Welcome to NELSON | SMITH.  We are a Portland, Oregon law firm focused exclusively on United States immigration law.

NELSON | SMITH provides a full range of immigration services, including: Family-Based petitions and applications, Fiancee Visas, Naturalization, Adoption, Employment options: PERM, Investors, Healthcare Professionals, H-1B visas, Artists and Athletes.

Litigation services include: Asylum, Deportation defense, Appeals and federal court litigation related to immigration issues.

NELSON | SMITH successfully handles hundreds of immigration cases each year. NELSON | SMITH looks forward to hearing from you about your immigration matter.

Recently released statistics reveal the average waiting time for a final hearing in Immigration Court is now well over a year nationwide and over two years in Portland, Oregon.

Beginning with Immigration Applications filed in the Spring of 2010, residents of Southwest Washington will no longer be required to travel to Seattle for their immigration interviews, but instead will automatically be scheduled for Portland, Oregon.&l

Immigrant Investors and Entrepreneurs have an opportunity to acquire Lawful Permanent Resident status if they create ten new jobs in the United States economy.

U visa status is a lawful immigration status that Congress created to provide protection for victims of certain crimes and to encourage their assistance and cooperation with law enforcement.

In response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the Secretary of Homeland Security has designated citizens of Haiti for Temporary Protected Status, if they were in the United States on January 12, 2010, the day of the earthquake.