Kats Immigration Law, PLLC

Focus and practice areas

Immigration law is the whole of the work at Kats Immigration Law, PLLC. The firm opened in 2016 in New York City, and it takes immigration matters only. That single focus shapes the range of cases it names on its site.

On the family side, the firm handles marriage-based green cards, K-1 fiancé visas, and family sponsorships. Its business and employment work covers H-1B and L-1 visas along with the EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3 categories. Investment-based green cards fall under the same heading.

The firm also takes political asylum and refugee cases, non-immigrant visas for study, tourism, and treaty purposes, and adjustment of status. It handles deportation and removal defense, appeals and litigation, consular processing, and citizenship and naturalization. In my opinion that spread covers most stages a client meets in the U.S. immigration system.

How the team is built

Attorney Alina Kats founded the firm and leads its immigration work. She has been a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association since 2010. AILA is the national bar association for immigration attorneys, so that membership places her inside the field's main professional body.

Kats works with a support team of paralegals and a case coordinator. In immigration matters, paralegals often gather evidence, track filing windows, and prepare forms, while a case coordinator keeps a client's documents and deadlines in order. Those roles matter because immigration cases turn on paperwork and timing.

That mix of one attorney and trained support staff is a familiar shape for a focused immigration firm. The lawyer sets strategy and appears on the record, and the support team carries the filing load. For a client, it means a single point of legal responsibility with help behind it.

Where the firm works

The firm runs from two offices in New York City. Kats Immigration Law keeps an office in the Midwood area of Brooklyn and a second office in Midtown Manhattan. For clients outside the area, it offers virtual consultations.

That setup gives the firm reach across the city and past it. Immigration clients are often spread across states or still abroad, so remote meetings fit the work. A firm with two city offices and a virtual option can meet clients in more than one way.

Both offices handle immigration matters, and the virtual option extends the same service to people who cannot travel to either one. That combination widens who the firm can take on. It also suits a field where clients frequently live far from their lawyer.

What the record shows

The firm attaches several professional credentials to its founder. It states that Alina Kats has been recognized three times as a Rising Star in immigration law. It also says she has published on immigration topics and has spoken at immigration law conferences and seminars.

As a reviewer, I read those as markers of standing in the field. Peer recognition, published writing, and conference talks are activities beyond the ordinary client file. The firm also notes that Alina Kats volunteers with nonprofit organizations.

Membership length, recognition, writing, and speaking are the kind of details a directory like this one can weigh against a public record. The firm presents them as part of its founder's background. In my opinion they add useful texture to the firm's profile.

How immigration cases tend to move

Immigration work runs on federal rules and set procedures, and knowing the path helps a client read what a firm does. A family green card case often starts with a petition to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, then moves to either adjustment of status inside the country or consular processing abroad. Employment cases such as H-1B and L-1 follow their own filing steps and, for some categories, annual caps.

Asylum claims carry a filing deadline and can lead to interviews or hearings. Removal defense plays out in immigration court, where an attorney appears before a judge. Naturalization ends with an application, an interview, and a civics test.

These steps are general to U.S. immigration, and they explain why timing and evidence carry so much weight. A missed deadline can end a claim, and a thin filing can draw a request for more evidence. A firm that names all of these areas takes on the job of guiding clients through each procedure.

What an immigration-only focus offers

Immigration law changes often, and a firm that works in it alone tracks those shifts as its core job. Kats Immigration Law states that it focuses exclusively on U.S. immigration. That means every matter it takes falls within one body of law.

For clients, a single-field firm can be a practical match when the issue is clearly an immigration one. The same team sees family petitions, work visas, asylum claims, and citizenship files week to week. That repetition builds familiarity with the forms and the agencies involved.

Kats Immigration Law has practiced this way since 2016, from its Brooklyn and Manhattan offices, under attorney Alina Kats.