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Kelsanah Ashley Wade
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Kelsanah is an Associate at Fragomen’s New York office. She advises multinational corporate clients on a range of nonimmigrant and immigrant matters, including PERM Labor Certification Applications, permanent residency and consular processing issues. Kelsanah has experience working with clients across a range of industries, including advertising/communications, financial services, higher education, hospitality, healthcare and religion.
During law school, Kelsanah served as a Law Clerk at Fragomen. She also served as the Editor in Chief of the Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law, Vol. 26.
Kelsanah received a Certificate of Advanced Study and Training in Dispute Resolution and Certificate of Advanced Study and Training in Mediation from Humboldt University of Berlin in 2016.
Education
- Tulane University School of Law, J.D., 2018
- Middlebury College, B.A., cum laude , 2013
More from Kelsanah
Admissions
Bar Admissions: New York
Practice Limited to Federal Immigration & Nationality Law
Awards
CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Modern European Legal History, Tulane University Law School, 2017
Professional accomplishments
Member, New York State Bar Association
Experience
Assisted individuals with securing “extraordinary ability” classification based on demonstrated international expertise and prominence in business and the arts.
Successfully prepared and filed PERM Labor Certification Applications on behalf of clients in the advertising/communications, hospitality, higher education and financial services sectors.
Successfully responded to numerous complex Requests for Evidence for H-1B and L-1 nonimmigrant petitions, as well as audits by the Department of Labor in connection with ongoing PERM cases.
Successfully filed Motions to Reopen and briefs with the Administrative Appeals Office.
Publications and lectures
Contributor, “Recent TLS Graduates: Where Are They Now?” Tulane Law, 29 April 2020.
Kelsanah’s insights
The Immigration Conversation
February 22, 2024
