101 Immigration Attorneys in Pennsylvania

Philadelphia drives the majority of immigration legal work in Pennsylvania, with a large concentration of family based petition, naturalization, and asylum work tied to the city's diverse immigrant communities. The healthcare and pharmaceutical industries in the Philadelphia suburbs and in Pittsburgh generate steady H 1B and O 1 visa demand. Pittsburgh's technology sector, anchored by Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh, has attracted increasing numbers of foreign students and workers seeking employer sponsored visas. Pennsylvania's agricultural sector, particularly in Lancaster County and the western part of the state, generates H 2A temporary worker visa work. The state also sees removal defense and asylum work, particularly in Philadelphia, which has a large Central American, Caribbean, and West African immigrant population.

Pennsylvania has two USCIS field offices: Philadelphia (1600 Callowhill Street) and Pittsburgh (3000 Sidney Street). The Philadelphia office handles a high volume of naturalization and adjustment of status cases for eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware. Pittsburgh serves western Pennsylvania and parts of West Virginia. Pennsylvania has two immigration courts: Philadelphia (900 Market Street) and York (3400 Concord Road, York). The York Immigration Court primarily handles cases for detained respondents held at the York County Prison ICE facility. The Philadelphia Immigration Court has a large docket and serves as one of the primary venues for removal proceedings in the mid Atlantic region.