Steven D. Heller
Practicing US immigration law since 1992
Steven advises and represents individuals and businesses on US visa, immigration, and nationality law, including family- and business-based immigration, inadmissibility waivers, and protection issues, as well as citizenship and naturalization. He specializes in resolving complex consular matters, including visa application drafting advice, interview preparation, followup and advocacy.
Steven D. Heller
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Steven began practicing with a small Washington, DC firm. He then joined the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in New York, and later Newark, before returning to legal practice with the New York Association for New Americans (NYANA), a New York-based non-profit organization.
He subsequently returned to the government, taking positions with US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) headquarters in Washington, DC. In 2006, he relocated to the UK where, after a brief foray into private client representation with the Brighton solicitors firm of Burt, Brill & Cardens, he rejoined USCIS as an adjudicator at the US Embassy in London. He left USCIS to join the London firm of Gudeon & McFadden, before establishing his own practice on the south coast of England. Steven is also Of Counsel to Chavin Immigration Law Office in London.
A 1991 graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center and a member of the New York Bar, he has spoken on US immigration matters before various groups and associations, including the American Bar Association, the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), and community groups.
Steven has been quoted in UK media and appeared on CNN as an expert in US immigration law. He has published articles on US immigration including articles in Benders Immigration Bulletin, Immigration Briefings, AILA’s Immigration Today, and the Solicitor’s Journal (UK).
Steven D. Heller is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and the New York City Bar Association.
Steven is currently chair of the AILA National Department of State Liaison Committee.
Other Writings by Steven D. Heller
Pet immigration. “Not without my cat,” Personal Experience piece in the Guardian Weekend.
US Asylum Law and Policy. “Other Serious Harm,” Discussion of the analytical framework for asylum adjudications in the US, and focusing on the possible extrapolation of regulatory provisions to protect victims of past persecution from “other serious harm.”
UK Trust and Estate Tax Law. “Cinderella Trusts,” Analysis of UK inheritance tax law changes in the Solicitors Journal. If you are looking for reasons to move from the UK to the US, add this to your list.
Environmental Protection and International Trade. “Sustainable Development (Patent Pending): International Issues in Intellectual Property Rights and Their Environmental Impact” A CIEL Working Paper(1992) discussing the need for a global approach to developing environmentally sound technologies–from combating global climate change to maintaining biodiversity.
Also of Interest
Well Founded Fear and the Epidavros Project. Over 10 years ago, Shari Robertson and Michael Camerini filmed the inner workings of US asylum office adjudications. They not only produced an award-winning documentary film, “Well Founded Fear,” but also a syllabus of training materials (on which Steven Heller served as a consultant) for students, advocates, or anyone interested in how society seeks to identify and grant refuge to asylum seekers. You can find the training materials here: http://docplayer.net/13687637-Practicing-asylum-law.html
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