What WR Immigration does

WR Immigration, operating legally as Wolfsdorf Rosenthal LLP, is a U.S. business-immigration law firm founded in 1986 and headquartered in Santa Monica, California. The firm employs over 150 professionals, including 40 lawyers, across ten offices in the United States (Santa Monica, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, San Diego, Denver, Boston, New York, and an operations hub in Petoskey, Michigan) plus Shanghai. Its practice spans corporate immigration (H-1B, L-1, PERM, EB-1/2/3), global mobility through a wholly-owned subsidiary called WR Global covering 120+ countries, EB-5 investor immigration, individual/family-based immigration, and worksite I-9 compliance, serving multinational corporations, Fortune 500 employers, hospitals and universities, financial institutions, entertainment and automotive companies, and biotech firms.

The firm's distinguishing technology is WRapid™ (and its companion WRapid™ Global), an enterprise resource-planning platform for business immigration built on the Salesforce stack. WRapid™ provides case processing, analytics, reporting, budgeting, and forecasting, and embeds two automation bots — WRosie and WRay — with WRay described as evaluating immigration risk for pre-hires by mimicking an immigration legal expert. In 2025, WRapid™ received The National Law Journal 'Trailblazer in Legal Technology' award.

Commercially, WR Immigration runs a hybrid professional-services-plus-software model: legal fees are generated through a consultative enterprise sales motion ('Request a Consultation' and 'Start RFP Process' entry points, multi-year engagements) covering corporate, individual, investor, and worksite-compliance matters, while WRapid™ / WRapid™ Global functions as a subscription technology layer sold into the same HR and global-mobility buyer base. The firm differentiates through senior government and bar-association credentials — most notably Charles Oppenheim (former 43-year DOS Chief of Immigrant Visa Control), Bernard Wolfsdorf (past AILA National President), and Farshad Owji (former AILA President) — and uses thought-leadership channels (LinkedIn, YouTube, X, weekly newsletters, and the 'Chatting with Charlie' webinar series) to maintain inbound demand.

Name

WR Immigration

Legal name

Wolfsdorf Rosenthal LLP

Website

https://wolfsdorf.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

WR Immigration (Wolfsdorf Rosenthal LLP) is a U.S. business-immigration law firm serving multinational corporations, Fortune 500 employers, and high-net-worth individuals across corporate, global, investor, and worksite-compliance immigration matters, delivered through ten global offices and a Salesforce-based SaaS platform, WRapid™.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Immigration Legal Services

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Immigration Law (BPAHAAAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Immigration Legal Services & Representation (Law Firms) (THACAKAF), Immigration Case Management Platforms & Document Workflow (THACAKAD), Immigration, Work Authorization & Global Mobility Compliance (THACALAF), Immigration, Visa & Work Authorization Support (HSAKAJAF)

Keywords

• Immigration law services
• Business immigration visas
• Global visa services
• Employment-based immigration
• Investor immigration

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Monica

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Professional Services: The firm provides immigration legal services including corporate immigration, global immigration, investor services, individual services, and worksite compliance. Revenue is generated through legal fees for case processing and ongoing immigration matters.
2. WRapid™ Software Platform: Technology platform subscription for immigration management, providing case processing, analytics, and compliance tools for corporate HR and global mobility teams.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

WR Immigration is a global immigration law firm providing corporate, individual, investor, and worksite compliance immigration legal services across the United States and 120+ countries. The firm also offers WRapid™, a proprietary enterprise immigration management software platform built on Salesforce, providing case processing, analytics, reporting, budgeting, and forecasting tools for HR and global mobility teams.

Product overview

WR Immigration offers a platform-plus-module architecture centered on WRapid™ and WRapid™ Global, enterprise immigration management systems built on Salesforce. These core software products are complemented by a suite of service offerings including Corporate Services (HR and global mobility), Global Services (worldwide workforce immigration), Investor Services (investment-based immigration), Individual Services (personal immigration), and Worksite Compliance (I-9 verification). The firm operates across 10 global offices in the US and Shanghai, providing comprehensive immigration law services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• WRapid™: Enterprise Resource Planning software for business immigration built on the Salesforce platform. The leader in Immigration Management Systems, recognized with The National Law Journal's 2025 'Trailblazer in Legal Technology' award. Features automation bots WRosie and WRay for immigration risk evaluation and case processing.

Products and services

• Corporate Services Comprehensive immigration legal services for corporate employers, assisting HR and global mobility teams with H-1B, L-1, PERM labor certifications, EB-1/EB-2/EB-3 green card applications, and I-9 compliance audits.
• Global Services Worldwide corporate immigration legal services delivered through the WR Global network, providing work permits, residence permits, and business visas for international assignments across the Americas, Europe/Middle East/Africa, and Asia Pacific.
• Investor Services Immigration legal services for foreign investors seeking U.S. permanent residency through EB-5 investor visa programs and Regional Center development.
• Individual Services Personal immigration legal advisory for foreign nationals seeking employment-based, investment-based, family-based immigration, naturalization, and O-1 extraordinary ability visas.
• Worksite Compliance I-9 compliance audits, employment verification, and employer training services to help organizations maintain immigration compliance and defend immigration compliance programs.
• WRapid™ Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software for business immigration management built on the Salesforce platform. Provides robust analytics, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and case processing efficiencies with automation bots WRosie and WRay for HR and global mobility teams.
• WRapid™ Global Global immigration management system extending WRapid™ capabilities to worldwide corporate immigration services through a centralized platform covering 120+ countries.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 9 million numerically controlled immigrant visa numbers allocated during Oppenheim's tenure
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• H1BCo.comminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 4 May 2026Co-presenting the inaugural Immigration Law Jobs & Networking Lunch on May 16, 2026, in Silicon Valley. The event brings together law students, paralegals, and immigration law firms for career networking.
• EB5Investors.comminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 4 May 2026Co-presenting the Immigration Law Jobs & Networking Lunch event in Silicon Valley with H1BCo.com. WR Immigration confirmed as an attending firm alongside Fragomen, David Hirson & Partners, Donoso & Partners, and Lawmaks.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Envoy Global: Technology-first immigration platform combining an attorney network with a SaaS case management portal. Envoy competes with WR Immigration on both the legal-services side and the WRapid™ technology side, particularly for mid-market enterprise clients.
• MobilityHR: Immigration and global mobility management software provider targeting HR teams. MobilityHR overlaps with WRapid™ in immigration case management and analytics, and represents a competitive risk on the technology product side.
• Vialto Partners: Newly spun out from PwC in 2023, Vialto is a focused global mobility, tax, and immigration advisory firm. It is a younger, PE-backed peer that combines immigration with broader workforce mobility consulting, putting competitive pressure on WR Global's one-stop model.

Direct peers

• Fragomen: The largest global immigration law firm, with thousands of lawyers across dozens of countries. Fragomen is WR's most direct competitor in corporate immigration, global mobility, and investor services, and they routinely appear in the same RFPs and industry events.
• Berry Appleman & Leiden (BAL): Major U.S. immigration law firm with a strong technology platform (Cobalt) and global delivery network. BAL is WR's closest tech-enabled direct peer, competing in corporate immigration, global mobility, and software for immigration case management.
• David Hirson & Partners: Mid-size U.S. immigration law firm specializing in corporate, investor, and global immigration. Competes with WR for EB-5 investor work and corporate clients, and was named as a co-attending firm alongside WR at industry events like the Immigration Law Jobs & Networking Lunch.

Broad incumbents

• Seyfarth Shaw: Major U.S. law firm with a sizable business immigration practice serving enterprise clients. Competes with WR for Fortune 500 corporate immigration work, particularly in tech and life sciences.
• Ogletree Deakins: Large U.S. employment and immigration law firm. Ogletree competes for corporate immigration work, and notably WR hired its former shareholder Ceridwen Koski as Managing Partner of its Denver office, illustrating direct talent competition.
• Deloitte Immigration: Big Four firm with a global immigration and global mobility practice. Deloitte competes for large multinational accounts and offers integrated advisory, tax, and immigration services similar to WR Global's full-service model.
• KPMG Law / KPMG Mobility: Big Four professional services firm with a substantial global immigration and mobility practice. KPMG competes for the same enterprise immigration RFPs as WR, and benefits from cross-sell into tax and advisory engagements.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/wolfsdorf
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCEI7ovdIDwiQOlVgtn0W6rQ
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/wrimmigration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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