Scope of Services & FAQs

Immigration Filing Services: What Bay Legal Does — and Does Not — Handle Immigration filing services vary widely from firm to firm, and before you invest time and energy pursuing an immigration goal, you deserve a clear, honest answer to one question: exactly what will they do for you?

At Bay Legal PC, we believe in transparency about our scope of services. We are a filings-focused immigration practice — one that helps clients plan, prepare, and file immigration petitions and applications with USCIS and the Department of State.

We handle the paperwork side of the immigration system: the forms, the evidence packages, the legal arguments on paper, and the correspondence with the agencies that receive them. What we do not handle is equally important to state clearly.

Bay Legal does not represent clients in immigration court, does not provide removal or deportation defense, does not take on detained cases, and does not handle asylum litigation, BIA administrative appeals, or federal court immigration matters.

These are distinct services requiring different practice areas, and individuals who need them will be referred to experienced practitioners who specialize in those areas. Our decision to focus on filings is not a limitation — it is a deliberate commitment to excellence in the work we do.

Bay Legal's immigration practice serves four core audiences: corporate employers and HR departments managing immigration compliance programs; startups and entrepreneurs navigating visa options for founders and key employees; investors pursuing EB-5 and other investment-based pathways; and families and individuals pursuing family-based immigration, green cards, naturalization, and related services.

Across all four audiences, the common thread is the same: we plan, prepare, and file. This page explains what that means in practice and answers the most common questions prospective clients ask about our services, process, and scope.

What Immigration Filing Services Bay Legal Provides Bay Legal's immigration filing services span the full lifecycle of a petition or application — from initial eligibility assessment and strategic planning through preparation, filing, agency correspondence, and status tracking.

Here is what that looks like in practice across the key service areas we support. For corporate employers and HR teams, Bay Legal prepares and files nonimmigrant worker petitions (H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, and others), handles PERM labor certification filings coordinated with Department of Labor requirements, prepares EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3 immigrant petitions for sponsored employees, responds to RFEs and NOIDs, and supports I-9 compliance program reviews.

For startups and entrepreneurs, we file O-1A petitions for founders with extraordinary ability, prepare National Interest Waiver petitions for entrepreneurs whose work benefits the United States, and advise on E-2 treaty investor visas and other options relevant to early-stage company founders.