Lioubov Seliavski

And finally, we arrived at Lyubov Selyavski, she said everything is excellent during the first consultation, let's get to work. We took 2 consultations and signed the agreement.

Referrals 4 Russians, one foreign 📅 **Dates** 06/02 first meeting with attorney Lyubov Selyavski 02/15 second meeting with attorney Lyubov Selyavski 02/17 signed low letter 02/21 document upload (without translations) 03/15 start of document translations

Per public directories - over 15 years of immigration-law experience, an AILA member; the firm handles corporate employment petitions, investment and family cases. A peer endorsement on Avvo calls her a thoughtful and capable immigration attorney. (Summary of public sources.)

On Avvo, a 'Good' rating (6.8). Licensed for over 20 years, an AILA member, in practice in Virginia Beach since 2014; areas include employment- and family-based immigration. (Summary of the public profile.)

I wrote up my EB-1A case in detail: at the very first consultation she said everything looked great, let's work. We took two consultations, signed the agreement, the fee was 8,600 dollars, paid 50% up front and 50% before filing. The attorney herself converted the salary from the Russian documents and reflected it correctly in the petition.

Filed as a research scientist; the EB-1A approval came with no RFE. The attorney selected the documents herself, wrote the recommendation letters herself, and sent the petition for sign-off - I added many clarifications and all of them were included.

Got the long-awaited O-1 approval. The experience with Luba Seliavski was excellent: she replies to emails quickly and to the point, agrees to a call when needed, and helps sort out unclear situations.

She did my O-1 and then two renewals. The work went fine and the case was carried through to a result.

The first time, Luba Seliavski did my O-1 through one petitioner company; later there was another issuance and two renewals in total through a different company - and the second time it came out noticeably cheaper and faster. The work went fine and the case was carried through to a result.

I was considering her for an EB-1 while still building up criteria, but there is little detailed public feedback on her, mostly personal stories from the chat. The tip people give most often: write to several attorneys at once and cross-check their profiles, because not everyone replies, and not quickly.

On my first inquiry for a consultation I got no reply. A tip from the chat: write to several attorneys at once and check them on avvo.com.

On the downside: there were times the attorney did not reply to emails right away. It helped to cc the paralegal and administrator from the start - then there was always a response.

Only the attorney herself speaks Russian in the office, so all other correspondence - with the paralegal and administrator - is in English. Worth factoring in if your English is shaky.