Norma B. Henning
Norma B. Henning
Phone: +1 (239) 821-6504
Special expertise: International recruitment
Norma Brenne Henning is an experienced expert in immigration law, business consulting, and international investment. She assists companies, investors, families, and entrepreneurs with travel planning, obtaining residence and work permits, and settling in the United States. She represents her clients in proceedings before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS), in visa applications at US consulates worldwide, and in matters before Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
As a civil law notary in Florida, she has in-depth knowledge of the legal framework in codified legal systems and assists foreign investors, families, and individuals with complex real estate transactions in the United States.
In the area of family immigration, she develops customized solutions to enable non-US family members to reside or settle permanently in the US, always in compliance with applicable immigration laws. In the area of business immigration, she advises companies and investors on the best visa and residency strategies, particularly for investor visas (E visas, EB-5 green cards), intracompany transfers (L visas, EB-1 green cards), and visas for highly skilled professionals and individuals with extraordinary abilities (O visas, EB-1 green cards). In addition, she assists her clients with naturalization and citizenship applications.
Ms. Henning studied law (Juris Doctor) at the University of Florida College of Law and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Troy University in Alabama. She was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1996, licensed as a Civil Law Notary in Florida in 2002, and admitted to the Minnesota Bar in 2022. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the Florida and Minnesota Bar Associations, and the Collier County Bar Association in Florida.
In 2003, the German Foreign Office appointed her Honorary Consul for West Florida, a position she held for 18 years. In this role, she supported the German Consulate General in Miami in diplomatic and administrative matters.
In addition to her work in immigration law, Ms. Henning is involved in German-American economic development. She is a board member and vice president of the Minnesota Chapter of the German-American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest (GACC-Midwest) and a member of the Leadership Committee of the German-American Chamber of Commerce of the South (GACC-South) and the French-American Chamber of Commerce in Minnesota.
