The Law Office of Luba Seliavski, PLLC offers comprehensive immigration law solutions for U.S. and multinational companies seeking to employ foreign workers in the U.S. as well as individuals seeking to obtain immigration benefits through investment in the U.S. or through familial relationships. The firm offers highly-efficient legal services by an attorney with more than 15 years of immigration law experience and exceptional client services.  

Call to schedule your appointment for initial consultation: (757) 689-7507

Employment-Based Immigration

• H-1B, L-1, P, O Petitions and related consular processing
• TN, E Applications/Petitions
• Labor Certification Applications
• Immigrant Petitions
• EB-5 Investor Petitions

Luba Seliavski is a passionate and business-oriented attorney. She represents national and multinational companies and foreign entrepreneurs in business immigration matters. She also assists clients with naturalization applications and family immigration cases.
Ms. Seliavski's services meet the highest standards of a large law firm. However, her clients enjoy competitive rates, achieved through the elimination of high overheads and inefficiencies of large law firms. Every client's matter is a priority for Ms. Seliavski, regardless of the size or industry. She offers thoughtful, creative and workable solutions to each of her clients based on their unique legal needs and business objectives.

Education

• J.D., Capital University, cum laude, 2003
• Externship with the Supreme Court of Ohio, Spring 2003
• J.D. equivalent, Tomsk State University (Tomsk, Russia), 1996

Memberships

Leadership

• Past:
  • American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) D.C. Chapter, Celebrate America Essay Contest Committee
• Present:
  • Norfolk Sister City Association, Kaliningrad & Open World Program Committee
  • Member of the Board of Directors for the Russian American Association of Virginia

• H-1B petitions for professional workers
• L-1 petitions for intra-company transferees (specialized knowledge professionals and managerial employees of foreign entities transferred to work in the U.S.)
• TN applications/petitions for Canadian/Mexican professional employees, based on NAFTA
• E (Treaty Trader and Treaty Investor) visa applications/petitions
• O petitions for individuals with Extraordinary Abilities
• P petitions for performers and their essential support personnel, athletes, artists and entertainers 
• E-3 Petitions for Australian professional workers
• Applications for Employment Authorization Documents for foreign employees and eligible spouses
• Applications for Advance Parole

• Applications for Permanent Employment Certification (PERM Applications)
• I-140 Immigrant Petitions for:
  • - multinational managers and executives of multinational companies;
  • - individuals with extraordinary abilities;
  • - outstanding researchers and professors;
  • - professional employees with advanced degrees and individuals with exceptional abilities;
  • - professional, skilled and other workers.


• I-526 Petitions by Alien Entrepreneurs seeking to invest in the U.S.
• I-829 Petitions by Alien Entrepreneurs seeking to remove conditions on their permanent residency in the U.S.
• I-485 Applications to Adjust Status in the U.S. for foreign employees, entrepreneurs and their family members
  

• Advice to employers about compliance with the Immigration Control and Reform Act and I-9 Form and E-Verify requirements
• Representation of employers in I-9 audits conducted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
• Representation of employers with matters involving U.S. immigration compliance
  

• I-130 Immigrant Petitions for immediate relatives and other eligible family members of U.S. citizens, and spouses and children of lawful permanent residents
• I-129F Petitions for fiancées and fiancés of U.S. citizens 
• I-751 Petitions to Remove Conditions on Permanent Residence for spouses of U.S. citizens
• I-485 Applications to Adjust Status in the U.S. for foreign nationals and immigrant visa applications
• VAWA Petitions
  
• N-400 Applications for Naturalization
  

• American Immigration Lawyers Association:
  AILA is the professional bar association for attorneys and law professors who specialize in general immigration law or its many subspecialty practice areas. ... http://aila.org/


• U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services:
  Official Website of the Department of Homeland Security. ... http://www.uscis.gov/


• U.S. Customs and Border Protection:
  CBP is one of the Department of Homeland Security's largest and most complex components, with a priority mission of keeping terrorists and their weapons out of the U.S. It also has a responsibility for securing the border and facilitating lawful international trade and travel while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws and regulations, including immigration and drug laws. ... http://cbp.gov

• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. EB-5 Immigrant Investor
  USCIS administers the Immigrant Investor Program, also known as 'EB-5,' created by Congress in 1990 to stimulate the U.S. economy through job creation and capital investment by foreign investors. Under a pilot immigration program first enacted in 1992 .... href="http://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/perm...

• New in 2020: Electronic Registration for Cap-Subject H-1B petitions


• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) Issued a Memorandum Providing Guidance to its Adjudicators Indicating Registered Nurse Positions Can Qualify as a Specialty Occupation On July 11, 2014, CIS issued a Memorandum acknowledging changes in the nursing industry since its last Memorandum on this subject, issued 12 years ago. According to the new Memorandum, a Registered Nurse (RN) position could qualify as a specialty occupation eligible for an H-1B petition. ... http://immigrantnews.wordpress.com


• U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Proposed Regulatory Changes Allowing Spouses of H-1B Employees, Present in the U.S. in H-4 Status, to Apply for Employment Authorization under Certain Circumstances If you have an H-1B employee, you probably know that a spouse of such employee present in the U.S. in H-4 status is not eligible to work. This could change for some H-4 spouses if DHS adopts its proposed regulatory amendment. This amendment would allow H-4 spouses to apply for an Employment Authorization .... http://immigrantnews.wordpress.com


• U.S. Department of State (DOS) Announced Its Ongoing Consular Consolidated Database (CCD) Has Been Experiencing Technical Issues Based on the recent technical issues with DOS’ database, U.S. visa applicants should be prepared to experience delays in receiving visas at the U.S. Embassies and Consulates worldwide. On July 30, 2014, DOS reported. ... http://immigrantnews.wordpress.com


• Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visa/Status Options for Foreign Entrepreneurs If you are a foreign entrepreneur seeking to start a business in the United States, you should consider all options available under the U.S. immigration law and choose the option that would fit your personal circumstances and help you accomplish your goals. You may be able to immigrate to the United States by investing $1,000,000 USD (or $500,000 for Targeted Employment areas) in the U.S. economy. Such investment may allow you and your eligible family members to obtain Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S. pursuant to the employment-based fifth preference (EB-5) category.... http://immigrantnews.wordpress.com

Office Address
4768 Euclid Road, Suite 105, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23462
(by appointment only)
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Telephone: (757) 689-7507