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Chelsea Germak

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Chelsea is a Senior Associate in Fragomen’s Matawan office. She has experience representing clients in a wide array of nonimmigrant (e.g., H-1B, L-1, O-1, TN, E-1, E-2 and J-1 waiver) and immigrant (e.g., EB-1, NIW and PERM) business immigration matters. Chelsea has assisted clients of all sizes ranging from multinational corporations to start-ups across many industries including engineering, manufacturing and automotive, energy, information technology, financial services, pharmaceuticals, health care, hospitality and education.

Prior to joining Fragomen, Chelsea was an attorney for a Philadelphia immigration law firm, where she handled a broad range of immigration matters including employment and family-based immigrant and nonimmigrant visa petitions, inadmissibility waivers, naturalization applications, cancellation of removal and asylum.

During law school, Chelsea served as Editor-in-Chief of the Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review. Having been selected for the Federal Judicial Clerkship Honors Clinical, she interned with U.S. District Court Judges Cynthia M. Rufe and C. Darnell Jones, II.

Chelsea speaks English and Spanish.

Education

  • Temple University, J.D., cum laude , 2012
  • University of Pennsylvania, B.A., cum laude , 2009

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Admissions

Bar Admissions: New Jersey, Pennsylvania

Court Admissions: Second Circuit Court of Appeals; Third Circuit Court of Appeals; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania

Practice Limited to Federal Immigration & Nationality Law

Awards

Listed in Chambers USA, 2020 to 2026

Named to “New Leaders of the Bar,” New Jersey Law Journal, 2021

Avvo Clients’ Choice Award, November 2015

Professional accomplishments

Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association

Experience

Developed strategic responses to complex Requests for Evidence from USCIS for specialty occupation workers and intracompany transferees, leading to petition approval.

Prepared successful Extraordinary Ability and National Interest Waiver petitions for foreign national researchers in a variety of scientific fields.

Won trials before the Immigration Court in Philadelphia, PA and York, PA and presented an oral argument before the Board of Immigration Appeals in Falls Church, VA.

Chelsea’s insights

June 18, 2026 | Meeting

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Fragomen Earns Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2026Read more

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June 18, 2026 | Meeting

Philadelphia Immigrant Employment Collaborative (PIEC) SummitRead more

June 5, 2026 | Fragomen news

Fragomen Earns Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2026Read more

June 6, 2025 | Fragomen news

Fragomen Ranked in Chambers USA 2025Read more
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  • Spanish

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[email protected]

T:+1 732 862 5194

F:+1 732 862 5050

Matawan

Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP

90 Matawan Road, 4th Floor

Matawan NJ 07747

United States

Connect via Linkedin

Chelsea’s insights

June 18, 2026 | Meeting

Philadelphia Immigrant Employment Collaborative (PIEC) SummitRead more

June 5, 2026 | Fragomen news

Fragomen Earns Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2026Read more

June 6, 2025 | Fragomen news

Fragomen Ranked in Chambers USA 2025Read more
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Matawan

Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP

90 Matawan Road, 4th Floor

Matawan NJ 07747

United States

Connect via Linkedin

Chelsea’s insights

June 18, 2026 | Meeting

Philadelphia Immigrant Employment Collaborative (PIEC) SummitRead more

June 5, 2026 | Fragomen news

Fragomen Earns Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2026Read more

June 6, 2025 | Fragomen news

Fragomen Ranked in Chambers USA 2025Read more
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Matawan

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90 Matawan Road, 4th Floor

Matawan NJ 07747

United States

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Chelsea’s insights

June 18, 2026 | Meeting

Philadelphia Immigrant Employment Collaborative (PIEC) SummitRead more

June 5, 2026 | Fragomen news

Fragomen Earns Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2026Read more

June 6, 2025 | Fragomen news

Fragomen Ranked in Chambers USA 2025Read more
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