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Vanessa is a Manager and Attorney in our Paris office, where she provides U.S. consular support to corporate and individual clients in the EMEA region and India. Vanessa has been practicing U.S. immigration since 2015.

Vanessa advises clients on US nonimmigrant and immigrant matters, including treaty trader and treaty investor filings, direct and petition based consular applications, waivers of inadmissibility and cases involving complex consular liaison. Prior to joining the consular team in 2023, Vanessa worked at Fragomen’s New York office, where she advised on a wide range of complex employment and family-based nonimmigrant and immigrant matters. Her clients have included companies in the financial services, architecture, payment services, software and technology, media, and manufacturing industries.

Vanessa provides pro bono assistance for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) petitions through the Children’s Aid Society Immigration Clinic and Safe Passage. She has also provided on the ground legal representation to recent arrivals at a Detention Center in Dilley, Texas. Vanessa routinely represented pro bono clients before USCIS, EOIR and NY Family Court.   

Vanessa is fluent in English, French and Spanish.

Education

  • Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 2015
  • Fordham University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, M.A., 2012
  • Tufts University, B.A., 2010

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Admissions

Bar Admissions: New York

Awards

Archibald Murray Public Service Award, Fordham University School of Law, 2015

Public Service Student Leadership Award, Fordham University School of Law, 2015

Honos Civicus, Tufts University, 2010

Professional accomplishments

Member, American Bar Association

Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)

Experience

Assists business professionals, researchers, designers and scientists with obtaining “extraordinary ability” and “outstanding researcher” classifications.

Advises companies in diverse industries through the PERM process for individual employees.

Assists new entities with designing and developing robust immigration programs. 

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March 4, 2025 | Blog post

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March 4, 2025 | Blog post

Estrategias Para Citas de Visas: Navegando los recientes cambios migratorios bajo la nueva administración de los EE. UU.Read more

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Stratégies de rendez-vous pour les visas: naviguer à travers les changements récents de l’immigration sous la nouvelle administration américaineRead more

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March 4, 2025 | Blog post

Estrategias Para Citas de Visas: Navegando los recientes cambios migratorios bajo la nueva administración de los EE. UU.Read more

March 4, 2025 | Blog post

Stratégies de rendez-vous pour les visas: naviguer à travers les changements récents de l’immigration sous la nouvelle administration américaineRead more

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March 4, 2025 | Blog post

Estrategias Para Citas de Visas: Navegando los recientes cambios migratorios bajo la nueva administración de los EE. UU.Read more

March 4, 2025 | Blog post

Stratégies de rendez-vous pour les visas: naviguer à travers les changements récents de l’immigration sous la nouvelle administration américaineRead more

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