Katia Jamaica Teirstein

I initially contacted Katia for a consultation regarding my visa options from UK to US. She was knowledgeable and informative. Over the course of almost a year I kept changing my thoughts on what visa to pursue - before I had even hired her Katia was always willing to give advise on my options, I f...inally settled in an E2 and she was thorough in her application documentation and was supportive during the interview process.

Katia's work on my case was simply excellent. My O1B case looked deceptively easy at the beginning. I am a Russian-born filmmaker and I've been told I have enough exposure even for a straight out EB-1 green card application. But then USCIS suddenly decided to give us hard time even on a simple O1B ...process. Katia masterfully wrangled all their walls of obscure reasoning and undecipherable legalese. We had to explain to the USCIS every detail about how film industry and festivals work because they obviously have no clue. Total number of pages in my case file after the RFE was about 1600. Katia was there with me every step of the way. She stood up to them when it was needed, took a lot of time to explain all the nooks and crannies of the process to me (me being not really a legally well versed person), did all the filing, was friendly and supportive all the way and didn't lose faith even when I did. Katia is a friend and I will never work with anybody else.

It seems impossible to obtain 8 US visas from Iran where there is no US embassy there, But she has done it perfectly! Katia is a great attorney , and friend, over some months of hard working. She helped our group in getting P-3 visa, and even more than regular process, her efforts on setting interv...iew appointments in an US consulate for Iranian applicants was not the contract but she has done all these in kindness and friendship in stressful days under time challenging situation Thanks so much for everything! For such a long and difficult process.