Rebecca Schechter focuses her practice on business immigration and compliance, representing multi-national corporations midsized companies, and startups, as well as individual clients. She has experience with all areas of employment-based immigration, particularly H-1B, L-1, O-1 and E-2 petitions, as well as outstanding researcher petitions and labor certification applications. Rebecca regularly assists GT clients with global immigration matters, including business and work visas to countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America. She also works on state and federal I-9 and E-Verify audits. Rebecca has a thorough understanding of third party contractor issues and experience handling complex naturalization, deportation defense, family and employment-based adjustment applications.
Concentrations
•Global immigration
•Start-ups
•Third party contractors
•H-1B and L-1 petitions
•I-9 compliance
•O-1 and EB-1 Petitions
•Labor certification applications
Articles, Publications, & Lectures
•Panelist, Executive Orders Webinar, Greenberg Traurig, McLean, VA, September 6, 2017
•Panelist, PERM session, AILA DC Chapter Annual Conference, November 2016
•Panelist, Coffee Immigration Speak, Greenberg Traurig, McLean, VA, June 28, 2016
•Co-Author, Big Changes for Employees on Student Visas - What Employers Need to Know , GT Alert, May 31, 2016
•Moderator, Doing Business with Our Neighbors: An Overview of Canadian and Mexican Business Immigration, AILA DC Chapter, March 3, 2015
•Co-Presenter, Global Immigration and Potential Implications in Key Markets, GT Webinar, November 18, 2014
•Panelist, Immigration Laws, ALI Airline and Railroad Labor and Employment Law CLE, Washington, DC, April 10-12, 2014
•Co-Presenter, After Infosys: Are You Compliant? GT Webinar, January 27, 2014
•Co-Presenter, Onboarding: Hiring Foreign Nationals, GT Webinar, December 12, 2013
•Co-Author, How the U.S. Government Shutdown Affects Employers and Their Foreign National Workforce , GT Alert, October 2013
•Speaker, Government Shutdown: How it Impacts Immigration and Global Business, GT Webinar, October 2013
•Speaker, Key Trends in Accessing Talent Globally: Here, There, and Everywhere, TechServe Alliance Annual Conference, November 2012
•Speaker, Employment-based Immigrant Visas, AILA DC Chapter Fall Conference, November 2011
Associated News & Events
Press Releases
10.27.16 Greenberg Traurig's Rebecca B. Schechter to Speak on The Latest Guidance in Conducting Internal Form I-9 Audits
02.11.16 Greenberg Traurig Immigration Practice Hosts H-1B Cap FY2017 Webinar
02.05.16 Greenberg Traurig Elevates 4 Attorneys to Of Counsel in Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia Offices
02.04.16 Greenberg Traurig Elevates 44 to Shareholder or Of Counsel
Alerts
02.14.17 Coming Soon to a Worksite Near You: Site Visits and Form I-9 Audits
05.31.16 Big Changes for Employees on Student Visas - What Employers Need to Know
01.13.15 Keeping You Up-to-Date: GT Immigration Newsletter (January 2015)
01.05.15 Inside Business Immigration: Weekly News Round Up, Dec. 22-26, 2014
12.15.14 Inside Business Immigration: Weekly News Round Up, Dec. 8-12, 2014
12.01.14 Inside Business Immigration: Weekly News Round Up, Nov. 24-28, 2014
11.10.14 Inside Business Immigration: Weekly News Round Up, Nov. 3-7, 2014
11.03.14 Inside Business Immigration: Weekly News Round Up, Oct. 27-31, 2014
10.27.14 Inside Business Immigration: Weekly News Round Up, Oct. 20-24, 2014
10.20.14 Inside Business Immigration: Weekly News Round Up, Oct. 13-17, 2014
