Victoria Ledeneva
Law Office of Victoria Ledeneva
Victoria Ledeneva, Esq. is the founder of the law firm. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Ms. Ledeneva graduated from Law School in Russia and St. John's University School of Law in New York. Ms. Ledeneva is duly licensed and admitted to practice as an Attorney and Counselor at Law before all the courts of the State of New York, U.S. Immigration courts, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS), and other agencies.
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, Artists, Dancers, Chefs, Actors, etc.
Attorney Ledeneva 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.
- St. John's University School of Law
- LL.M. (2011)
- Honors: CALI Award for Excellence in U.S. Legal Analysis & Writing
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- Immigration Attorney
- Law Office of Victoria Ledeneva
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- Contract Immigration Attorney
- Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
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- Temporary Immigration Attorney
- Robinson & Cole, LLP
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- AVVO Clients' Choice Award
- AVVO
- Rising Stars
- Super Lawyers
- AVVO Clients' Choice Award
- AVVO
- The Avvo Clients' Choice Award is awarded to attorneys who receive at least 15 reviews of 4 stars or higher on Avvo during the previous year.
- Rising Stars
- Super Lawyers
- Victoria Ledeneva was selected to Rising Stars in 2020. The designation means that she is a top-rated attorney as recognized by peers.
- AVVO Clients' Choice Award
- AVVO
- The Avvo Clients' Choice Award is awarded to attorneys who receive at least 15 reviews of 4 stars or higher on Avvo during the previous year.
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
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- New York State Bar Association
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- American Bar Association
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- New York
- New York State Office of Court Administration
- ID Number: 5052592
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Free Consultation
Initial 30-minute phone consultation is free - Credit Cards Accepted
- Immigration Law
- Asylum, Citizenship, Deportation Defense, Family Visas, Green Cards, Immigration Appeals, Investment Visas, Marriage & Fiancé(e) Visas, Student Visas, Visitor Visas, Work Visas
- Russian: Spoken, Written
- Q. I won my asylum case and i submitted for my greencard this year I wanna get the travel document , I'm just confused.
- A: If you have not received yet your permanent resident status ("green card"), you should choose option #2 "I now hold US refugee or asylee status , and I am applying for a refugee travel document" if you are applying for travel document.
- Q. Can EAD clock stops because of covid-19
- A: No. EAD clock does not stop because of covid-19. If you applied for asylum at least 150 days ago and still have not received an initial decision on your asylum application, you can file form I-765 and supporting documents with USCIS to request your Employment Authorization Document (EAD).