Maryanne’s practice focuses on US federal immigration law, with a concentration on business-based immigration issues.
She has experience representing and counseling private clients, business professionals, and entrepreneurs on the development of and strategy for the US employment of foreign nationals, executives, managers, and other workers.
Maryanne also specializes in immigration-compliance issues, business reorganizations and their immigration consequences, and immigration-related due diligence.
viewpoints
USCIS Online Organizational Accounts and Electronic Filing – the Future has Finally Arrived – Session 1
February 14, 2024 | Webinar
Maryanne Kline, Shannon Parker, and John Quill discussed the features of the Online Organizational Accounts and the electronic filing process that is availabe starting February 2024.
January 2024 update: US Department of State Announces Pilot Program for Stateside H-1B Visa Renewals
January 22, 2024 | Alert | By Maryanne Kline
The Department of State published an online tool H-1B visa applicants can use to determine if they are eligible for the stateside visa renewal pilot program announced in December 2023, which allows a limited number of H-1B nonimmigrants to renew their visas from within the US.
DHS Releases New Form I-9 as New Flexibility for Qualified Employers Takes Effect
August 10, 2023 | Alert | By John Quill, Maryanne Kline, Angel Feng, Juan Steevens
Read about DHS’s new version of Form I-9 as part of its Final Rule regarding Form I-9 document examination and the optional procedure for conducting remote document review.
New DHS I-9 Regulation Provides Needed Flexibility to Certain Qualified Employers
July 26, 2023 | Alert | By John Quill, Maryanne Kline, Angel Feng
Read about DHS’s Final Rule regarding Form I-9 completion, which provides flexibility in allowing remote document review and verification for certain qualified employers that are enrolled in, and in good standing with, the DHS E-Verify system.
PERM Recruitment Impacted by “Pay Transparency” Laws
November 9, 2022 | Alert | By Corbin Carter, Maryanne Kline, John Quill
State and city pay transparency laws requiring certain employers to publish “pay scales” in job advertisements also impact employers that sponsor foreign national employees for permanent resident (“green card”) status through the Department of Labor’s PERM process.
Travel Alert – Update* on U.S. Travel Bans and Travel Requirements
November 9, 2021 | Alert | By Maryanne Kline, William Coffman, Lindsey Steinberg
Webinar Recording: Changes to the COVID Travel Ban
October 21, 2021 | Webinar | By Maryanne Kline, John Quill
US Department of State Extends Validity of National Interest Exceptions to 12 Months
July 7, 2021 | Alert | By Maryanne Kline
Travel Alert – Update on U.S. Travel Bans
May 12, 2021 | Alert | By Maryanne Kline
E-Verify Records Purge Scheduled for May 14, 2021
February 25, 2021 | Alert | By Maryanne Kline
Events & Speaking
Involvement
- Member, Boston Bar Association
- Co-chair, Boston Bar Association Immigration Law Committee (2003 – 2005)
- Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association