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Choosing the right person to guide you through the process is important. Attorney Nick Harling leverages a unique combination of personal and professional experiences to help individual and company clients achieve their immigration goals. As a former U.S. Department of Justice attorney, Nick is a zealous advocate when litigating immigration issues in federal court or responding to government immigration investigations. This experience challenging the U.S. government in adversarial proceedings compliments his ability to prepare a wide range of immigrant and nonimmigrant employment visa applications and educate employers on their immigration compliance obligations. Nick advises clients to select the best visa option for each situation and works closely with them to prepare a thorough application.
Nick has exclusively practiced U.S. immigration law for his entire legal career. In 2008, he joined the U.S Department of Justice’s Office of Immigration Litigation through the Attorney General’s Honors Program. For more than a decade he litigated a wide range of issues on behalf of the federal government. Nick now draws on that experience to help clients whose visa petitions have been arbitrarily denied or unreasonably delayed. He also represents companies subject to government immigration compliance investigations.
Prior to law school, Nick spent four years teaching English in Japan, where he developed a firsthand understanding of the challenges and rewards that come from working abroad on an employment visa. Since entering private practice in 2019, Nick has worked with clients, both individuals and companies, to prepare and file a wide range of immigrant and nonimmigrant employment visa petitions and applications. Nick has experience representing established companies, startup entrepreneurs, academia and nonprofits.
Litigation can be an effective tool to reverse an arbitrary visa denial or motivate federal agencies to resolve an unreasonably delayed adjudication. Suing the U.S. government in federal court sounds scary, but it should not be, especially when you have an experienced litigator leading you through the process. When advising clients on whether and when to pursue litigation, Nick draws on his 11 years of experience as a former U.S. Department of Justice attorney and five years representing clients in private practice litigating against the federal government. Nick has filed immigration cases in federal district courts across the country challenging U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ denial of immigrant and nonimmigrant visas. Similarly, he has filed lawsuits against USCIS challenging the delayed adjudication of green card and naturalization applications as well as against the U.S. Department of State challenging administrative processing delays of visa applications refused under Immigration and Nationality Act § 221(g). If you think the U.S. government denied your visa because it ignored critical evidence or misstated important facts or is taking too long to make a final determination, speak with Nick about whether litigation is an option worth pursuing.
