Immigration attorney Melina LaMorticella moderated a panel of Officers representing the USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) at the 2024 AILA PNW Regional Conference, hosted by the Oregon Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
Melina guided the four panelists and audience members through a discussion on the USCIS’ Keeping Families Together process for parole-in-place, and questions on processing times, contacting USCIS, interview waiver criteria, and more.
Melina LaMorticella is a partner in Tonkon Torp’s Business Immigration Practice Group. She represents regional and international companies in matters related to employment-based immigration. Melina has successfully handled immigration matters for multinational corporations and regional technology firms, health care providers, and universities on non-immigrant and immigrant visa options and procedures including Conrad 30 waivers, PERM Applications, and Extraordinary Ability Petitions.
The American Immigration Lawyers Association, founded in 1946, is a voluntary bar association of over 16,000 attorneys and law professors who practice and teach immigration law.
