Deirdre D. Nero, Esq. started her own Immigration & Nationality Law Practice, NERO Immigration Law, in 2009 after having practiced in two large law firms for several years. Ms. Nero previously served as the attorney in charge of the Individual and Small/Medium Company division at the Coral Gables, Florida office of a major international immigration law firm; and prior to that as an attorney in the International and Immigration and Nationality Law Groups for a domestic and international commercial law firm in Florida. She led that firm’s immigration practice from 2006-2008. With 17 years of experience under her belt, Ms. Nero has helped hundreds of clients from all over the globe navigate the complicated world of Immigration Law.
Ms. Nero’s practice focuses on all types of business immigration including employment-based immigrant (permanent residency) and nonimmigrant (temporary) visa petitions, and related business immigration matters. She has extensive experience with PERM Labor Certification applications, and also routinely handles family immigration matters and naturalizations. She frequently works with companies to ensure they are compliant with Immigration laws relating to Form I-9, E-Verify, and Immigration Related Discrimination.
Ms. Nero works closely with companies and individual clients to personally coordinate and execute all aspects of the client’s Immigration strategy and represent them in front of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Department of Labor, and the U.S. Department of State. She represents clients in all 50 States and from countries around the globe and takes pride in providing individualized service and maintaining a very high success rate.
Ms. Nero is the Former Chair of the South Florida Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s Business & Investment Committee, and a seasoned speaker and writer on Immigration Law topics. She holds an AV® Preeminent™ Rating since 2014, showing she is well-respected by her peers, and was honored to be chosen as one of Florida Trend’s 2019 Florida Legal Elite.
Accreditation Policy
myLawCLE seeks accreditation for all programs in all states. (Accreditation for paralegals sought thru NALA and NFPA paralegal associations.) Each attending attorney/paralegal will receive a certificate of completion following the close of the CLE program as proof of attendance. In required states, myLawCLE records attorney/paralegals attendance, in all other states attorney/paralegal is provided with the approved CLE certificate to submit to their state bar or governing association.
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Section I. Travel Restrictions and Border Closings- US and Other Countries
Section II. USCIS and US Embassy Closures – What about my Client’s Appointment?
Section III. Avoiding an Overstay- Extensions of Status and Satisfactory Departure for ESTA / VWP
Section IV. I-9 Compliance and E-verify during COVID- Remote Employees and Other Issues
Section V. DOL Filing Issues involving H-1B & PERM
Section VI. Changes in Salary and other working conditions for H-1B workers During COVID-19
Section VII. Layoffs and Foreign National Employees
Section VIII. Loan programs- can nonimmigrant business owners apply?
Section IX. COID-19 and the Public Charge Rule
Section X. Trusted Traveler Program Suspensions
Section XI. Social Security office closures
Section XII. Other Hot & Late Breaking Topics