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Kirsten Eklund is a skilled immigration attorney with more than 15 years of experience covering all aspects of business immigration matters, offering a broad spectrum of immigration knowledge, experience, and options key to supporting DWT's immigration practice. She is experienced with nonimmigrant visas (H-1B, L-1, E, TN, O-1, B-1, F-1), immigrant visas (EB1, EB2, NIW, EB3, PERM, AOS), consular processing, I-9, and other immigration compliance issues.
Kirsten has specialized expertise in student and scholar issues, including F/J/M and dependent employment, J-1 212(e) Waivers. She is further experienced in a range of other immigration options that include family-based NIV/IV, Naturalization, DACA, VAWA, and asylum.
Admitted to Practice
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Missouri, 2005
Education
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J.D., University of Missouri School of Law, 2004
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B.A., Honors Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Missouri, 2000, summa cum laude
Languages
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Spanish
Memberships & Affiliations
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- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- King County Bar Association
- Board Member, Seattle Special Education PTSA
Background
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- Immigration Attorney, MacDonald Hoague & Bayless, Seattle, 2013-2022
- Immigration Contractor, CTS International, Bellevue, Wash., 2012-2013
- Immigration Specialist, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Md., 2009-2012
- Associate Director for Regulatory Liaison, NAFSA: Assoc. of International Educators, Washington, D.C., 2007-2009
- VAWA Program Administrator, Immigration Project, Granite City, Ill., 2004
- Summer Law Intern, Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services and Bureau of Immigration & Customs Enforcement,
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C., 2003
- Summer Law Intern, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of Justice, Denver, 2002
- Exchange Student Coordinator, International Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo., 2000-2002