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I am an immigration attorney and the founder of the Galstyan Law Firm. With years of experience in immigration law, I specialize in family and business immigration. Whether the matter pertains to a family petition or business immigration, utilizing my diversified staff, team approach and tools in up to date immigration materials enable me to provide clients with the most current immigration advice available mindful of cultural differences.. I have represented celebrities and multi-million dollar companies to achieve their immigration goals. I have successfully represented clients from Europe, Asia, Australia, South America, and Africa before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Department of State. I frequently conduct seminars and train other immigration attorneys on how to effectively handle VAWA cases, O-1, EB-1 and other immigration matter. Please feel free to contact me for help with your case.

USA Immigration Attorney Gihan Thomas is a Certified Specialist, Immigration and Nationality Law by the State Bar of Califonria, Board of Legal Specialization.  She has obtained her bachelor degree in English and American Literature from Alexandria University.  She obtained her Juris Doctor degree from University of West Los Angeles in 1998.  She has been practicing law for the past seventeen (17) years.  Her practice focuses exclusively since her admission on US Immigration Law.. Attorney Thomas experience over the years focused on both immigrant and nonimmigrant visas.  She has handled family petitions, fiancée visas, consular processing, labor certifications, business visas, investment visas and employment based petitions.. Attorney Thomas has also represented thousands of immigrants before the Immigration Courts in filing asylums, cancellation of removals, suspension of deportation, adjustment of status and waivers for grounds of inadmissibility applications. She has also represented her clients before the Board of Immigration Appeals in filing appeals and motions to reopen.  She is respected as a well talented aggressive litigator, highly experienced with asylum cases. Her depth knowledge of the immigration field has brought this green card attorney to impressive results for her clients over the years.. Attorney Thomas has argued many cases before the Ninth Circuit and Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and has a winning record in her federal appellate review cases.  Most significantly, her published opinion Viridiana v. Holder 646 F.3d 1230 (9th Cir. 2011) sets a record in tolling the statute of limitation for asylum seekers victimized by immigration consultants that resulted in their failure to meet the one year statutorily deadline.  Attorney Thomas has also assisted the immigrant community in Sumolang v. Holder, 723 F.3d 1080 (9th Cir. 2013), a second published opinion, which extended asylum to a parent based on the harm occurring solely to the child.  Attorney Gihan Thomas iwas behind the decision of Chandra v. Holder 751 F.3d 1034 (9th Cir. 2014) wherein the Ninth Circuit found that changed country conditions as it relates to change personal change circumstances could vacate a final removal order.. Admissions. Board of Legal Sepcialization - 2014. State Bar of California – 1998. Federal District Court – Central - 1998. Third, Ninth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals. Awards and Certificates. Attorney Thomas has received many awards from the City of Los Angeles for her impressive work in vindicating the rights of immigrants in the United States.. Speaking Engagements. Attorney Thomas appeared and continue to appear on several satellite stations such as LOGOS TV, Hope TV, C-SAT, and France 24, to discuss and answers questions and provides updates on US Immigration Laws.

El Ranchod Law Group, servicios a los inmigrantes en español. Immigration is not just a profession, it is part of my daily personal life, as I grew up as an immigrant and went through the immigration process.. At the age of one my family immigrated to the U.S. from Cape Town, South Africa. My family's immigration history begins with my great grandparents. They were extremely courageous as most immigrants are, as they traveled by boat from India to South Africa to make a better life for themselves. They worked hard to survive, as they did not know anyone in South Africa, did not have a job waiting for them, but they did have their work ethic and integrity. My grandparents managed to make a living by mending shoes. Eventually my grandfather turned that cobbler profession into a successful business by creating a shoe factory. Despite my grandfather's success in South Africa in creating a successful business, my grandfather wanted to escape the oppression of apartheid and make a better life for himself and his family. Therefore, he immigrated to the U.S. Then my father brought our family to the U.S. and attended Chiropractic school.. My wife was born and raised in Bombay (Mumbai), India and we met in the U.S. while she was teaching special needs children in Santa Clara, California. I travel to India often and stay with my wife's family in Bombay, which is one of the highlights of my year because I get the best Indian food and get to spend time with family! I understand on a very personal level why people are willing to leave their family, friends, and all that they know to start a new life in the U.S.. Thus it was only a natural evolution and personal calling for me to practice immigration law.. I consider it an honor and privilege to help make your life better. This is not a profession for me, this is my life; and thank you for the possibility of entrusting me with your future.

Mr. Zapata is the Owner and Managing Attorney of the Law Office of Mario Zapata where he exclusively practices Immigration and Nationality Law, and represents clients with related criminal matters. He is a past member of the American Bar Association, and remains a member of the Orange County Bar Associations, Orange County Hispanic Bar Association, and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).. Mr. Zapata received his Juris Doctor degree from Chapman University School of Law in 2006. He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. He is admitted to practice in the State of California, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, U.S. District Court for the State of California in the Central and Southern Districts. Mr. Zapata handles a wide variety of immigration matters, including family-based and employment-based petitions, adjustment of status, naturalization, citizenship and waiver applications, and consular processing. He appears extensively at USCIS interviews and before the Executive Office of Immigration Review (Immigration Court) regarding removal and deportation cases

I am a Partner at a boutique immigration law firm located in New York, NY. I am currently admitted to practice in the States of New York and New Jersey, but have represented clients in immigration matters throughout United States and internationally. Working for a boutique law firm for over a fifteen years has allowed me to gain valuable experience working with a diverse clientele, managing a substantial and varied caseload, supervising the work of associate attorneys, paralegals, and legal assistants, and developing an expansive knowledge of immigration laws and procedures. This experience allows me to successfully represent clients before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Embassies and Consulates, Immigration Courts, the Board of Immigration Appeals, the Administrative Appeals Office, and U.S. Courts of Appeals.. I represent clients in a variety of immigration matters from family-based and employment-based adjustment of status applications to complex immigration issues such as appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals and the Administrative Appeals and the Administrative Appeals Office, motions to reconsider and/or reopen, cases involving criminal aliens, waivers of grounds of inadmissibility, and federal court actions seeking review of agency decisions. I defend individuals in removal proceedings before the Executive Office for Immigration Review. I also frequently represent individuals in a range of interviews and appearance before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in connection with asylum applications, nonimmigrant visas, applications for lawful permanent residence, and naturalization.. I strive for excellence in all that I undertake. I wholeheartedly invest myself into the representation of my clients from treating them with respect, dignity, and compassion to outstanding legal services. I aspire to deliver successful results to my clients allowing them to achieve their immigration goals.

Immigration worksite enforcement by federal authorities has ramped up to unprecedented levels and shows no signs of abating. Employer’s must therefore focus on Form I-9 compliance.  The substantial increase in the number of I-9 audits and related arrests by U.S. Immigration and Custom’s Enforcement (ICE), coupled with the doubling of civil penalties, makes this a looming threat to small businesses and larger corporations alike. ICE has a stated goal of doubling the number of Notices of Inspection (NOI) served on employers from 2,281 year to date to 5,000 by September 30, 2018.  Employer arrests (through the I-9 audit process) are up 91% year-over-year and administrative (alien) arrests are up 255% over the same period. Timing, experience and knowledge in defending your business and its principals in this area is critical to protect your business against potential liability.   We are deeply experienced in this area and in all business immigration matters.. In addition to our business practice, we also possess extensive experience representing individuals of extraordinary ability in the O-1 and EB-1 (greencard) context, in diverse fields including all facets of the performing arts (dancers, actors, painters and sculptors, to name a few) to songwriters, composers, sound engineers, music managers, and music agents as well as scientists, authors, inspirational speakers, celebrity chefs, professional athletes and a variety of business people. We also have extensive experience working with museums, festivals, music labels, management agencies, recording studios and concert organizers.

I became an immigration attorney because it is interesting and rewarding to work closely with people from all over the world and to help them to build their lives in the United States, whether they desire to reunite with their families, to find work, or to find refuge.

Gintare Grigaite, Esq. specializes in employment-based and family-based immigration law. She is H1B and PERM specialist, and counsels corporate clients on immigration-related compliance issues. Ms. Grigaite also represents individuals of extraordinary talent and ability, including artists, scientists, outstanding professors and researchers, as well as multinational executives and managers.. She also advises clients on all aspects of family related immigration, including immigrant and nonimmigrant visas, adjustment of status, conditional and permanent residence, fiance visas, battered-spouse petitions, asylum, waivers and naturalization.. Ms. Grigaite represents clients in removal proceedings before Immigration Court and the Board of Immigration Appeals, and authors briefs for the United States Court of Appeals. She has also appeared as a guest speaker on the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa at the Harvard Club, New York City.. Additionally, Ms. Grigaite represents clients in personal injury cases, such as slip and fall and automobile accidents, civil litigation and family law matters.. Ms. Grigaite is admitted to both, the New York and New Jersey State Bars. She received her J.D. law degree from St. John’s School of Law, and Bachelor of Science, in Finance, suma cum laude, from St. John’s University. She is fluent in Lithuanian and Russian, and conversant in Spanish.

Katelyn joined Gian-Grasso, Tomczak, & Hufe, P.C. as a partner in June 2015. She is a member in good standing of the Pennsylvania Bar and the New Jersey Bar. She is also admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Katelyn focuses her practice exclusively on immigration law but also has experience in the area of family law.. Katelyn focuses a significant portion of her practice on deportation defense, litigation, appeals, and protecting clients with final orders of removal. She focuses largely on complex litigation cases. She has successfully litigated cases before the Board of Immigration Appeals, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She has experience successfully representing clients in Immigration Court in Philadelphia, Newark, New York City, Minnesota, Buffalo, and Arlington. Katelyn handles various types of litigation cases including asylum, cancellation of removal, adjustment of status, waivers, motions to reopen and motions to suppress evidence. In the detained setting, she has successfully obtained bond, parole, and stays of removal for clients. She has succeeded in reopening final orders of deportation before the Board of Immigration Appeals and the Immigration Courts.. Katelyn has also brought to GTH Law her knowledge and experience in the business immigration sector. She helps companies with various types of business immigration petitions such as L-1 visas for intra-company transferees, E-2 investor visas, E-1 trade visas, H-1B visas, and national interest waivers. Katelyn is an active member of the Italy America Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia and has a particular interest in working with start-ups and entrepreneurs.. Katelyn also has extensive experience with humanitarian-based relief. She has experience assisting victims of crimes and victims of domestic violence to obtain legal status through the U-visa program. She also has experience advocating for domestic violence victims through applications under the Violence Against Women Act (“VAWA”). She has represented clients at marriage interviews, asylum interviews, and naturalization interviews and has experience with various other immigration applications including fiancé visas, F-1 student visas, B1/B2 visitor visas, applications for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, and applications for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”).. Katelyn is an active member of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (“AILA”) and has attended the annual conference in 2013, 2014, and 2015. She served as the Conference Committee Co-Chair in 2014, planning the Philadelphia AILA Annual Conference. Currently, Katelyn in serving as the Philadelphia Ambassador for the American Immigration Council (“AIC”). She is also a member of AILA’s Pro Bono Committee, the Berks County Pro Bono Collaborative Committee, and has mentored non-immigration attorneys in pro bono asylum cases.. Katelyn is currently the director of the Federal Litigation and Appeals Clinic at Drexel University’s Kline School of Law. In the clinic, Professor Hufe supervises students handling cases on behalf of immigrants in federal and state courts, in accordance with local student practice rules.. Katelyn is an active member of the Philadelphia Bar Association and serves as the Immigration Law Liaison for the Young Lawyers Division. Katelyn has served as a speaker at Temple University and Villanova University School of Law. She has also presented on a Waivers Panel at the Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians.. Katelyn received her BA from the University of Delaware’s Honors Program, and graduated cum laude from the Earle Mack School of Law at Drexel University in 2011. During her time at Drexel, she focused her coursework in areas such as Immigration Law, Refugee and Asylum Law, and Immigration Litigation. After majoring in Foreign Languages & Literature and completing study abroad programs in Spain and Italy, she is proficient in Spanish and Italian. After graduating from the University of Delaware in 2007, Katelyn worked as a bilingual paralegal at Doroshow, Pasquale, Krawitz, and Bhaya in Wilmington, Delaware. She worked with Spanish-speaking clients in the Workers Compensation and Personal Injury departments.. Throughout her final year at Drexel, Katelyn interned for the Executive Office for Immigration Review at Philadelphia Immigration Court. She drafted decisions for the immigration judges on topics such as asylum, fraud, I-601 waivers, crimes involving moral turpitude and adjustment of status. She had the opportunity to work with each immigration judge and the Court’s judicial law clerk.. After graduating from Drexel, Katelyn was accepted into the 2011-2012 Law Clerk Program at Berner, Klaw, and Watson, LLP in Philadelphia. She worked primarily on family law cases involving divorce, support, custody, and protection from abuse orders. She presented on the subject of the applicability of the I-864 Affidavit of Support in spousal support cases at a joint meeting of the Family Law Section and the Immigration Law Committee of the Philadelphia Bar. Following her time at Berner, Klaw, and Watson, Katelyn practiced immigration law for three years prior to joining Gian-Grasso, Tomczak, & Hufe, P.C.

For many years I served as a federal prosecutor, an attorney supervisor and a project manager, working for the U.S. Departments of Justice (INS) and Homeland Security (ICE).  Now I am pleased to serve the needs of the immigrant communities in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and beyond.  I offer a broad range of immigration services, including family-based immigration, naturalization, deportation and removal defense, political asylum, waivers of inadmissibility, non-immigrant visas and deferred action.. I believe that the United States has achieved its greatness, first and foremost, because we are a nation of immigrants.  Our country is at its best when each person makes his or her own unique contribution, and together we celebrate the diversity of our great nation.  I am proud to be able to use my background and training to help enable people to access and achieve the American dream.

Srinivas "Sri" Ramineni was born in Hyderbad, India, and has traveled extensively giving him a broad perspective of the world and a deep appreciation for the special needs of immigration clients. he is fluent in Telugu, Hindi, Urdu, and English. He has extensive experience practicing law in both India and the U.S. Ramineni Law Associates is founded on Sri's thorough and thoughtful approach to representation, along with his personal tenets of integrity and commitment to excellence.Sri graduated with a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School cum laude in 2003. He earned a Bachelor of Laws from Osmania University, India, 1995, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Osmania University, India. He is a proud member of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bar.

I am a first generation Chinese-American immigrant, married to a French immigrant, and I am an immigration lawyer.. My family immigrated to the U.S. when I was a young child.  I faced the challenges of every immigrant: learning English, integrating into the culture of my new home country, and learning about myself in a society where I was a visible minority.. When I married a Frenchman, through him, I experienced the difficulties of an adult immigrant: getting his French education recognized by American companies, postponing plans to find his dream job, and keeping up his confidence in a culture with different social rules and values.. These personal experiences led me to the decision to devote my career to immigration law.  I am especially interested in helping married couples with their green card and citizenship application.  I chose to specialize in marriage immigration and citizenship because I want to take what I have learned from my own marriage immigration process to help other couples with theirs.. I remember the emotional strain, uncertainty, and helplessness my husband and I felt during the immigration application process.   Before my husband and I were married, and while I was a law student, I applied for a fiancé visa for him, on my own.  It took hours of learning.  I didn't get everything right because I had to submit additional evidence, which meant more waiting and more feelings of being stuck.  The whole process was more stressful than final exams.. I share my story so that other couples going through the marriage green card process won’t feel so alone. I would be happy to listen to your story, and help you tell it to the immigration officer so that your application can be approved and you’ll be able to start and build your life together.

Attorney Michael Shepsis practices exclusively in immigration law. He assists families and professionals with family reunification, marriage to foreign nationals, fiancé visas, U.S. citizenship, work visas, J-1 waivers, change of status, consular processing, investor immigration, and self-petitioning immigration. Attorney Shepsis also represents domestic and foreign companies with work sponsorships and employee transfers. He serves clients across the United States and globally.. Attorney Shepsis earned his law degree from Northeastern University (2009), and completed his Bachelor's at Boston University (2003).

I reunite family members from across the world, particularly those from Latin America and Africa, so they are free to achieve their dream of creating a life together in the United States. I help individuals already in the United States to achieve lawful immigration status so they may choose where to live and work. Through my compassionate and accessible approach, I alleviate the fear and uncertainty involved in the immigration process.

Attorney Cornel Potra attended Regent University School of Law in Virginia Beach, Virginia and graduated in May of 2000. During law school, Attorney Potra prayed about the area where God wanted him to live and the area of law that God wanted him to practice. He took the Washington State Bar Exam in 2000, and he began Potra Law Firm in the attic of his Virginia home in January 2001, where he first practiced immigration law. Shortly after his wife's graduation from law school in 2001, they moved to Georgia to continue their work in this field, and he became a member of the Georgia Bar in 2005. Attorney Potra enjoys working in the field of immigration because this field enables him to integrate his education with his personal experiences as well as his passion for those new to this country. Attorney Potra sees immigration law as an opportunity to creatively and zealously fight for his clients.

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