Deborah J. Townsend, P.A.

Deborah J. Townsend, P.A. serves all of Central Florida, including the greater Orlando area, Lake County, Ocala, Lakeland & Gainesville. Ms. Townsend has over 30 years experience practicing exclusively in the field of immigration and nationality law. Practice Areas: Business Immigration: Non-immigrant Visas Cases for U.S. lawful permanent resident status Miscellaneous: I-9 issues Worksite Compliance Audits Consulting on the immigration implications of mergers, acquisitions and other business transactions Family Immigration: K-1 visas K-3 visas Family-based I-130 petitions for spouses, parents, children and siblings Adjustment of status Consular immigrant visa processing Abused spouse and children (VAWA) cases I-751 petitions to remove the conditions of residence Citizenship/Naturalization: Naturalization applications Derivative citizenship claims Other: Limited representation in Immigration Court for non-criminal aliens (asylum and cancellation of removal cases only) Affirmative asylum applications Re-entry permit applications Temporary employment authorization Advance parole applications Extensions of stay/change of nonimmigrant status Diversity visa lottery adjustments and Consular processing