Where
UConn Health
Technology Incubation Program Building
TIP Conference Room #R1800
400 Farmington Ave.
Farmington, CT 06032
Thank you to our Sponsors
This event is supported by
DXC Technology
and our UConn TIP Sponsors through
the TIP Enhancement Fund
Lead Sponsors:
Fiondella, Milone &
LaSaracina, LLP
Medtronic
UBS & Fasi Wealth Management
Wiggin and Dana, LLP
Platinum Sponsors:
Deloitte LLP
Marcum LLP
Gold Sponsors:
American Laboratory Trading
Blum Shapiro
Lisa Lazarus Yoga
Locke Lord, LLP
Silver Sponsors:
Aon
Cohn Reznick, LLP
Guilford Savings Bank
Horizon Technology Finance
Vanessa Research
Event Contact
Paige RasidUConn Technology Incubation Program
860-486-8718
paige.rasid@uconn.edu
BUSINESS IMMIGRATION 101
FOR ENTREPRENEURS & STARTUPS:
Building the Entity Records for Future Immigration Sponsorship
The presentation will cover business immigration law essentials for entrepreneurs and startups.
Wiggin and Dana Partner, Najia Khalid, will provide an overview of business immigration and compliance topics, including how to read, navigate, and evaluate financial documents, which are critical to various employment-based immigration cases. Building on her experience regularly counselling entrepreneurs and multinational organizations aspiring to open new entities in the U.S., Najia will also focus on the development of good business plans, a cornerstone for many employment-based visas, and highlight sources of funds and financing documents, all through a business immigration and compliance lens.
This event is free and open to the TIP community: entrepreneurs, investors, students, and human resource professionals interested in this topic.
Speaker profile
Nijia S. Khalid 
Partner, Wiggin and Dana LLP
Najia is a business immigration lawyer who has dedicated her career to helping U.S. and international employers hire individuals with specialized skills her clients need to grow and thrive.
An immigrant herself, Najia is Co-chair of Wiggin and Dana’s Immigration and Nationality Law and Compliance Practice Group and was the firm’s first attorney focusing entirely on immigration law. Employers often consult Najia to clarify complex business immigration requirements in a dynamic enforcement environment.
Described as diligent, thorough, and responsive, Najia has a strong acumen for business immigration strategy, including issues around: the establishment of new companies; immigration sponsorship policies; the review of mergers, acquisitions, and other changes in corporate structure; and the international transfer of students, faculty, and employees. She represents clients in connection with nonimmigrant and immigrant visa petitions, labor certification applications, family-based petitions, adjustment of status and citizenship applications, and immigration interviews. She also regularly counsels employers with respect to I-9 compliance and global immigration procedures.
Najia obtained her degree from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor. She is Co-chair of the firm's Diversity Committee and is fluent in Hindi and Urdu.
