Customs, Export Control, and Immigration

Nossaman assists clients with their international business, trade, and employment issues. We remove obstructions to the movement of goods to and from businesses and facilitate the movement of international workers into the United States.

Nossaman's Customs, Export Control and Immigration Practice represents clients in federal courts and before administrative and regulatory agencies, including; U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Department of Commerce, the Bureau of Industry and Security, the Office of Foreign Assets Control, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.

We provide strategic advice and planning services on the movement of goods, technology, and people. We have an impressive record of successfully defending clients accused of customs and export control civil and criminal violations, overcoming potential customs duties and penalties, as well as obtaining special licenses and exemptions for our exporting clients.

We advise clients with respect to the importing and exporting of goods and technology. This includes all phases of importing and with respect to exporting, both real and deemed exports and where there exists requirements for an export or re-export license from the Department of Commerce, the Office of Foreign Assets Control, or other United States Government agencies. We assist clients in obtaining licenses, special comprehensive licenses, and in identifying license exceptions.

We assist clients in establishing compliance programs and in other ongoing efforts to assure compliance with Export Control and Customs Laws. This includes advising clients in the development of training programs and in the production of training films. We also advise and assist numerous corporations in the movement of foreign individuals into the United States, and the obtaining of the appropriate visa status and/or green card status.

Nossaman's clients include major domestic and multi-national corporations, as well as United States and foreign individuals in a wide range of industries, including: life sciences, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, oil, beverage and high technology.

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