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Lynn Lee
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Contact information
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
1101 15th St NW STE 700
Washington DC 20005
United States
Lynn is a Director and attorney on Fragomen’s U.S. Immigration Consular and Document team with more than 18 years of experience practicing immigration law. As a leader on the Fragomen Consular Practice (FCP) team, Lynn provides individuals and businesses with guidance and advice on all immigrant and nonimmigrant visa types, including waiver options, with a particular focus on complex consular processing matters and immigrant visas filed in the U.S. and at U.S. consulates abroad.
Lynn previously worked at the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), where she met regularly with high-level government officials to discuss current immigration issues and partnered with government agencies to identify trends and resolve challenges in the U.S. immigration market. The knowledge gained during her tenure at AILA assists Lynn in effectively representing clients with complex immigration histories.
Lynn has spoken frequently on a variety of immigration topics via podcast, webcast and in-person at AILA national and chapter conferences around the globe.
Education
- University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 2003
- Bridgewater College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1999
More from Lynn
Admissions
Bar Admissions: Maryland
Court Admissions: U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
Practice Limited to Federal Immigration & Nationality Law
Professional accomplishments
Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
Member, AILA, Asia Pacific Chapter (APAC)
Member, AILA, Europe, Middle East & Africa Chapter (EMEA)
Member, AILA, Latin America & Caribbean Chapter (LACC)
Member, AILA, Washington, DC Chapter
Member, Maryland State Bar Association
Experience
Managed all aspects of family and employment-based petitions, as well as adjustment and naturalization applications, including representation at local USCIS offices.
Coordinated U.S. immigration services throughout Latin America.
Represented clients around the world in obtaining immigrant and nonimmigrant waiver approvals.
Publications and lectures
Speaker, “Advanced Issues in E-1 and E-2 Processing (Advanced).” 2025 AILA Annual Conference, Denver, CO, 20 June 2025.
Speaker, “The Russians Are Not Coming?” AILA Rome District Chapter-EMEA 2025 Spring Conference, Zagreb, Croatia, 6 May 2025.
Speaker, “Out of Africa: Updates and Experiences with Consular Posts in Africa.” AILA Fall 2024 Rome District Chapter-EMEA Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 28 October 2024.
Speaker, “Consular Processing for Employment-Based Clients (Intermediate).” 2024 AILA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL,15 June 2024.
Speaker, “Consular Processing: When Things Go Wrong (Advanced).” 2024 AILA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, 13 June 2024.
Speaker, “FAM Favorites.” AILA Rome District Chapter-EMEA 2024 Spring Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, March 2024.
Speaker, “Get Me Off the Mountain: Know What you Don’t Know! When IV Cases Affect Your Employment-Based Clients.” 2024 AILA Midwinter Conference, Jackson, WY, 19 January 2024.
Speaker, “Obtaining the Elusive NIV Consular Appointment and What to Do Once You Get It.” 2023 AILA Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, 21 June 2023.
Speaker, “Consular Processing During Troublesome Times.” 2023 AILA Midwinter Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 20 January 2023.
Speaker, “Thinking Outside the Box: Consular Processing Solutions.” AILA LACC Conference, Mexico City, Mexico, 2 December 2022.
Speaker, “The National Visa Center.” 2022 AILA Paralegals Virtual Conference, Webinar, 10 August 2022.
Speaker, “NIV & IV Waivers, Making Your Case.” AILA LACC: Righting The Ship – The Path Forward, Santa Fe, NM, 3 December 2021
Speaker, “Travel Bans and National Interest Exceptions.” AILA California Chapters Virtual Conference, 18 November 2021.
Speaker, “Yay! The Petition was Approved! Now the Hard Part Begins: Securing Expedited Visa Interviews and National Interest Exceptions.” 2021 AILA Fall Conference and Webcast: Athletics, Culture, Entertainment, and Science (ACES) and Business Hot Topics, Las Vegas, NV, 12 October 2021.
Speaker, “Managing the COVID Fallout for NIV Applications at the Consulates.” 2021 AILA Annual Virtual Conference on Immigration Law, 12 June 2021.
Speaker, “Family-Based Consular Visa Processing in the Time of Pandemic: Where Do We Go from Here?” 2021 AILA Virtual Midwinter Conference, 2 March 2021.
Speaker, “Hot Topics.” AILA LACC Conference – Life in the Fast Lane, Quito, Ecuador, 21-23 November 2019.
Speaker, “Hot Topics.” Fall 2019 AILA Rome District Chapter-EMEA Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 27-29 October 2019.
Speaker, “Immigrant Visa Consular Processing: The Basics.” 2019 AILA Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, 19-22 June 2019.
Speaker, “I-601A, I-601, I-212 and 212(d)(3) Waivers and Adjustment/Consular Issues.” AILA LACC Conference: Surviving in Turbulent Times, 15-16 November 2018.
Speaker, “The American Government Abroad.” AILA Fall Conference, London, UK, October 2018.
Speaker, “Consular Processing 1: Navigating the NVC and Beyond.” 2018 AILA Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, 13-16 June 2018.
Speaker, “Navigating the Interview: Adjustment of Status at USCIS, Immigrant Visa at U.S. Consular Posts, and Affirmative Asylum Applications.” Maryland State Bar Association Conference, Baltimore, MD, May 2018.
Speaker, “Inside the Beltway with the AILA USCIS Committee.” AILA Spring Conference, Washington, DC, April 2018.
Speaker, “Viva Mexico! What to Know Before Processing in Mexico.” AILA Midwinter Conference, Cancún, Mexico, February 2018.
Speaker, “‘Buy American Hire American’ Amendment to the FAM.” AILA EMEA Conference, London, UK, November 2017.
Speaker, “Nuts & Bolts of Adjustment of Status vs Consular Processing.” AILA Paralegals Conference, Washington, DC, October 2017.
Speaker, “Best Practices for Consular Processing: Post Issues.” 2017 AILA Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, June 2017.
Speaker, “Benefits for Filing an I-130 Abroad.” AILA LACC Conference, Santiago, Chile, November 2016.
Speaker, “Options for Clients with USCIS Offices Abroad.” 2016 AILA Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV, 22 June 2016.
Speaker, “International District Updates.” 2016 AILA Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV, June 2016.
Speaker, “Developments and Innovations with CBP.” AILA EMEA Conference, Vienna, Austria, May 2016.
Speaker, “AILA Troubleshooting: How AILA Can Help You.” AILA EMEA Conference, Vienna, Austria, May 2016.
Speaker, Coming to America: Consular Processing Family-based Cases.” AILA GA Chapter Conference, Atlanta, GA, February 2016.
Speaker, “Hot Topics on Consulate Adjudications, Trends and Alerts.” AILA LACC Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 2015.
Speaker, “Creative and Unusual Green Card Options.” AILA EMEA Conference, London, UK, November 2015.
Speaker, “Adjustment of Status and Consular Processing: Workshop with the Experts.” AILA Fundamentals Conference, Miami, FL, August 2015.
Speaker, “Filing a Family Immigrant Visa Petition Abroad – Navigating the Direct Consular Filing.” 2015 AILA Annual Conference, Washington, DC, June 2015.
Speaker, “Interagency Panel.” AILA EMEA Conference, Rome, Italy, May 2015.
Speaker, “USCIS EMEA District: Conversations with the Directors.” AILA EMEA Conference, Rome, Italy, May 2015.
Speaker, “Introduction to the Visa Bulletin.” 2014 AILA Annual Conference, Boston, MA, June 2014.
Speaker, “Hot Topics.” AILA LACC Conference, Bogota, Colombia, November 2013.
Speaker, “Revocation—Proof That There Are Black Holes in the Universe.” AILA LACC Conference, Bogota, Colombia, November 2013.
Speaker, “Getting Back on Track—What to Do When a Case Goes Off the Rails.” Webinar, AILA.org, 22 August 2013.
Speaker, “Achieving Effective Consular Communication.” AILA EMEA Conference, Warsaw, Poland, March 2013.
Speaker, “Getting Out From Under Blanket L Issues.” AILA EMEA Conference, Warsaw, Poland, March 2013.
Speaker, “What’s Next, What’s Best Part III: DOS.” AILA.org, Podcast, February 2013.
Speaker, “What’s Next, What’s Best Part II: CBP.” AILA.org, Podcast, December 2012.
Speaker, “From the Point of View of USCIS and DOS.” AILA LACC Conference, Mexico Citty, Mexico, November 2012.
Speaker, “New World of RFEs.” AILA CA Chapters Conference, San Diego, CA, November 2012.
Speaker, “I-601s in 2012.” AILA CA Chapters Conference, San Diego, CA, November 2012.
Speaker, “What’s Next, What’s Best Part I: USCIS International Operations.” AILA.org, Podcast, October 2012.
Speaker, “Managing Small Company RFEs.” AILA EMEA Conference, Bucharest, Romania, April 2012.
Speaker, “What to Do When the Government Gets It Wrong.” AILA.org, Podcast, August 2011.
Speaker, “USCIS Europe.” AILA EMEA Conference, Paris, France, October 2010.
Speaker, “CBP Jeopardy.” AILA EMEA Conference, Paris, France, October 2010.
