• Tao Li helps a diverse range of clients navigate the complex framework of U.S. immigration laws, regulations and policies. She advises multinational corporations, startups and individuals from the financial services, fashion, arts, technology and sports industries on a variety of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issues. Tao is experienced in family-based immigration matters and has advocated for undocumented youth, asylees, survivors of human trafficking and survivors of domestic abuse to obtain various forms of immigration relief.

    Credentials

    Education

    • J.D., University of Michigan Law School, 2015
      • Geneva Fellow
      • Harold B. Leon Scholar
      • Equal Justice America Fellow
      • Bergstrom Child Welfare Fellow
    • B.A., with honors, Political Science and Psychology with a minor in Piano Performance, University of Michigan, 2011

    Bar Admissions

    • New York, 2016

    Languages

    • Mandarin

    Focus Areas

  • Perspectives

    • Client Alerts
      Feb. 26, 2024
      USCIS Will Launch Enhanced, Upgraded MyUSCIS Account
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    • Client Alerts
      Feb. 14, 2024
      USCIS Issues Final Rules Increasing Filing Fees and Premium Processing Fees
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    • Client Alerts
      Feb. 07, 2024
      US Citizenship and Immigration Services Announces H-1B Cap Registration Period
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    • Client Alerts
      Jan. 11, 2024
      Pilot Program To Renew Certain H-1B Visas in the United States Begins on Jan. 29, 2024
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    • Client Alerts
      Oct. 03, 2023
      Registration for 2025 Diversity Visa Green Card Lottery Opens Oct. 4, 2023 Israel Added to the Visa Waiver Program
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    • Announcements
      Sept. 22, 2023
      2023 New York Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists Include Over 90 Kramer Levin Attorneys
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    • Client Alerts
      July 28, 2023
      DHS Updates Form I-9 and Announces Flexible Alternatives to the Employment Eligibility Verification Process for E-Verify Participants
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    • Client Alerts
      July 27, 2023
      USCIS Announces It Will Be Making a Second Round of Selections From Registrations Submitted in the FY24 H-1B Lottery
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    • Client Alerts
      July 06, 2023
      With Temporary I-9 Flexibilities Due to Sunset, Employers Must Complete Physical Inspection of I-9 Documents by Aug. 30, 2023
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    • Seminar
      June 06, 2023
      Navigating Corporate Immigration in a Post-Pandemic Landscape
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    • Client Alerts
      March 23, 2023
      USCIS Announces a New Process for Obtaining Temporary Proof of LPR Status
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    • Client Alerts
      March 08, 2023
      U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Announces a Phase-In of Premium Processing and New Online-Filing Procedures for Certain F-1 Students Seeking OPT or STEM OPT Extensions
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    • Client Alerts
      Feb. 02, 2023
      USCIS Announces H-1B Electronic Registration Process for Upcoming FY24 Cap Season
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    • Client Alerts
      Jan. 30, 2023
      U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Settles Lawsuit Regarding Adjudication of I-539 and I-765 Applications for H-4 and L-2 Dependents That Are Filed Concurrently With I-129 Extensions for Principal Applicant
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    • Client Alerts
      Jan. 18, 2023
      Recent Developments in Business Immigration Law
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    • Client Alerts
      Sept. 30, 2022
      USCIS Extends Automatic Green Card Validity to 24 Months for Green Card Renewals | Registration for 2024 Diversity Visa (Green Card) Lottery Opens Oct. 5, 2022
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    • Client Alerts
      Sept. 22, 2022
      CBP Begins Elimination of Entry Stamps to Travelers Upon Arrival
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  • Recognition

    2023
    Thomson Reuters’ New York Metro Super Lawyers, Rising Stars*
    Rising Star – Immigration (2023)

    *No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. A description of the Super Lawyers selection methodology can be found here.