Victoria A. Donoghue

Victoria A. Donoghue

5.0
Rating: 7.6

Licensed for 32 years

Immigration Lawyer at New York, NY
Practice Areas: Immigration

108 West 39th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY

About Victoria

Biography

Practice Areas

1

Practice Area

Immigration 100%

Includes employment and family- based immigration, naturalization and adoption.

25 years

100%

Fees and Rates

Cost

Hourly Rates

$ 275-275 per hour


Payment Methods

  • Cash
  • Check
  • Credit Card

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Licenses

Licensed in New Jersey for 24 years

State: New Jersey

Acquired: 2001

Active

No misconduct found

Licensed in New York for 32 years

State: New York

Acquired: 1993

Currently Registered

No misconduct found

Location

Victoria A. Donoghue, Esq., LLC

108 West 39th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY, 10018

Victoria A. Donoghue, Esq., LLC

67 Morningside Road, Verona, NJ, 07044

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Victoria A. Donoghue's Reviews

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5.0 /5.0

23 Client Reviews

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Posted by Max | March 04, 2013 | Immigration

Reliable, professional and successful service

I am an LPR since 2008 and seeked legal help for a USCIS document (I-131, I-327 and associated documents) in 2009 and 2011, when temporarily working outside the USA for career development. I have since returned to the US again. Ms Donoghue was very responsive, professional and successful in meeting... my needs and answering my questions. Furthermore, even after completion of the services, she helped with advice and contacts on an ongoing basis for myself and others, and did so enabling our ongoing success in all immigration related endeavours. She is very knowledgable, responsive, obviously highly organized and a friendly and efficcient attorney. I am completely satisfied with her services and would always and again recommend her to colleagues, friends and family. I will certainly plan to use her services again when it comes time to apply for naturalization. German PhD scientist working at NASA.

Posted by anonymous | March 04, 2013 | Immigration

I am grateful

I am very grateful that I found Victoria to help me with my immigration matters. She's the best lawyer anyone could ever hope to have. After Victoria got me the religious worker visa(one that's rare and hard to get), I was unexpectedly fired by a mentally unstable and morally corrupt pastor(and I... hate to say, they are quite common these days), Victoria was there for me helping me through an extremely difficult period of time and get me through the worst of it. She's an excellent lawyer who not only gets the job done but also cares about her clients.

Posted by Tare | February 16, 2012 | Immigration

Excellent Lawyer for Immigration.

I used Victoria's service for my immigration processes including: EB2 using Labor certification. I also applied for EB1-OR (Outstanding Researcher) application. Both the application were approved. Victoria is very hardworking and trustworthy lawyer. She is also great person. Easy to contact. When...ever you call her, she response immediately, if not within hours. I strongly recommend this lawyer.

Posted by Paul | February 18, 2010 | Immigration

Excellent, professional, caring, highly recommended

I highly recommend Victoria for immigration advocacy. She did all the heavy lifting in getting my green card sorted via national interest waiver. I will definitely avail of the services again if and when I need them.

Posted by anonymous | December 22, 2009 | Immigration

Best decision you'll make hiring her!!!

After having four different immigration lawyers, and having some pretty bad experiences with some of them, I was in a situation where I needed the best lawyer possible, and I began googling around, which brought me to this avvo site. I called the top five lawyers listed, and spoke to them about my si...tuation: it was a worst-case scenario situation, where anything that can go wrong, did. I was in the sixth year of my h1b, I just quit my job while I was filing for a PERM (which I would never had done unless the situation was so bad), and all in all, was seriously down and out. Miraculously, I found an employer wanting to hire me, and I needed a lawyer that could help me in a situation where there were many moving parts. Victoria is amazing on many levels. She is empathetic, bright, creative, and responds right away to an email or telephone call. Moreover, she’s straight forward and a strong communicator: she spoke to my potential employer about the complicated process in a way that made them confident to sponsor me. In my particular situation, she found some obscure law (which involved initiative and a curiosity for her to even find it) which would allow me to work, even though I was on my sixth year of my h1b. She was a real pleasure to work with. Also, her pricing was fair. I recommend her as one of the best immigration lawyers you can find in New York, and after reading the glowing reviews, I know why so many people think the same.

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"Victoria is an exceptionally caring legal professional who continues to go out of her way to provide the very highest level of service to her clients. I have seen her work late nights and weekends to ensure that her clients are well-protected and obtaining the best possible results from the U.S. immigration authorities."

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Experience

Rating:  7.6 (Very Good)

Honors

2009

Trainer Corp Member, NAFSA: Association of International Education

2008

Award of Merit, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

2008

Chair of Sustainability Division, Nachman & Associates

2007

Appreciation of Service, LaGuardia Community College of CUNY

Work Experience

2007 - Present

Of Counsel, Nachman & Associates

2003 - 2007

Assistant Director of Human Resources, Research Foundation of the City University of New York

1990 - 2001

Associate General Counsel, New York City Office of Collective Bargaining

Associations

2008 - Present

National Postdoctoral Association

Member

2008 - Present

School of Professional Studies, City University of New York

Professor

2007 - Present

NAFSA Association of International Educators

Member

2003 - Present

American Immigration Lawyers

Member

Education

1992

St John's University School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1989

Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations

MSILR

Speaking Engagements

2010

2009

What You Need to Know About H-1Bs

H-1B visas

2009

Naturalization Primer- NJICLE

Naturalization Basics

2009

Immigration Updates for 2009- Bergen Bar Association

Immigration Updates

2009

Immigration Options for Scientists- NJIT

Nonimmigrant and Immigrant Visas for Scientists

2009

ICE's IMAGE Program- NJICLE

Immigration Compliance

2009

I-9 Compliance and E-verify- CUNY

Employer Compliance

2009

Garden State SHRM 2009 Annual Conference

Employer Compliance and E-verify

2009

CUNY Immigration Law Program

Naturalization and Citizenship Law

2009

Are You Eligible for Naturalization and Should You Apply?

Naturalization

2008

NJIT Permanent Residence Seminar

Seeking Permanent Residence

2008

National Business Institute seminar

Critical Updates for Immigration Law Practitioners

2008

NAFSA Annual Conference

The Transition from Student to Researcher or Employee

2008

CUNY I-9 Compliance Workshop

Employment Certification Process & I-9 Compliance

2007

UMDNJ Immigration Seminar

Nonimmigrant & Immigrant Visas in Academic Institutions

2007

NJIT H-1B Seminar

H-1B's and the Road to a Green Card

2007

NJ Institute for Continuing Legal Education Seminar

Immigration Basics

2007

Hunter College Permanent Residence Seminar

The Path to Permanent Residence in Academic Institutions

2007

City College Permanent Residence Seminar

The Path to Permanent Residence in Academic Institutions

2007

Brooklyn College Immigration Seminar for Principle Investigators

Immigration Basics for Principle Investigators

Publications

2009

JOM- A Publication of the Minerals, Metals & Metals Society Employing International Graduates in the Sciences: US Visa Options

2009

JOM- A Publication of the Mineral, Metal & Materials Society Lawful Permanent Residence Status (Green Cards) for Scientific Researchers

2008

The PERM Book College and University Professors: A Hybrid Between Special Handling and PERM

N/A

International Students: Strengthening a Critical Resource A Program to Promote Scientific Research at the City University of New York

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