About GSS

Appointments/Office Hours: 

Immigration consultation/individual meetings are provided by appointment only. Please email vtgss@vt.edu to schedule an in-person or virtual meeting.

For document drop-off or pick-up:
Our office is open 8:30 am – 5 pm 

University Gateway Center, Suite 120
902 Prices Fork Road
Blacksburg, VA 24061

What We Do:

• Global Strategic Services (GSS) provides immigration services to faculty and staff (including J-1 scholars and non-student interns) at Virginia Tech. Our services include:
• Prepare and file H-1B, TN, E-3, O-1 nonimmigrant petitions for VT employees
• Process visa requests for J-1 Exchange Visitors, including professors, research scholars, short-term scholars, specialists, and interns, and monitor compliance with J-1 program requirements · Prepare and file employment-based permanent residency applications (green cards) for eligible VT employees
• Advise departments and foreign nationals on appropriate immigration course of action
• Manage the Memoranda of Understanding and Student Exchange Agreement processes

Employees/departments may not hire private immigration attorneys to prepare/file employment-based petitions/applications on VT’s behalf. If GSS in unable to assist in a particular matter, we will provide the employee and/or department with a referral to outside immigration counsel that has been approved by the Office of the Attorney General of Virginia.

GSS does not assist with family-based or self-sponsor petitions.