 2017)
- Panelist: Hot Topics in U.S. Immigration, AILA Annual Conference (June 2017)
- Panelist: Immigration Solutions for Allied Healthcare Professionals, AILA Teleconference (April 2017)
- Panelist: High-Skilled Workers Final Rule, AILA Teleconference (December 2016)
- Panelist: Hot Topics in Immigration, AILA Rome District Chapter Fall Conference (October 2016)
- Panelist: Hot Topics in U.S. Immigration, AILA Annual Conference (June 2016)
- Panelist, PERM Labor Certification for Physicians, AILA (2015)
- Panelist, AILA Annual Conference (2014), “Can We Get a Doctor in the House?” (Physician Immigration Options)
- Panelist, ILW.com Series (2014), "Foreign Physician Immigration Options for Experts"
- Panelist and Discussion Leader, AILA Annual Conference (2013), “J-1 Clinical Waivers for Physicians”
- Panelist, AILA Rome District Chapter Conference (2012), “Beyond Au Pairs and Camp Counselors: Successful J Visa Practice”
- Panelist & Discussion Leader, AILA CLE (2012), "J-1 Waivers In-Depth"
- Panelist, AILA Annual Conference (2011), "Coping with the H Cap"
- Panelist & Discussion Leader, AILA Annual Conference (2009), “Don’t Wager My Waiver: J-1 Waivers for Clinical Physicians”
- Panelist & Discussion Leader, AILA Conference (2009), “Immigration Options for Physicians: Advanced Strategies for Providing Proper Diagnosis and Treatment”
