Professional Profile

Tanya Goldsmith focuses her practice on corporate immigration counseling of Fortune 500 corporations, international financial institutions, small and emerging private companies, and individuals.  She strategizes and oversees preparation of a wide range of visa petitions to facilitate both long and short term work assignments, as well as permanent residence sponsorship and naturalization.  She advises corporate clients on ongoing immigration policy development and workforce compliance efforts.  In addition, Ms. Goldsmith practices family-based immigration, counseling and aiding U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, and eligible family members in the acquisition and retention of U.S. immigration benefits. She has extensive experience representing employers and individuals in immigration matters with the U.S. Department of Labor, United States Citizenship & Immigration Services, and U.S. Department of State consular posts abroad.

Memberships and Affiliations

American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)

Articles, Publications and Lectures

Panel Speaker, “Term Limits: Counseling the Terminated Employee,” AILA 2010 Annual Conference on Immigration Law, June 2010

Panel Speaker, "Gibney Webinar: The Worksite Investigator is Knocking... Are you Ready?", May 2010

Panel Speaker, “Employer Compliance and Site Visits in NIV/IV Matters," AILA Monthly Meeting, March 2010

Panel Speaker, “Practice Pointers on Business Issues and PERM,” 3rd Annual AILA New England Immigration Law Symposium, April 2006

Professional and Community Involvement

Co-Chair, AILA NY Chapter Media and Advocacy Committee, September 2009 – present

Member, AILA NY Chapter Pro Bono Committee, September 2011 - present

Education

J.D., Boston College Law School, 2004
B.A., magna cum laude, English, Tufts University, 1999

Bar Admissions

Massachusetts

Court Admissions

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court