Janice Flynn is the Managing Partner of Flynn Hodkinson and a U.S. visa and nationality lawyer with more than 20 years of experience.
She advises UK and Ireland-based individuals, investors, and multinational companies on their overall U.S. visa and nationality strategy.
A dual U.S. and Irish citizen admitted to the Illinois bar, she is recognised as a Who’s Who Legal Thought Leader in Corporate Immigration Law.
Janice is known for clear, careful advice in matters where timing, business needs, family circumstances and immigration rules all need to be considered together.
Janice advises clients who need practical U.S. visa and nationality guidance before making important decisions.
Her clients include UK and Ireland-based companies sending employees to the United States, investors acquiring or building U.S. businesses, families planning a move to the U.S., U.S. citizens living abroad, and lawful permanent residents who need advice on maintaining green card status.
Many clients come to Janice when they do not yet know which visa category fits their situation. Others already have a route in mind, but need to know whether that route is realistic given their nationality, company structure, role, investment, family situation or timeline.
Janice has particular expertise across the visa categories most relevant to employers, investors and families connected to the UK and Ireland:
Her work also covers U.S. nationality matters, including the acquisition and loss of U.S. citizenship, alongside consular processing, maintaining Lawful Permanent Residency (green card) status, and entry and boarding issues at U.S. ports of entry, Pre-Clearance locations and airports worldwide.
Janice advises companies that need to move executives, managers, specialists or employees to the United States. She helps employers assess which visa route is realistic, what timing may look like, and what risks should be addressed before internal commitments are made.
Janice advises investors and businesses on U.S. investor visa strategy, including E-2 Treaty Investor visa matters and immigration planning connected to U.S. business investment.
Janice is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, known as AILA.
She has held leadership roles within AILA, including service on AILA’s National Customs and Border Protection Liaison Committee. She is the current Chair of AILA’s Rome District Chapter Government Committee and previously served as Chair of the Rome District Chapter Executive Committee.
Janice is also a member of the Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers, a global alliance of business immigration lawyers.
Janice is a former Trustee and current Ambassador for icap (Immigrant Counselling & Psychotherapy), a registered British charity providing high-quality counselling and psychotherapy principally to Irish immigrants in the UK.
UK and Irish investors should test the U.S. immigration plan before the deal structure, relocation date, or investment route is finalised.
Before HR confirms a U.S. transfer date, eight variables need to be clarified: the visa category, the employee's location, whether premium processing is available, the relevant consular post, the H-1B fiscal year cycle if H-1B applies, whether an LCA is required, the company's document-readiness, and any case-specific complications.
This digest covers several fast-moving U.S. immigration developments, including litigation over the $100,000 H-1B fee, USCIS processing changes for nationals of 39 countries, processing holds affecting physicians, visa-processing changes in Africa, a new adjustment of status policy, Ebola-related travel and visa restrictions, and a possible end to duration of status for F, J, and I visa holders.
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Janice Flynn is the Managing Partner of Flynn Hodkinson, a US visa and nationality law firm in the UK and Ireland. A dual U.S. and Irish citizen admitted to the Illinois bar, she has more than 20 years’ experience advising UK and Ireland-based individuals and multinational companies on US visa strategy, and is recognised as a Who’s Who Legal Thought Leader in Corporate Immigration Law.
Janice has particular expertise in E-1 Treaty Trader, E-2 Treaty Investor, H-1B specialty occupation, L-1 intra-company transferee and employment-based immigrant visas. Her wider work covers family-based visas, US nationality matters, consular processing, maintaining green card status, and entry and boarding issues at US ports of entry and Pre-Clearance locations.
Yes. Janice advises small, medium and multinational companies in the UK and Ireland on U.S. visa strategy for employees, executives and specialists moving to the United States.
Yes. Janice advises investors and businesses on U.S. investor visa strategy, including E-2 Treaty Investor visa matters and immigration planning connected to U.S. business investment.
Yes. Janice is a U.S. visa and nationality lawyer based in the UK. She advises clients from the UK, Ireland and internationally on U.S. immigration matters.
Yes. Janice advises on U.S. nationality matters, including acquisition and loss of U.S. citizenship, renunciation issues, and U.S. citizenship questions affecting people living outside the United States.
Janice is an active member of AILA, where she has served on the National Customs and Border Protection Liaison Committee and chairs the Rome District Chapter’s Government Committee. She is also a member of the Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers (ABIL).
