Your visa, your green card, your future, handled with care and real experience
Vera Clavis LLC is a boutique immigration law firm in Boston. Our attorney earned her first law degree abroad, then an advanced U.S. law degree, and she went through the F-1 student visa process herself. She has felt what you are feeling. We help families, professionals, investors, students, and scholars with green cards, citizenship, and work visas. You will always talk to real, seasoned people who treat your case like it matters, because it does.
How we help
Confidential guidance, tailored to your situation
- Families & citizenship: marriage green cards, naturalization, and confidential VAWA petitions.
- Work & investment: E-2 Treaty Investor visas and H-1B specialty-occupation petitions.
- Permanent residency by merit: EB-2 National Interest Waivers and EB-1A / O-1 extraordinary ability.
- Students & scholars: individual legal advice on F-1, J-1, and OPT status that a university office cannot give you.
Immigration matters we handle every week
We focus on the cases that change lives: keeping families together, becoming a citizen, building a business, and staying in the country to do important work. Below are the areas we are asked about most. If you do not see your situation, ask us anyway.
Family Green Cards, Citizenship & VAWA
Compassionate, confidential help keeping your family together and building your life here.
- Marriage and family-based green cards, including adjustment of status
- Naturalization and citizenship (N-400), with interview preparation
- Confidential VAWA self-petitions for survivors
E-2 Investor & H-1B Work Visas
Practical strategy for entrepreneurs, professionals, and the people who employ them.
- E-2 Treaty Investor visas, including business structuring
- H-1B specialty-occupation petitions, including cap-exempt and transfers
- Guidance for employers and university-sponsored hires
NIW & Extraordinary Ability Green Cards
Self-petition pathways for researchers, founders, and high-impact professionals.
- EB-2 National Interest Waiver (NIW) petitions
- EB-1A and O-1 extraordinary-ability cases
- Evidence strategy that tells your accomplishments clearly
F-1, J-1 & OPT Legal Advice
Individual legal advice for international students and scholars, from an attorney who went through it herself.
- Maintaining status, reinstatements, and transfers
- OPT and STEM OPT filing strategy and review
- A private, honest read on options your campus office cannot advise on
Seasoned, well-rounded, and genuinely on your side
Immigration can feel overwhelming. You deserve someone who understands both the law and what you are going through. That is what we built Vera Clavis to be.
Our immigration attorney was born outside the United States. She earned her first law degree in Europe and later an LL.M. in U.S. law at a leading American law school. She spent nine combined years advising international students and scholars inside university offices at two U.S. institutions, and she has personally gone through the F-1 process. Today her practice focuses on family-based green cards, naturalization, VAWA, E-2 and H-1B visas, and merit-based green cards such as the NIW and EB-1A.
When a case calls for it, she can draw on a network of other attorneys and professional translators. This support is generally included in the fee for the work itself, not billed as a separate cost.
Contact Our Legal Office
Tell us about your case. Send a short message and we will get back to you. Everything you share is kept confidential. If you would rather talk, book a consultation and we will find a time that works for you.