Overview
Silviya has more than 18 years of experience as an immigration paralegal. From assembling documentation to managing deadlines, Silviya plays a central role in both employment- and family-based immigration matters. She supports businesses in building international teams and helps families overcome barriers to reunification, with clarity, care and consistency.
She assists with start-to-finish preparation of a broad range of immigration petitions with focus on employment-based petitions, including H-1B, L-1, O-1, E-1 and E-2, E-3, TN, P, PERM, I-140 and family-based petitions, such as Adjustment of Status (AOS), Change of Status (COS) and more.
Silviya assists clients by conducting research, assembling petition documentation, drafting immigration documents, monitoring deadlines, checking for completeness of materials and coordinating filings and related follow-up, as well as preparing presentations on various employment-related visas.
Professional Activities
American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and One America, Volunteer Immigration Paralegal
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP), Interpreter in the Bulgarian and English Languages
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Seattle Field Office, Interpreter in the Bulgarian and English Languages
Washington State Certified Interpreter, Bulgarian and English Languages
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Education
Paralegal Certificate, University of Washington
M.A., University of Veliko Tarnovo St. Cyril and St. Methodius, English Philology
Languages
- Bulgarian