Employment-Based Visa Services
The VISA Office provides comprehensive assistance to Case Western Reserve University on all aspects of employment-based immigration and legal permanent residence. The office acts as the liaison between the University and all government agencies involved in immigration matters and assists both the institution and individuals in complying with immigration laws and regulations.
SERVICES
- Advises CWRU departments and processes petitions for employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant statuses.
- Offers regular workshops on processing nonimmigrant and immigrant petitions to departments, faculty, staff, and scholars.
- Processes all nonimmigrant petitions for the University’s international faculty, staff, and scholar populations. Serves as a liaison between CWRU and outside counsel retained to process immigrant petitions for faculty, staff, and scholars.
- Administers the University’s J-1 Exchange Visitor Program, which includes issuing of Forms DS-2019 and related documents, advising departments and scholars, and providing international staff and scholar orientation sessions.
- Acts as a resource for compliance questions regarding hiring, sponsoring, maintaining status, and terminating international faculty, staff, and scholars.
QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS REGARDING AN IMMIGRATION MATTER? SPEAK WITH THE VISA OFFICE FIRST.
Immigration regulations are complex and often difficult to understand, with important changes occurring frequently and at times with little or no advance notice. VISA Office staff expend significant time remaining current with all applicable regulations. Rather than attempting to navigate the difficult regulatory immigration environment alone, current and prospective faculty, staff, and scholars should begin their immigration work by consulting with the VISA Office on how best to proceed.
CONTACT THE VISA OFFICE
| Office Hours | Phone, Fax and Email | Address |
| 8:30AM – 5:00PM Monday – Friday Except for University holidays/breaks and weekends |
P: 216.368.6964 F: 216.368.1881 Visa@Case.edu |
10900 Euclid Avenue Crawford Hall, 2nd Floor Cleveland, OH 44106 |
MEET THE TEAM
Marin Ritter
Director
Director
| mkr2@case.edu |
| Elise Karberg H-1B Specialist exk390@case.edu |
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| Adriana Nelson J-1 Specialist axn274@case.edu |