Olivia Orza

BIO

Olivia Orza is the Founding Partner of Orza Global Immigration, LLC. Her practice focuses primarily on U.S. immigration and nationality law and international migration issues. Ms. Orza devotes her practice to representing corporate and individual clients in an array of business and family immigration matters.

Ms. Orza assists foreign investors in obtaining non-immigrant E visas and EB-5 immigrant visas. She works closely with EB-5 Regional Centers, EB-5 service providers, and other professionals to guide her clients through the complex EB-5 Investor Visa process. She has experience representing companies in a variety of industries in all aspects of business immigration, including employment visas for professionals, intra-company transferees, immigrant visa petitions, consular processing, adjustment of status applications, and naturalization applications.

Ms. Orza possesses extensive experience representing employers seeking certification by the U.S. Department of Labor on applications for alien employment certification (PERM). She has executed a full range of employment-based immigration strategies, including immigrant petitions for foreign nationals of extraordinary and exceptional ability, outstanding researchers, and multinational managers and executives. Ms. Orza represents individuals with various family immigration issues including obtaining appropriate nonimmigrant visas such as fiancé visas (K-1) or as a nonimmigrant spouse of a U.S. citizen (K-3), obtaining immigrant visas, maintaining lawful status, and applying for U.S. citizenship through naturalization.

Education:
J.D., Tulane University School of Law, 2004
Managing Editor & Online Editor, Tulane Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property (2003-2004)
B.S., University of Georgia, 1999

Admitted to Practice:
Georgia, 2006
Louisiana, 2005
Georgia Supreme Court

Professional Activities:

State Bar of Georgia (2006)

State Bar of Louisiana (2005, inactive member)

Member, American Immigration Lawyers’ Association (AILA)

Chair, American Immigration Lawyers Association - Atlanta Chapter New Member Division (2009 - 2010)

Member, Georgia Bar Journal Editorial Board (2007 – 2013)

Publications:

Brewster's Millions: A Practical Approach to Handling EB-5 Cases, Seminar Speaker, AILA Georgia-Alabama Chapter 2016 Immigration Law Conference, February 20, 2016.

Immigration Options for Foreign Investors, Seminar Speaker, ICLE Nuts & Bolts of Business Law, State Bar of Georgia, February 10, 2011.

EB-5 Investment Seminar, EB-5 Investment Green Cards, BB&T Bank, Atlantic Station, Atlanta, Georgia, October 28, 2010.

No Second Chances: Immigration Consequences of Criminal Charges, Georgia Bar Journal, Vol. 13, No.2, December 2007

Languages:

Romanian