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Kyle A. Knapp
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kknapp@porterwright.com
p: 614-227-2132 f: 614-227-2100
Huntington Center
41 South High Street
Columbus, OH 43215-6194
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EmployerLawReport Blog: 
Mr. Knapp has extensive experience with both employment- and family-based immigration, including nonimmigrant (temporary) and immigrant (permanent) visas and employment eligibility verification (I-9 compliance). He routinely counsels employers on strategies available for hiring non-citizens. He also assists employers in complying with employment eligibility verification and document retention requirements that apply to all employees. Mr. Knapp’s particular areas of concentration include H-1B (professionals), L-1 (intracompany transfers), E-2/E-1 (investors/traders), TN (Canadian & Mexican professionals), and labor certification (green card processing). His experience ranges from processing nonimmigrant visas and green cards for engineers and information technology professionals at boutique firms to assisting multinational corporations recruit and retain top executives. For the health care industry, he has obtained green cards for pharmacists, nurses and physicians and temporary visas for residents. In the L and E visa context, he helps overseas investors and companies understand the various options and requirements for commencing business in the United States and transferring key personnel to U.S.-based operations.
Mr. Knapp also speaks fluent German and has represented clients from German-speaking countries with a variety of corporate and business immigration matters.
Practice Areas
Immigration
Business immigration
Employment eligibility verification
Nonimmigrant visas
Permanent resident applications
Professional Associations
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Education
Capital University Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 1998
The Ohio State University, B.A., summa cum laude, 1994, Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admissions
State of Ohio
State of Florida
Presentations/Publications/CLE
Regular author of hot topics, regulatory changes and employer advisories concerning employment-based immigration
Speaker, “Hot Topics and Current Trends in Employment-based Immigration,” Employment Relations Seminar, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP and HR Collier, Naples, Florida, February 3, 2006
Speaker, “Employment Based Nonimmigrant Visas,” Lorman Education Services, Columbus, Ohio, April 14, 2004
Speaker, “The H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa — Information for College Students,” various universities (Ashland University, College of Wooster, Denison University, Ohio Wesleyan University, Otterbein College, University of Dayton, Wittenberg University, Wright State University), 2003-present
Speaker, “The H-1B” Nonimmigrant Visa,” Human Resource Association of Central Ohio, Columbus, Ohio, July 8, 2001
Author, “One Cannot Serve Two Masters: Solving the Inherent Conflicts of Interest in Statutory Legal Counsel for Ohio School Boards,” Capital University Law Review, Vol. 26, No.1 (1997)
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