Lesa-Marie Goncalves Lopes
Managing Paralegal
Sector: US Immigration
Location: London
Lesa-Marie is a Managing Paralegal with the US team at Laura Devine Immigration. With over 10 years of experience in both employment and family-based US immigration, she provides various levels of support to the US team both internally (within the team) and externally (with clients). Her day-to-day duties include assessing capacity and allocating or rearranging cases respectively, reviewing and providing initial feedback on petitions and applications, as well as handling client correspondence, conducting research and case preparation.
History
2012-present – Laura Devine Immigration, London
Education
2008-2011 – LLB University of Westminster
Latest Insights
2 April 2024
Upcoming changes to Long Residence route from 11 April 2024
Changes are being made from 11 April 2024 to the ‘Long Residence’ route which allows individuals resident in the UK continuously and legally for 10…
22 March 2024
Assigning CoS now to beat the salary increase
As summarised by our team last week, the Home Office confirmed in its Statement of Changes that the general salary threshold for most applicants in…
20 March 2024
US News | Anti-discrimination Requirements During the PERM Recruitment Process
The fundamental basis of the full PERM process is to establish that a foreign worker will not displace a U.S. worker for the position being offered.…