About me
Irina Lust - Immigration Lawyer with 17 years of experience. She handles a variety of employment-based and family-based immigration matters.
She counsels and represents employers, professionals, managers, executives, international entrepreneurs, artists, athletes, treaty investors and traders, persons of extraordinary/exceptional ability and immigrant investors in a wide range of employment permanent residence applications (EB-1A, EB-2 National Interest Waiver, EB-5, PERM, I-140) and non-immigrant visa matters (H-1B, L-1, E-1, E-2, O-1, P-1, TN for Canadian and Mexican nationals).
Irina also represents clients in family-based petitions, including consular processing and waivers, obtaining legal permanent residency through marriage to the United States citizen, and fiancée/fiancé (K-1) applications, fully represented same-sex marriage clients and transgender clients. Irina also prepares and represents couples in marriage fraud interviews.
Over the course of her practice, Irina has represented clients from virtually every U.S. State as well as clients from all former Soviet Union countries, Poland, Bulgaria, Albania, Australia, Brazil, Belgium, Germany, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Greece, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Ireland, Iran, Peru, Philippines, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Guyana, Jordan, Thailand, Czech Republic, Hungary, England, France, Ireland, Italy, China, Netherlands, Mongolia, Mexico, Guatemala, Argentina, Israel, Egypt, Lebanon, Ghana, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Ghana.
Irina provides consultation via phone, WhatsApp and Viber.
In 2002 Irina obtained an undergraduate degree in business economics from the State University of New York at Oneonta and graduated with honors. In 2007, she earned her Juris Doctor degree at the New York Law School. Irina is currently admitted to practice law in the states of New York and Connecticut, the United States District Courts for the Southern & Eastern Districts of New York, Connecticut District Court, and the United States Supreme Court. Irina can practice immigration law in any state of the U.S. as her practice is limited to U.S. Immigration and Nationality Law.
In 2018 and 2019, Irina has been selected as Rising Stars in Business Immigration by Super Lawyers awarded by Reuters based on peer recognition.
Irina is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
Having immigrated to the United States from Siberia, Irina is a native Russian speaker. Irina is fully dedicated to her clients and is passionate about her practice. Irina places emphasis on personalized service and zealously and thoroughly represents her clients.
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My philosophy
Irina Lust always seeks the best and fastest way to help you and your family immigrate to the United States, relying on her 17 years of experience.
Our collaboration begins with an analysis of each client’s specific situation to determine the feasibility of their immigration goals. This assessment considers the immigration laws of the relevant jurisdiction, the client’s profession, education, financial circumstances, family composition and other important factors.
I provide an honest assessment of each potential client’s immigration prospects and decline to take a case if I believe the goals are unrealistic. I not only provide information and explain the laws and regulations, but also offer alternative, more realistic solutions.
The policy of my firm is based on absolutely unwavering principles:
I tell my clients the truth and nothing but the truth. I do not minimize risks, but I do not exaggerate the expected amount of work.
I value my clients’ trust, understanding that they are paying for real work, not the appearance of it. I do not avoid regular communication with clients; on the contrary, I welcome it. I simply hope that clients will not abuse my willingness to discuss professional questions.
From the very beginning, I have rejected the idea of attracting clients at any cost. I am ready to represent clients only in cases that are genuinely achievable. They may be hard, but they must still have a reasonable likelihood of success.
I strive to understand each client’s priorities – whether it is starting a business, finding employment, pursuing education for themselves or their children, obtaining healthcare, seeking protection from persecution in their home country, and so on.
I work only with reputable and thoroughly vetted law firms when collaborating on immigration services in other countries, including Canada, the Caribbean nations, the United Kingdom, the EU, Australia, and various countries in Asia.
Office locations
Westport, CT 06880
WhatsApp: +1 (203) 451-3240