Katya Stelmakh

Katya Stelmakh

also known as Kate Stelmakh

4.9
Rating: 7.8

Licensed for 20 years

Immigration Lawyer at Seattle, WA
Practice Areas: Immigration

12535 15th Ave NE, Suite 218, Seattle, WA

About Katya

Biography

Practice Areas

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Practice Area

Immigration 100%

Katya Stelmakh represents a broad variety of domestic and international clients ranging from individuals to Fortune 100 companies and startup businesses. Focus on work, transfer, and investor visas for tech, real estate development & services firms.

20 years | 163 cases

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Licenses

Licensed in Pennsylvania for 20 years

State: Pennsylvania

Acquired: 2006

Active

No misconduct found

Licensed in New Jersey for 20 years

State: New Jersey

Acquired: 2006

Administrative - Not Authorized to Practice

No misconduct found

Location

Stelmakh & Associates, LLC

12535 15th Ave NE, Suite 218, Seattle, WA, 98125

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Katya Stelmakh's Reviews

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4.9 /5.0

94 Client Reviews

Showing 6 - 10 of 16 reviews | General Knowledge

Posted by Saranya | July 21, 2025 | Hired Attorney

Remarkable experience with Katya and team

am delighted to share that my EB1A petition has been approved. Many thanks to Katya and the entire team. Sanjana deserves special recognition for her hard work and attention to detail in compiling the petition and accompanying documentation. Thank you to Vanessa, Darya, and Jhanier for the support. ...Finally, Katya, thank you for making recommendations and structuring everything. Your suggestions and guidance are really useful and insightful. I would not be here without your constant support. The team helped me present my work in product strategy, analytics, and healthcare data transformation clearly and compellingly. I especially appreciated the thoughtful approach to highlight my leadership, publications, and broader impact in the field. The process was methodical, and the support throughout made a real difference. If you are considering filing an EB1A petition, I highly recommend Stelmakh & Associates

Posted by anonymous | July 08, 2025 | Hired Attorney

EB-1A Approval

When I first started exploring the EB-1A process, I wasn’t sure how to frame my work in mortgage market analytics into something that would meet the immigration criteria. My cousin recommended Stelmakh & Associates, and I’m so glad I followed through. Katya and Maddalena took the time to understan...d what I’ve done professionally and how to translate it into a petition that aligned with USCIS expectations. They helped present my leadership role, original modeling work, judging contributions, and media features (like coverage in The Washington Post) in a way that clearly showed the impact and significance of my work. The process was thorough and involved a lot of back-and-forth, but they knew where to provide additional evidence to strengthen my case. In April 2025, my EB-1A petition was approved. That moment brought an enormous sense of relief and validation. I’m grateful to the team for guiding me through something that would have been impossible to manage independently. I will highly recommend Stelmakh & Associates.

Posted by Vineeta | March 20, 2025 | Hired Attorney

EB1A Approval. Highly recommend Katya

As an H1-B holder, I was frustrated with the long EB-2 queue for Indian nationals and and worried about my children aging out. Unaware that I already meet EB-1A criteria, I consulted Katya at Stelmakh in 2024 . During the strategy call, Katya and her associates did a great job in reviewing and under...standing my profile. They explained the requirements for each criteria and what evidences will be needed to prove. I was very happy, hopeful and confident walking out of that meeting. Despite some internal delays, Katya, Nadya, and Maddelena delivered a high-quality work that led to my petition approval without any RFE. I recommend Stelmakh for anyone seeking EB1-A petition assistance.

Posted by anonymous | March 20, 2025 | Hired Attorney

Amazing team for EB1A assistance

I had the pleasure of working with Katya and her amazing team for my EB1A I-140 petition. They were diligent, timely and quick in following up on all the necessary details needed for a strong application. Katya and her team (Carlie, Maddalena and others) prepared a very strong application for my case..., and worked closely with me to finally get the approval within only 7 months of us working together (including responding to the RFE notice I received). They are knowledgable and experienced in all aspects of the application process, providing high quality personalized feedback on where the application can be made stronger and how to collect high quality supporting evidence. I highly recommend Stelmakh & Associates for your immigration needs. Money well spent on your future!

Posted by Vinod | July 01, 2024 | Hired Attorney

O1A visa

Katya and her team are exceptional! I was on H1B visa looking for a way to start by own business. During consultation, Katya answered all my questions and gave me an overview on how I should approach my O1A petition strategy. Her team, Kelsie and Kimberly were very helpful throughout the petition pre...paration process. They answered all my dumb questions patiently. Everyone communicated in simple words making it easy for me to understand. They were incredibly responsive to all communication. As a result of their excellent work, my visa petition is a success. I highly recommend Katya and her team for your immigration needs!

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Katya Stelmakh's Lawyer Endorsements

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Maxim Voltchenko

Immigration lawyer | May 06

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer."

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Jonathan Grode

Immigration lawyer | Mar 07

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"Katya and I have worked together on many cases. She is a professional in the truest sense of the word. She is a great lawyer, honest, caring and dedicated. She has a vast knowledge of business immigration and family immigration law. I fully recommend and support her work in the community and on behalf of immigrants across the country."

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Michael Galletch

Corporate and incorporation lawyer

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Jonathan Grode

Immigration lawyer

Experience

Rating:  7.8 (Very Good)

Honors

2021

Top 10 Emerging Immigration Law Firms, Manage HR Magazine

2004

CALI Award for Excellence in Comparative Employment Law, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law

2003

John M. Adams Award for Excellence in Constitutional Law, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law

2001

Winner - Belarus national round, Oralist - international round, The Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition

Work Experience

2008 - Present

Owner and Managing Director, Stelmakh & Associates, LLC

2008 - 2008

Contract Attorney, Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP

2005 - 2007

Attorney, Marks & Sokolov

2004 - 2004

Legal Intern, World Bank

2003 - 2003

Legal Intern, Bailey Cavalieri, LLC

Associations

2008 - Present

American Immigration Lawyers Association

Member

Education

2005

Ohio State University Moritz College of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

N/A

University of Geneva – Duke Law School in Switzerland

Certificate

Speaking Engagements

2024

International CleanTech Meets U.S. Capital Conference EMPOWERING CLEANTECH. Immigration Strategies for Global Innovators

2012

ANNUAL RSPN BUSINESS TRENDS FORUM Entrepreneurship in 2012: Survival or Growth?

Publications

Languages

Russian

Ukrainian

Belarusian

English

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