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VERSFELD & HUGO, LLC

GLOBAL IMMIGRATION ATTORNEYS

Mr. Leon Versfeld serves as the United States Managing Partner
of the Global Immigration Law Firm of Versfeld & Hugo, LLC. He
represents a variety of clients from startup businesses to Fortune
Companies, both nationally and internationally, on the hiring of
Foreign National Workers, Executives and Specialized Workers in
the L1, H1B, TN, E3, O and H2B visa categories; and advises clients
on strategies to obtain permanent residency. Additionally, he
provides counsel on all issues related to Immigration Employment
Compliance and HR best hiring practices, including Form I-9 and
ICE audits.
Mr. Versfeld represents entrepreneurs with the EB-5 green card
investment process as well as treaty investment visas.
He serves as the immigration counsel to the Major League
Soccer team, Sporting Kansas City, and has assisted similar
athletic organizations with visas for coaches, players and staff, as
well as individual athletes and artists seeking to obtain green
cards through their extra-ordinary accomplishments.
Mr. Versfeld often speaks at national and international
Continuing Legal Education events where he educates other
lawyers on the topic of U.S. Immigration and has testified before LEON VERSFELD
the Missouri Legislator on proposed Employment-based
Immigration legislation. He has served in numerous criminal
and civil cases as an immigration expert witness and authored the Missouri Bar’s Administrative
Law Book on Immigration and published numerous articles on U.S. Immigration Law.
Mr. Versfeld has been recognized by his peers as one of the “Best of the Bar”
(featured in the Kansas City Business Journal), featured in Thomson Reuters’ “Super Lawyers”, and
he has the highest professional rating with Martindale Hubble and AVVO.
He obtained his law degrees from the University of Pretoria (South Africa) and is licensed to
practice law in the United States (MO), South Africa, England and Wales.

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