San Francisco Immigration Attorneys

Law Office of Vaughan de Kirby

5139 Geary Boulevard
San Francisco, California 94118
USA

(415) 221-2345 or (415) 221-2800

www.dekirby.net

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The Law Offices of Vaughan de Kirby is an experienced immigration law firm offering many immigration law services. At our firm, we want to empower you with important information about your immigration opportunities so that you can make truly knowledgeable decisions. We will work as your partner, adviser, and educator as you proceed through the United States Immigration process.

Immigration can be a complicated area of American law that requires specialized knowledge to be successful. We know this because all of us at the Law Offices of Vaughan de Kirby are immigrants to the United States or the children of immigrants. This is an important distinction because it means we understand how important your immigration case is to you and your family, because we have been in your position.

We practice all areas of immigration law including Business, Investment, Family and Deportation defense in Immigration Court.

Practice Areas

Practice Areas Description

Our immigration law practice includes:

- EB-5 Investment Immigration – Green Card

Our EB-5 immigration lawyers pride themselves on getting you the EB-5 Green Card information you require to make informed decisions whether this is a suitable strategy by which to achieve your immigration goals. Having written books on this Green Card category our immigration lawyers are well versed in EB-5 law and current issues taking place in this arena. An EB-5 investment has many potential advantages however the process takes careful planning and analysis.

The EB-5 program creates the opportunity for foreign investors and their families to attain full immigration benefits, including access to the U.S. educational system for their children and legal permanent residence status to live and work anywhere in the U.S. Furthermore, this program eventually leads to opportunities for U.S. citizenship if that is the goal.

- O-1 Visa for Extraordinary Ability

The O visa category is an exceptional visa option for persons in various fields including the arts, film and television, and professional level entertainment industry positions. Athletes are also included in this category. Note that in some cases the P visa is a more suitable visa option, usually in the case of a musical band, events of a particular cultural orientation, and so forth. Our California immigration lawyers can help you decide the best strategy between an O or P visa.

- P Visa Processing for Musical Groups and Athletes

The P visa is suitable for athletes, entertainment groups such as musical bands, and for persons entering to engage in culturally unique performances. This visa is similar in many ways to the O visa but does have its own unique requirements.

- L-1 Visa for Investors, Entrepreneurs, & Intracompany Transfers

The L visa is a very valuable visa option for entrepreneurs who already have business operations in foreign countries and who seek to enter the U.S. to establish subsidiary/branch operations. The visa is also available to be used by already existing foreign and U.S. companies that are related in ownership who wish to transfer employees.

- H-1 Temporary Worker Visa

Employment immigration may offer the employee the opportunity to work for a US company and the employer to have a highly qualified employee. A real understanding of the possibilities of H-1 is important for both the employer and employee. Vaughan de Kirby and his outstanding Associate attorneys and staff have helped both employers and employees achieve success in the H-1 process. Our Firm's H-1 Special Report is just a part of Vaughan de Kirby's commitment is to provide you with the information you need to make the best H-1 decisions for your career and your company.

- EB-1 Extraordinary Ability

If you are a renowned professional in your area of expertise, securing a Green Card and permanent residency in the United States for you and your family might be as easy as applying for an EB-1 immigrant visa. Reserved for foreigners who excel in business, the arts, the sciences, or athletics, this immigration visa encourages those with outstanding talents to bring their work and their knowledge to America.

- F-1 Student Visa

The most widely used student visa status is the F-1 visa. The criteria for student visas are rather strict; you must be coming to participate in full time study at an USCIS-approved academic program. The term "full time" used by the immigration service is assuming that you are obtaining your F 1 Student Visa for the purposes of studying full time in the United States. Secondly, the study must be at a USCIS-approved school that is authorized to issue an I-20 to you.

- E-2 Visa for Entrepreneurs - Treaty Trader Investor Visa

The E-2 visa is intended for persons who want to enter the U.S. solely to develop and direct the operations of an enterprise in which the investor has invested, or of an enterprise in which the investor is actively in the process of investing, a substantial amount of capital. In order to be eligible for the E-2 visa the investor must be from a treaty country. Please contact our immigration lawyers for more information on this visa option for entrepreneurs.