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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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.

As of October 21, 2011, USCIS had already approved 46,200 regular cap-subject H-1B visa petitions and had filled the entire 20,000 U.S. Master's degree quota!

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION’S ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION:   What does it really mean?

The United States State Department has announced that the annual visa lottery will begin on October 4, 2011 and end on November 5, 2011.