Some employment-based matters need work that sits outside the legal filing itself — a credential evaluated, a document translated, a business plan written to standard. Below are established, independent providers by category. USIA handles the law; each provider is a separate company you engage directly.
These are independent companies, not part of USIA. They appear here because their work is commonly relevant to employment-based cases — not as paid endorsements, referral partners, or a referral arrangement of any kind. USIA receives no fee for listing them and earns nothing if you engage them. Whether a matter actually needs one of these services, and which provider fits, should be decided with the attorney handling your case.
A NACES-member evaluator with roughly five decades of experience, WES prepares document-by-document and course-by-course evaluations of foreign academic credentials that are widely recognized by USCIS, universities, and licensing boards.
Visit World Education ServicesA long-established NACES-member agency whose foreign-credential equivalency reports are widely accepted for education, employment, and immigration filings, with expedited processing available on many requests.
Visit Educational Credential EvaluatorsAn ATA corporate member whose certified translations are accepted by USCIS, RushTranslate returns a signed certificate of accuracy on a standard 24-hour turnaround for birth and marriage certificates, diplomas, and other civil records.
Visit RushTranslateJoorney writes USCIS-oriented business plans for E-2, L-1, EB-5, and NIW matters — market analysis, staffing, and multi-year financials — and works routinely alongside immigration counsel across a wide range of industries.
Visit Joorney Business PlansA CPA firm with a dedicated cross-border practice, The Wolf Group handles pre-immigration tax planning and US reporting of foreign income and assets — work that is most valuable before a move, when the planning options are still open.
Visit The Wolf GroupAtlas forms a Delaware C-corporation or LLC, files the initial EIN application, and provides a first-year registered agent — a common starting point for founders standing up a US entity ahead of an E-2 or L-1 matter.
Visit Stripe Atlasdoola forms US entities for non-resident founders and carries the ongoing compliance — registered agent, annual reports, and filings — inside a single relationship, which suits founders running a US company from abroad.
Visit doolaA clean, traceable record of lawful funds for EB-5 and investor cases.
Provider added as vettedHousing, schooling, and banking for executives and families moving to the US.
Provider added as vettedThe providers above handle work at the edges of a filing. The petition itself — the strategy, the evidence, the argument to the officer — is ours. Start with an evaluation and we'll tell you what your matter actually needs.