Melissa O. Nonaka

Immigration Attorney

Melissa Nonaka represents corporate clients and other US employers as well as individuals and their family members on a wide range of employment-based and family-based immigration matters, naturalization, and other immigration-related benefits before the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, the US Department of Labor, and the US Department of State. Specifically, Melissa counsels public and private companies, multinational corporations, start-ups and nonprofit organizations on both short and long-term options for hiring and retaining foreign national employees through sponsorship for temporary nonimmigrant visas such as H, L, E, TN, and O, as well as for immigrant visas/permanent residence based on Extraordinary Ability, Multinational Executive/Manager, Outstanding Researcher, National Interest Waivers, and PERM Labor Certifications. She also advises clients on the immigration implications of corporate restructuring including mergers, acquisitions, carve-outs/divestitures, and spin-offs.