Peter Landis

Peter J. Landis is a founding member of Landis Arn & Jaynes, P.A., a Portland, Maine law firm devoted exclusively to the practice of immigration and naturalization law, providing advice and representation in matters involving employment-based and business-related immigration, as well as family-based immigration, naturalization, asylum and deportation defense. Peter received a B.A. from Tufts University and a law degree from Northeastern University School of Law. He is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, has practiced immigration law since 1980, and has taught immigration law at the University of Maine School of Law. Listed as a “Best Lawyer” in the immigration area by Best Lawyers of America, Peter’s practice focuses on employment and business-related immigration as well as I-9 compliance and employer sanctions. He represents a wide range of clients nationwide, including leading educational and research institutions, government entities, hospitals and other health care providers, as well as a variety of businesses from small companies to large multinational corporations engaged in manufacturing, technology and biotechnology. His work involving employment-based immigration encompasses the filing of labor certifications, petitions for persons of extraordinary ability, outstanding researchers and professors, multinational executives and managers, and national interest waivers. Peter has helped many foreign medical graduates obtain a waiver of their J-1 two year home residence requirement, change to H-1B temporary worker status and acquire lawful permanent resident status in the United States. He also works with clients to obtain nonimmigrant status authorizing employment in the U.S. including, E, H-1B, L-1, O, P, and TN status. Specialties: Employment and business related immigration.Peter is a member of the International Medical Graduates (IMG) Taskforce which seeks to to ensure that Americans living in medically underserved areas and medically underserved populations of the United States receive adequate health care services by advocating for fair and reasonable laws allowing international medical graduates to become licensed as physicians and to begin or continue their medical careers in the United States.