Welcome to NELSON | SMITH, LLP, a United States Immigration Law firm with headquarters in Portland, Oregon and a new office in Honolulu, Hawaii!

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

Litigation and Immigration Court services include: Asylum, Deportation defense, Appeals and federal court Actions related to delayed or denied immigration matters.

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

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USCIS has extended Temporary Protected Status for citizens of El Salvador for an eighteen months, but the re-registration period ends on March 12, 2012!

State Department Announces that it CANNOT currently Certify any New Adoptions from Vietnam for Immigrant Visas to the United States.

USCIS has announced that Temporary Protected Status for citizens of El Salvador has been extended thorugh September 9, 2013.  Re-registration by March 12, 2012 is required!

Breaking News:  11/23/2012:  USCIS just announced that they have reached the H-1B Cap for fiscal year 2012.

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services just announced that, as of November 18, 2011, almost all of the available H-1B visas for the current fiscal year have been allocated.