Cynthia Vivekanandam

Over the course of her career, Cynthia has practiced all areas of immigration law before agencies such as USCIS, the Department of Labor, the Executive Office of Immigration Review, and appellate work to the Board of Immigration Appeals and the Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal. She is fluent in Spanish and has extensive experience providing clients with counsel on best immigration practices through employment, investment, family and humanitarian processes. Her professional interests include nonimmigrant visas such as H-1B, O-1, TN, E-2 and other visa categories, lawful permanent residency for both employment and family-based applicants, and waivers. Cynthia is a member of the Ohio Bar and has been admitted to practice before the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. She also serves as the USCIS Columbus Liaison for the Ohio Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).

Cynthia is a frequent public speaker and has presented on many topics such as parole, asylum, and general immigration law. Most recently, she presented at the 2024 AILA Annual Conference.

Eastern Michigan University

B.A. | International Affairs

Honors: Cum Laude

DePaul College of Law

J.D.

Humanitarian Parole: All the Variations, American Immigration Lawyers Association 2024 Annual Conference, Chicago, IL

June 2024

American Immigration Lawyers Association

Speaker, Paralegal Association of Central Ohio General Membership Meeting, Columbus, OH

November 20, 2019

Paralegal Association of Central Ohio

Invited Speaker on Immigration Law

Panelist, AILA Ohio Annual Conference, Columbus, OH

October 10, 2019

American Immigration Lawyers Association - Ohio Chapter

State Bar of Ohio  # 0093064

Member

2015 - Current

American Immigration Lawyers Association

2015 - Current

Activities: Past Member, Advocacy Committee of AILA Ohio Co-Liaison, Unlawful Practice of Law Committee of AILA Ohio

Ohio

Supreme Court of Ohio Office of Attorney Services

ID Number: 93064

Since 2015

6th Circuit

Since 2016