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Mikaela Devine is a senior attorney at Binsfeld Law Firm, PLLC, practicing in the area of immigration law. Mikaela represents employers and individuals in their applications for lawful status in the United States. She has dedicated her entire career to immigration law.
Mikaela’s practice revolves primarily around employment-based cases. She works with employers on permanent offers of employment, including PERMs; I-140s in categories EB-1A, EB-1B, EB-1C, EB-2, and EB-3; and adjustment of status and consular processing. Mikaela also supports employers in their applications for temporary visas, such as H-1Bs, TNs, L-1s, and O-1As. In addition, Mikaela represents individual clients on family-based petitions (I-130s, I-129Fs), green card applications (I-485s), waivers (I-601, I-601A, I-602, I-212), U visas for victims of crime, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) applications, military parole-in-place, and naturalization applications. For individuals whose cases have been pending with USCIS for longer than normal, Mikaela is licensed to sue USCIS in Minnesota and Chicago, Illinois for adjudication of these cases, with a lawsuit under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), sometimes called a writ of mandamus.
In her practice, Mikaela prioritizes the needs and wishes of each individual or business client and takes great pride in her work. She believes that communication is the bedrock of a successful client-attorney relationship. Mikaela addresses challenging legal problems with detailed analysis and clearly explains the resulting potential solutions to her clients, so they can make confident and informed decisions.
Mikaela’s experience includes continued success in a wide range of complex cases. For example, she has a 100% success rate for O-1As, National Interest Waivers (NIWs), and EB-1A, EB-1B, and EB-1C immigrant petitions for self-petitioning individuals of extraordinary ability or who have career goals in the U.S. national interest, in fields such as medical research, robotics, engineering, and IT. Mikaela also sees continued success in getting cases moving after long delays by suing USCIS in mandamus lawsuits; complicated successor-in-interest PERMs for highly skilled IT professionals; messy H-1B extensions and ports, including with responses to Requests for Evidence; I-601A, I-601, I-602, and I-212 waivers for applicants with inadmissibility issues, such as criminal history, removal or deportation orders, and unlawful presence; and green cards for applicants with U.S. citizen children in the U.S. armed forces.
Mikaela works with a variety of businesses in Minnesota and nationwide, including salons, medical research companies and nonprofits, financial institutions, technology businesses (including IT consulting groups), auto repair shops, schools, landscaping companies, and startups. Her clients come from countries all around the world, such as Ghana, Mexico, Canada, Honduras, the United Kingdom, El Salvador, Brazil, the Philippines, and Tanzania.
Outside the office, Mikaela spends time with her husband and three kids, reads novels, and travels.
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