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Cristina A. Godinez
Immigration Attorney

Immigration Attorney Cristina Godinez

Immigration is a complicated process.
You need the steady hand of an attorney who successfully went through the immigration experience. Whether it is to keep your family together, to grow your business or to start a new life in the United States, I can help you reach your immigration goals.

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“…(w)e are in the never-never land of the Immigration and Nationality Act, where plain words do not always mean what they say.”

Yuen Sang Low v. Attorney General,
479 F. 2nd 820 (9th Cir 1973)

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+1 212-330-8389
[email protected]
Fax 212-330-8390

31 West 34th Street,
7th and 8th floors
New York, NY 10001

Available by Appointment.

Immigration Practice Areas

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Marriage-Based Immigration

Fiance(e) Visas and Green Cards

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Healthcare Professionals

Schedule A and PERM-based

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Extraordinary Ability Individuals

EB-1 or NIW green card

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Family Immigration

Immediate Relative and Family Preference

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Employment Green Cards and Work Visas

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Immigration Legal Services

Petitions for spouses, children, parents or siblings; green cards for multinational executives, managers, skilled professionals across all industries including IT, finance, construction and architecture, media, manufacturing, education, schools and colleges, fashion, accounting firms and not-for-profits; asylum, 245i cases for qualified undocumented persons; DACA reliefs for childhood arrivals; Temporary Protected Status; S, T and U visas; domestic partner reliefs (VAWA); visas for religious workers; visa extensions and work permit renewals; removal defense, and citizenship, among others.

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With the national shortage of care workers in the U.S. expected to exceed 150,000 in less than 10 years, many private households are seriously considering the recruitment of foreign caregivers for elderly care.

U.S. immigration options for Filipino nurses today

The U.S. nurse staffing shortage is already nearing crisis levels as the pandemic takes its toll on healthcare frontliners. It has reached the point where the nurses themselves took to the streets in New York City to call for action.

RN Immigration: RX for Health Worker Crisis in the U.S.

The COVID-19 pandemic pulled away the curtain that used to hide the severity of the nursing shortage in the United States, and lives are at stake.

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You can be a part of this Nation of Immigrants.