Kimberley Schaefer

When people ask me what I do, I often tell them that "I help future Americans become citizens." The goal of almost all of my clients is to be able to someday become United States citizens, and I help them achieve that goal.

As an immigration lawyer I represent people who need assistance with immigration court proceedings, asylum applications, family-based immigration petitions, marriage-based immigration petitions, naturalization applications and immigration appeals. In particular, I accept cases where people need representation at the Arlington Immigration Court, the Baltimore Immigration Court, the Arlington Asylum Office, the Board of Immigration Appeals, the USCIS Washington Field Office (located in Fairfax, Virginia), or the USCIS Baltimore office.

You can learn more about my immigration law practice by visiting my websites:

http://www.kschaeferlaw.com

and

http://www.dcimmigrationblog.com

These websites are intended to provide additional up to date information on immigration law issues. In particular, my immigration blog at http://www.dc-immigration-blog.com is designed to provide general information about immigration related issues and to help my clients stay up to date on changes in immigration law.

I initially became interested in immigration law while completing intensive consular officer training offered by the Department of State at the National Foreign Affairs Training Center in Arlington, Virginia. My interest in immigration law deepened while providing consular services in Lagos, Nigeria. I have an international background and have lived or worked in the United States, Europe, Asia and Africa. I am a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).

I am a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center where I graduated magna cum laude and was awarded the Order of the Coif honor in recognition of graduating in the top 10% of my law school class. While in law school I served as the Notes Development Editor of the American Criminal Law Review. Prior to attending law school I served as a communications officer in the United States Marine Corps and worked in both private and public sectors.

I am licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia and am admitted to practice in the District of Columbia courts and the District Court of the District of Columbia federal court. My practice outside of the District of Columbia is limited to immigration and nationality law.