Top best Immigration Lawyers Near me in ZIP 44077

Kim Alabasi has practiced in the area of Immigration since 2004.  Notably, Mrs. Alabasi speaks Spanish fluently. She earned her undergraduate degree in Spanish/Sociology from Marquette University and later went on to work in Mexico, first as a teacher in Puebla, Mexico for two years, followed by a job with the non-profit group IMIFAP in Mexico City, Mexico.  Mrs. Alabasi worked for 7 years as bilingual clinical social worker with the Hispanic Unit of the Center for Families & Children in Cleveland prior to obtaining her law degree in 2003 and starting Alabasi & Associates in 2006.  In addition, in 2013, she joined Dworken & Bernstein Co., L.P.A. as their Of Counsel, Immigration Attorney.. Mrs. Alabasi has been selected by the Consulate General of Mexico in Detroit, Michigan to serve in the Mexican Government’s Program of Legal Assistance to Mexicans.  In addition, Mrs. Alabasi has conducted presentations within the community and assisted several Lake County residents in applying for the new Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which assists young immigrants.  Mrs. Alabasi is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and currently serves on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Liaison Committee.. Immigration Services for Businesses. Assist businesses of all sizes with their immigration needs.  Services include the processing of work visas for all types of employees, including seasonal and agricultural workers, H-1b or "specialty occupations", academics, and medical professionals.  Applications can be processed both for workers already in the U.S. who wish to change or adjust their status as well as for those potential applicants outside of the country wishing to consular process.  Employment-based immigration services can be provided for both temporary and permanent employees as well as visas for intra-company transferees and foreign investors and entrepreneurs.  Representation and assistance with I-9 compliance and audits is also provided.. Immigration Services for Individuals. Immigration services that cover the broad spectrum of individual needs, including family-based petitions, applications for permanent residence or "green card" status, applications for citizenship, travel documents, consular processing of non-immigrant visas, such as student, and visitor/business visas.  Assistance with Investor visas, employment-based visas, and intra-company transfers for individual employees.  Services also include the filing of asylum applications, refugee family reunification applications, special immigrant juvenile status applications, and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals applications.  Representation of foreign nationals who are involved in removal proceedings before the immigration court or who wish to appeal their cases to the Board of Immigration Appeals is also provided, in addition to representation of individuals who are detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  Services also include the representation and assistance with interviews required by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services for the full range of employment and family-based petitions