Immigration law, New York

Your Future in America. Our Expertise to Get You There.

Immigration strategies for entrepreneurs, investors, and business owners building their future in America.

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Who we serve

Find the Path That Fits You

The right visa depends on what you bring: capital, a record of achievement, or a family tie. We start from where you stand.

Investors and Companies

Investing in or Expanding a U.S. Business

  • E-2
  • E-1
  • L-1
  • EB-5

For investors putting capital into a U.S. business, treaty traders, and companies sending an executive or manager to a U.S. office. Some of these routes are temporary and renewable, and the EB-5 leads to a green card.

Investor visas
Founders and Professionals

Recognized for What You Do

  • O-1
  • EB-1A
  • EB-2 NIW
  • H-1B
  • TN

For founders, researchers, creatives and professionals whose record, role or training carries the case. Some routes rest on documented achievement, others on a U.S. job offer, and some lead directly to a green card.

Professional visas
Families

Bringing Your Family Together

  • Marriage green card
  • K-1
  • Adjustment of status
  • Naturalization

For the spouses and fiancés of U.S. citizens and the spouses of permanent residents, from the first petition through the green card. When the time comes, we also handle the path to U.S. citizenship.

Family visas

The firm at a glance

The Firm at a Glance

15

Years practicing law

Flat

Fee, never hourly1

3

Practice groups: investors, professionals and families

NY

Admitted in New York, federal practice nationwide2

  1. 1 We quote the full cost of the matter before we begin, and that is what you pay.
  2. 2 Immigration is federal practice, so we represent clients nationwide and abroad.

We quote the entire cost of the matter before we start, and that is what you pay.

Flat fee, never hourly

Why clients trust us

One Firm for the Company and the Visa

I

Flat Fee, Never Hourly

Most firms bill by the hour, which quietly rewards the attorney who works slowly. We quote the entire cost of the matter before we start, and that is what you pay. You know the number going in.

II

One Firm for the Company and the Visa

A visa petition is built on the same documents that make a venture credible in the first place, which is exactly why one firm should handle both. We help set up the U.S. company and prepare the visa case together, so the structure and the case are built to match.

III

Every File Reviewed by a Former USCIS Adjudicator

Before anything is filed, your complete file is reviewed by a member of our team who spent years deciding these applications for USCIS. That reviewer knows what an adjudicator looks for, so gaps are found and fixed while they are still yours to fix.

Why founders come to us

Three Reasons We Hear Again and Again

The business is doing well. It is everything around it that keeps getting more expensive: the tax, the household, the cost of growing at home. I want to build the next stage in a bigger market, and I want to know the structure is right before I commit the money.

Business owner, Ontario

I already spend part of every year in the States, and some of my customers are there. I am not trying to leave home for good. I want to work that side of the business properly, with the right status, instead of watching the calendar.

Trades business owner, Western Canada

This is about our children: their schools, their sports, the future they get to build. Before we decide, we need to know the whole family comes with us, whether my spouse can work, and how to plan the move around a school year.

Business owners and parents, Quebec

Composite descriptions drawn from consultations. Details changed. No outcome is implied.

How we work

Four Steps From First Call to Decision

Timelines vary by visa, by filing office, by consulate, and by country of origin. We give you a current estimate for your case at the strategy session and update it as your matter progresses.

  1. Consultation

    Tell us about your business, your family, and your timeline. We explain how the process works, what the flat fee covers, and what the next step is. If your spouse or business partner is part of the decision, bring them.

  2. Strategy Session With Our Legal Team

    We review your business or your record, your ownership structure, and your investment against the visa’s requirements, tell you what needs adjusting first, and give you a realistic timeline. Your spouse or partner is welcome to join.

  3. Business Setup and Evidence

    We help structure and set up the U.S. company, prepare the business plan, and assemble what the case rests on: the investment and source of funds for an E-2, or the record of recognition for an O-1.

  4. Review, Filing and Decision

    Before anything is filed, a former USCIS adjudicator on our team reviews the complete file, and you review it with us. We file, then stay with the matter through the decision and your renewals.

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Common questions

Questions We Hear on Every First Call

Can my spouse work?

For the E-2, yes. The spouse of an E-2 investor is authorized to work in the United States, for any employer or in the family business, because the right comes with the spouse’s status. Your children can live and study here but cannot work. Other visas work differently, so we confirm the details for your family, including your marital status, at the start. How E-2 spouse work authorization works.

Do I have to live in the United States full time?

Not necessarily. The E-2 asks you to develop and direct the U.S. business, and many owners keep their business at home running and divide their time between the two countries. How that works depends on your business and your role in it, and the time you spend in each country also affects your taxes, so we map it out with you before anything is filed.

What if I am not from a treaty country?

The E-2 follows your citizenship, not where you live, so a resident of a treaty country who holds another passport is judged on that passport. If yours is not from a treaty country, you cannot apply for the E-2 directly. Some applicants first obtain citizenship in a treaty country, and for others a different visa, such as the O-1 or the EB-5, fits better. E-2 options for non-treaty nationals.

How long does it take?

It depends mostly on your consulate and on how ready the business is. Preparing the business and the application comes first; once the case is filed, most E-2 applicants have a decision within a few weeks to a few months. We give you a current estimate for your case at the strategy session and update it as the matter moves. E-2 processing times in detail.

Talia Harari, founder of Harari Law, in her office

From the founder

A Message From Our Founder

We love this country, and we want to bring people here who will make the most of it.

I built Harari Law for business owners, entrepreneurs, professionals and investors who have decided their future is in America. They have the ambition and the plan. What they need is a team that believes in them and knows how to get them here.

That is why we choose the attorneys we work with so carefully: for their legal skill, their attention to detail, and their understanding of what it takes to build something in the United States. When we take on your matter, we are invested in your success, not just your paperwork.

If you are ready to take advantage of everything America has to offer, we would be glad to help you get there.

Talia Harari, Founder

About the firm

Insights

Most-Read Guides

Plain-language guides to the visas we handle, written by Talia Harari.

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Next step

Start With a Consultation

Tell us about your plans and your timeline. We will tell you honestly which pathway fits and what it will take.

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