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Navigating the Green Card Process as a Postdoc

Informative two-part panel series

Location

Online

Date & Time

January 30, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

The National Postdoctoral Association is hosting this event, and all our UMBC Postdocs are invited to attend!

Please do remember, UMBC is an Institutional NPA member, you can access all the catalog of events, seminars and services they offer as long as you create your Affiliate NPA account. Learn more about how to create your affiliate account here. 

Experts from various fields and areas of legal expertise will discuss essential information every postdoc should know about the permanent residency process. Representatives will share brief introductions about their specialties and will highlight key differences that may affect applicants across various fields, providing strategies and tips to help postdocs make informed decisions. Panelists include representatives from Fredrikson Law, WR Immigration, and research/academic institutions

Please register to attend and get the link to the event. Click here!

Speakers: 

  • Margaret Hellwarth, Scripps Research Institute International Services Office; 
  • Jennifer Mojica, Fredrikson and Byron, P.A.; 
  • Cliff Rosenthal, WR Immigration

Margaret Hellwarth is the director of the International Services Office (ISO) at The Scripps Research Institute (a.k.a. Scripps Research) in La Jolla, CA. In her current role, she oversees an office that offers immigration expertise to all campus constituents; personal and cultural support for international students and scholars and their families; and works in tandem with the Human Resources office to legally hire and complete I-9 forms for non-immigrant workers. As part of their mission, the ISO also offers immigration expertise to international postdocs and doctoral students to assist them in planning their scientific careers in the United States.

Jennifer (Jenny) Mojica (she/her/hers) is Of-Counsel at the law firm of Fredrikson and Byron, P.A. in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She advises multinational, regional and local clients on diverse employment-based immigration matters, closely partnering with employers and employees to navigate the ever changing immigration landscape. She has extensive experience counseling clients on the range of temporary and permanent employment-based immigration options, collaborating with clients to develop comprehensive and creative immigration strategies, policies and systems, and advising clients on immigration compliance questions.

Cliff Rosenthal is a partner at WR Immigration. Possessing over 20 years of experience in immigration law practice, he counsels on a wide range of immigration cases, focusing on non-immigrant and green card visa petitions, as well as applications for U.S. citizenship. He is a founding partner of the firm, and he has been described by the Who’s Who of Business Lawyers as “a very strong contingent from the firm’s Santa Monica office.” He is a former member of the American Immigration Lawyer Association (AILA) Board of Publications, Department of Labor Committee, Distance Learning Committee, Field Operations Committee and Healthcare Committee; and he is a past chair of AILA’s Religious Worker Committee.

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