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Patricia Castillo Flanagan
Patricia is a diligent, passionate and dedicated attorney whose mission is to obtain employment based visas for investors, professionals and people with extraordinary or special skills.
She represents clients before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) with regard to non-immigrant visa applications; immigrant worker petitions; family based immigrant visa petitions and applications for naturalization as well as multinational corporations in business immigration matters She also prepares waivers of inadmissibility and applications for consular processing of immigrant and non-immigrant visas.
Bar Admissions and Certifications
- Admitted to the Florida Supreme Court
- Admitted to the Southern District of Florida
Speaking Engagements
- Miami Dade Bar Association, Business Immigration Update. February 2, 2021.
- AILA South Florida Chapter 41st Annual CLE Conference. I go to work. Employer Compliance. February 28, 2020.
- Broward County Bar Association, 2019 Bench & Bar Convention. Administration Law for Immigration Practitioner. October 18, 2019.
- AILA South Florida CLE luncheon – The new public charge rule, i-9 compliance and raids, new health insurance requirements, and other updates. October 16, 2019.
- AILA South Florida Business and Investment Committee. Updates on Business Adjudications trends. August 22. 2019.
- AILA South Florida New Member Division Breakfast Basics. Nonimmigrant Visas: L-1A, L-1B, & Blanket Ls November 8, 2017.
Awards & Publications
- St. Gregory’s Women’s Guild, Woman of the Year award, 2021.
Personal Interests
Patricia was born and raised in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Patricia and her husband, Thomas – also an attorney – have 2 children, Thomas and Patrick.
Hobbies
When she is not juggling sports and after school activities with her husband, Patricia loves trying out new restaurants and cuisines, traveling, dancing, and swimming in the ocean – any ocean.
Countries Visited
16 countries