I am the Managing Attorney for Barella Global's offices in London and Brussels, and a U.S. immigration lawyer focused on investor visas, business expansion visas, family sponsorship matters, and applications for waivers of inadmissibility. I'm a proud Chilean-American, and have practiced law outside of the United States for nearly a decade.In the business arena, I assist entrepreneurs and foreign enterprises with their U.S. market entry through various visa categories. These include the E-2 Treaty Investor Visa, E-1 Treaty Trader Visa, L-1 Expansion/Intracompany Transfer Visa, B-1 in lieu of H-1B Visa, and O-1A Extraordinary Ability Visa. I also represent multinational companies in EB-1C permanent residency sponsorship for managers and executives, as well as individuals with extraordinary ability in securing their EB-1A or EB-2 NIW green cards.Beyond business, I represent U.S. citizens and Legal Permanent Residents (LPRs) in green card sponsorship cases for their foreign national spouses. I particularly enjoy assisting U.S. citizens residing abroad in the UK or Europe with direct filing of their spousal sponsorship petitions through local U.S. consular posts, thereby significantly reducing processing times. I also aid clients seeking entry into the United States who require a waiver of inadmissibility due to criminal convictions, misrepresentation, immigration violations, and medical issues. I have successfully obtained both temporary and permanent (I-601) waivers for various inadmissibilities, including controlled substance violations and Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude (CIMT) for our corporate and individual clients.I have contributed my experience to the legal community as a faculty member for the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Annual Conference, where I discussed consular processing at U.S. consular posts abroad. I have also presented on U.S. immigration matters at the AILA Rome District Chapter Fall Conference. Additionally, I am a member of the TRTCLE faculty, lecturing on U.S. immigration and visa topics in Continuing Legal Education (CLE) courses.Prior to establishing Barella Global, I worked for a U.S. immigration practice based in London and served as External General Counsel for the EB-5 Investment Advisory firm, Choice Investments.I earned my Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Ave Maria School of Law and hold a B.A. in History from George Mason University.Licensed to practice law in Virginia, I am an active member of AILA and its Rome Chapter.