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Expertise, Service and Dedication

Tafapolsky & Smith LLP represents individuals and corporate clients around the world in all aspects of U.S. immigration law. We specialize in business immigration in a wide variety of industries, including high technology, manufacturing, financial services, international trade and investment, performing arts and academic research.

In today's global business environment, employers are constantly faced with the need to quickly hire and transfer foreign executives, managers, professionals, specialized workers and other essential personnel. To help clients address this need, Tafapolsky & Smith offers thorough legal analysis, intensive strategic preparation and meticulous preparation and filing of applications and petitions with government entities. The Firm prides itself on the excellence of its legal representation and services, adhering to the following core values:

Client satisfaction is our key objective. Frequent client contact and rapid response to client communications is a firm standard, and our staff is accessible and service-oriented. We address client concerns in a straightforward, quick and informative manner.

We value the role of technology in our practice. The Firm maintains a sophisticated secure database to allow our clients to access their case status online. Our state of the art case management and document preparation systems are tailored to our clients' needs, enabling the firm to create high quality, accurate work expeditiously. We can also provide status reports on a regular basis and conduct monthly telephone conferences on the status of each case.

We have comprehensive expertise. Clients expect their immigration counsel to grasp the interplay of all facets of immigration law. Our attorneys and staff possess that sophisticated understanding, having been cross-trained in many complex areas of immigration law. The Firm maintains a comprehensive immigration library and has the finest research tools available. Our multicultural staff prides itself on its ability to provide advice on the latest developments in immigration law in several foreign languages, including Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, Assyrian and Farsi. Over the years, the Firm has developed a solid reputation with the various governmental agencies, in particular the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Department of State and the Department of Labor.

We recognize our clients' specific needs. The Firm provides initial and ongoing training on immigration issues to keep our clients' Human Resources staff equipped and informed. We also develop targeted strategies for processing our clients' cases in order to meet each individual client's specific business needs. The Firm helps clients identify and complete the procedurally intricate immigration actions necessary to accomplish successful merger and acquisition transactions and corporate restructuring. We offer a competitive flat fee schedule to promote efficiency and predictability of costs, enabling clients to manage and budget immigration-related expenses.

We are committed to community service. The Firm devotes considerable time and resources to pro bono work, helping individuals with specific immigration matters and working more broadly to make substantive changes in the law.