Atty. Giacomo Jacques Behar
Fluent in 7 languages, Giacomo Jacques Behar is a Certified Specialist, Immigration & Nationality Law, The State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization. We are a full service immigration law firm headquartered in San Diego, California, with a second location in the Westwood area of West Los Angeles.
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Giacomo Jacques Behar is a Member based in San Diego, California, practicing at Behar International Counsel, PLC. They have 33+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 1993. Their practice focuses on citizenship, personal injury, and immigration. Admitted to practice in California (1993). Educated at California Western University School of Law (J.D., 1993) and Interpreters School, Zurich, Switzerland (Languages Diploma, 1981). Active member of San Diego Bar Association (International and Business Law Sections) State Bar of California American Immigration Lawyers Association. Serands clients in San Diego, CA and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Fluent in 7 languages, Giacomo Jacques Behar is a Certified Specialist, Immigration & Nationality Law, The State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization
- We are a full service immigration law firm headquartered in San Diego, California, with a second location in the Westwood area of West Los Angeles
- Our firm specializes in U.S. immigration and Naturalization Law and has assisted clients in different U.S. states and from more than 40 countries around the world since 1993
- We offer a full range of family-based immigrant and non-immigrant visa and consular application services including K-1, R-1, H-1B, L-1, O-1, P-1, as well as our "house specialty", Treaty Investor (E-2) and Treaty Trader (E-1) visas and also specialize in employment-based permanent residence through Labor Certification ("PERM")
- We also assist our clients with their political asylum applications and appear with clients at asylum interviews
- In addition, our firm is also ideally equipped to speedily and efficiently process your and your family's citizenship applications
- Last, but not least, we also offer to our clients expert personalized assistance on a full range of non-immigrant and work visa applications at U.S
- Embassies and Consulates worldwide
- Meet your lawyer: Giacomo Jacques BEHAR LICENCED BY THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA SINCE 1993 - CERTIFIED SPECIALIST, IMMIGRATION & NATIONALITY LAW - THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, BOARD OF LEGAL SPECIALIZATION
- With now 27 years of practicing experience, I dedicate my practice exclusively to U.S
- Immigration and Nationality law
- Immigration Law is Federal & therefore uniform throughout the U.S
- A world traveled multilingual polyglot, I am FLUENT in seven (7) languages: Spanish, French, Italian, Turkish, Hebrew, German and of course, English
- For the last 26 years I take pride in having assisted clients in most of these languages, on an almost daily basis
- I am myself an immigrant who arrived in San Diego 38 years ago from Switzerland to get my Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degree in the USA
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Practicing law in California. Legal matters in California are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in San Diego are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate California state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in California brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in California courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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