Elizabeth M. Kuperus

Immigration and Agriculture Attorney

Liz is a member of the Corporate Practice Team. She focuses her practice primarily on immigration and agriculture. In her immigration practice, she handles nonimmigrant petitions, both employment- and family-based permanent residence applications, and citizenship matters. She assists with visas for extraordinary ability in the arts, sciences, athletics, and business, as well as petitions for multinational managers and executives. Liz has particular expertise assisting with temporary agricultural (H-2A) and nonagricultural (H-2B) nonimmigrant visas. In addition, Liz assists with various visa issues, including expatriation and foreign visa issues along with worker verification issues, Form I-9 audits, USICE compliance investigations and civil and criminal charges.

In her agriculture work, Liz utilizes her background in the industry in assisting clients with all matters related to agriculture, including corporate, co-op, taxation, H-2A immigration, and employment. In partnership with the Michigan Farm Bureau, Liz supports the Agricultural Employment Compliance Guide, an easy-to-use guide for farm employers trying to keep up with sometimes overwhelmingly complex federal and state employment laws. In addition to providing timely updates, Liz delivers in-person employment seminars each year to agricultural employers across the state.

Professional Affiliations

State Bar of Michigan

American Agricultural Law Association

American Immigration Lawyers Association

National Council of Agricultural Employers