Diana’s business immigration experience includes H-1B, L-1, TN, R-1, and B visa matters, as well as employment-based petitions and extensions. She prepares and reviews Form DS-160 applications and coordinates U.S. consular processing. Her work also encompasses responses to Requests for Evidence and Notices of Intent to Deny, along with I-290B motions to reopen or reconsider. As a quality-control reviewer and mentor, Diana reviews forms, supporting evidence, and filing packages and provides technical guidance to other paralegals.
For individuals and families, Diana assists with I-130 petitions, adjustment of status applications, I-601 and I-601A waivers, and supporting hardship documentation. She also supports humanitarian immigration filings, including VAWA self-petitions, T visas, and U visas, and prepares clients for interviews with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Her prior experience includes U.S. immigrant and nonimmigrant visa processing through the National Visa Center and U.S. embassies, as well as Canadian study, work, and visitor visa applications.
Before relocating to the United States, Diana worked with the Norwegian Refugee Council in San Salvador, El Salvador. Designated through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, she represented asylum seekers before government authorities, prepared affidavits and legal briefs, and worked on refugee status determinations and international protection matters. This background informs a careful, culturally responsive approach to clients facing consequential immigration decisions.
