International Students’ Post-Graduation Immigration Options and Related Tax Considerations

Please join Rachel Beardsley of Fragomen and Jenny Longman of Patterson Belknap for a discussion on tax and immigration considerations for international families. By way of background, the children of many high-net-worth families choose to study at U.S. universities on student visas. After graduation, these children are often interested in remaining in the U.S. to start their professional careers, though they require a work visa or permanent resident (green card) status to do so. Also, as students, the children generally have “exempt” status and hence are not treated as U.S. tax residents – but they generally become U.S. tax residents after the end of their degree program if they remain in the U.S. 

As such, this session will delve into: 

• Work visa and permanent residence (green card) immigration options for international students 
• Tax consequences of the various visa/immigration options

Rachel Beardsley, Partner, Fragomen

Rachel Beardsley serves as a trusted advisor to clients by providing strategic legal advice and developing immigration strategies for businesses and families. She partners with clients to provide advance planning for the mobilization of their workforces and helps them use immigration as a tool for talent acquisition and retention. She advises on various corporate immigration matters, including nonimmigrant visas, consular processing, permanent residence, and citizenship. 

Rachel’s representative experience ranges from global Fortune 500 companies to private client matters. Born and raised in Iowa, she is deeply connected to the agricultural community specifically and understands the needs of the agribusiness sector as they relate to immigration. In addition, her New York practice includes private and business clients in financial services, fintech, legal, consulting, fragrances/cosmetics, manufacturing, professional sailing, wind energy, and the nonprofit space. Finally, she is a member of STEP.

Jenny Longman, Counsel, Patterson Belknap



Jenny Longman advises high net worth individuals, executors and trust companies on U.S. income tax issues related to U.S. and foreign grantor and non-grantor trusts, including application of the “throwback tax,” U.S. income taxation of foreign estates, and residency and domicile matters. In addition, she counsels nonresidents looking to move to the U.S. on pre-immigration tax planning, and similarly counsels U.S. citizens and green card holders looking to expatriate on exit tax matters. She also advises global families on international estate planning issues. She has counseled clients under audit by the IRS and New York State, as well as many clients who have chosen to come into U.S. tax compliance through the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program, the Streamlined Filing Compliance Procedures, and other IRS programs. 

She also advises business clients on domestic and international tax issues, including partnership tax issues, corporate reorganizations, business acquisitions and dispositions, cross-border withholding issues, foreign and domestic trust matters, state and local tax planning, and tax controversy matters. Finally, she is a member of STEP.

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