Personable. Professional. Present.
We’ll be your closest advisors for navigating the paths of U.S. immigration.
Personable. Professional. Present.
We’ll be your closest advisors for navigating the paths of U.S. immigration.
A woman-owned immigration law firm serving the Pacific Northwest
in practice areas of work visas, PERM and employment-based permanent residency, citizenship, and marriage-based immigration.
How Can We Help You Today?
Christoffersen Law provides individualized US immigration solutions to Northwest businesses and professionals. We are invested in our clients and are proud to represent many foreign nationals from their first US work visa to US citizenship. Clients include:
Recent Immigration News
H-1B Notice of Proposed Rule-making
On November 30, 2018, USCIS issued a notice of proposed rulemaking which could affect the H-1B Lottery for new filings in April. A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is the first step in changing Federal administrative procedure so this is very early in the process but it indicates a real change. We would like to explain the changes since it could be a significant change in processing. Briefly, according to the notice, USCIS intends to implement a system whereby an H-1B employer seeking a new H-1B would register [...]
Opinion Piece: America is Rejecting More Legal Immigrants than Ever Before
An opinion piece from the New York Times, dated November 15, 2018, discusses increasing and often arbitrary H-1B denials and RFEs from USCIS: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/15/opinion/trump-legal-immigrants-reject.html.
December 2018 Visa Bulletin
Final Action Dates for EB1 remain backlogged for the month of December, 2018: The final action date for EB1 shifted slightly to July 1, 2017 for all areas except China and India, which are backed up to September 1, 2016. For individuals who are not current but who are interviewed at USCIS during this time, post-interview the file will be sent to the National Benefits Center awaiting a current visa number. The December 2018 visa bulletin lists the following EB2 [...]
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What Our Clients Have To Say About Us
“Lisa is fantastic. My current position is my fourth company I’ve used Lisa as our immigration attorney. I was new to immigration the first time I used Lisa and she walked me through everything. She is patient, knowledgeable and timely. More importantly she is extremely honest. You can speak freely with her and I get the same in return.”
– Seattle Human Resources Manager