A highly integrated approach to immigration can unlock global workforce agility.

George Reis

EY Americas Immigration Leader

Passionate ambassador of innovation. Trained business immigration lawyer.

Areas of focus

George has more than 20 years of experience assisting clients with immigration and citizenship law matters. He has a special focus on navigating cross-border movement and access for employment, business development and foreign investment purposes.

As managing partner of the immigration practice at EY Law LLP, George leads a team of over 260 US and Canadian immigration professionals in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver. Together, they provide immigration services to clients from coast-to-coast.

As the EY Americas Immigration Leader, George is a member of the executive management team that provides strategic oversight for the EY organization’s global immigration services. He’s responsible for the execution of the global strategy within the Americas area.

George also leads several large client engagements where he coordinates the EY organization’s global immigration services network in as many as 140 different country locations for North American multinational clients.

How George is building a better working world

“Each day, I work to build a better working world by helping clients approach workforce mobility and immigration in a more strategic and integrated way. Done well, this approach can unlock global workforce agility, and evolve global immigration programs to help improve on a sometimes-disjointed employee experience and process.”

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