Ms. Ledeneva focuses her practice on business immigration. She advises employers on the best way to employ candidates and retain foreign employees who need U.S. immigration sponsorship, guiding her clients through an assessment of temporary and permanent options. Ms. Ledeneva handles various types of business immigration matters representing a wide range of clients from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, in a variety of industries, including financial services, insurance, technology, and manufacturing. Specifically, she represents senior-level Managers/Presidents/CEOs of global corporations and financial institutions, Sportsmen, Entrepreneurs, Software Engineers, Scientists, Journalists, Researchers, etc. In addition, she prepares family-based immigrant petitions and Adjustment of Status applications.
Victoria also represents her clients before the USCIS, U.S. Immigration Courts and Board of Immigration Appeals during removal and deportation proceedings, including Asylum and Withholding of Removal, Cancellation of Removal, and Special Immigrant Juvenile Status. She also handles battered spouse (VAWA) petitions, refugee/asylee relative petitions, family-based immigrant petitions, fiancé petitions, naturalization applications, petitions to remove conditions on residence, extend/change of non-immigrant status applications, reentry permit applications, consular processing, and waivers.
Practice areas
Business immigration matters including L-1A, L-1B, H-1B, O-1, E-2, E-3, TN, J-1, N-400, PERM, and Extraordinary Ability Immigrant Petitions and Outstanding Researcher Immigrant Petitions. Family-based immigrant petitions.
7 years
7 years
7 years
Languages spoken
Russian
State | Status | Acquired | Updated |
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NY | Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday | 2012 | 12/06/2019 |
Award name | Grantor | Date granted |
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Avvo Clients' Choice Award | Avvo | 2019 |
CALI Award for Excellence in U.S. Legal Analysis & Writing | CALI | 2011 |
Title | Company name | Duration |
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Immigration Attorney | Law Office of Victoria Ledeneva | 2012 - Present |
Contract Immigration Attorney | Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP | 2017 - 2018 |
Temporary Immigration Attorney | Robinson & Cole | 2017 - 2017 |
Association name | Position name | Duration |
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New York State Bar Association | Member | 2012 - 2014 |
American Bar Association | Member | 2012 - 2014 |
School name | Degree | Graduated |
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St. John's University School of Law | LL.M - Master of Laws | 2011 |
Case name | Outcome |
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EB-1 Extraordinary Ability Immigrant Petition | Approved |
O-1A Nonimmigrant Visa Petition | Approved |
Asylum | Granted |
VAWA Petition and Adjustment of Status | Approved |
L-1A Intracompany Transferee Executive or Manager | Approved |
Cancellation of Removal | Granted |
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Jigar Parikh, Immigration Attorney on Dec 4, 2019
Relationship: Worked together on matter
I have had the pleasure of working with Ms. Ledeneva on several business immigration cases. She is an excellent attorney and diligent in her work. I highly recommend her.
YEVA RAKHAMIMOVA, Immigration Attorney on Jan 18, 2019
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