Meena Rafie

Senior Managing Attorney, International Practice

Meena Rafie is a Senior Managing Attorney, International Practice at Erickson Immigration Group, specializing in business immigration and global mobility. She focuses on the needs of organizations that rely on a global workforce, from startups to Fortune 500 companies. In addition, she advises HR and Global Mobility teams on immigration compliance, corporate restructuring, employee mobility, mergers/acquisitions, and Canada-US cross-border legal matters.

Meena advises clients on the use of available work permits across the globe to meet hiring and training needs in major financial hubs as well as emerging markets. In addition to managing an international practice group, she also has extensive experience in U.S. immigration across the commercial nonimmigrant and immigrant visa categories for business executives and employees with critical skills.

Education:

University of Windsor, Juris Doctorate
The University of Toronto, Honours Bachelor of Arts

Languages:

English and Farsi

Admitted to:

Law Society of Ontario (Canada)
State of New York (US)

Speaking Engagements:

Pandemic Immigration Consternation for the United States and Canada, Wilson Center’s Canada Institute (August 5, 2020) 

Employment-Based Immigration Preference Categories, 2020 AILA Annual Conference (July 21, 2020) 

Oh Canada: How to Approach and Develop a US/Canada Strategy for Your Immigration Program, SHRM Global Mobility and Immigration Symposium (November 4, 2019) 

Meena Rafie is a Senior Managing Attorney, International Practice at Erickson Immigration Group, specializing in business immigration and global mobility. She focuses on the needs of organizations that rely on a global workforce, from startups to Fortune 500 companies. In addition, she advises HR and Global Mobility teams on immigration compliance, corporate restructuring, employee mobility, mergers/acquisitions, and Canada-US cross-border legal matters.

Meena advises clients on the use of available work permits across the globe to meet hiring and training needs in major financial hubs as well as emerging markets. In addition to managing an international practice group, she also has extensive experience in U.S. immigration across the commercial nonimmigrant and immigrant visa categories for business executives and employees with critical skills.

Meena Rafie

Senior Managing Attorney, International Practice

Education:

University of Windsor, Juris Doctorate
The University of Toronto, Honours Bachelor of Arts

Languages:

English and Farsi

Admitted to:

Law Society of Ontario (Canada)
State of New York (US)

Speaking Engagements:

Pandemic Immigration Consternation for the United States and Canada, Wilson Center’s Canada Institute (August 5, 2020) 

Employment-Based Immigration Preference Categories, 2020 AILA Annual Conference (July 21, 2020) 

Oh Canada: How to Approach and Develop a US/Canada Strategy for Your Immigration Program, SHRM Global Mobility and Immigration Symposium (November 4, 2019)