Deborah J. Townsend, P.A. serves all of Central Florida, including the greater Orlando area, Lake County, Ocala, Lakeland & Gainesville. Ms. Townsend has over 30 years experience practicing exclusively in the field of immigration and nationality law. Practice Areas: Business Immigration, Investors, PERM Cases, Extraordinary Ability Case, Non-immigrant Visas, Cases for U.S. lawful permanent resident status. Misc: I-9 issues, Worksite Compliance Audits, Consulting on the immigration implications of mergers, acquisitions and other business transactions. Family Immigration: K-1 visas, K-3 visas, I-130 petitions for spouses, parents, children and siblings, Adjustment of status. Consular immigrant visa processing; Abused spouse and children (VAWA) cases; I-751 petitions to remove the conditions of residence; Citizenship/Naturalization: Naturalization applications, Derivative citizenship claims. Other: Limited representation in Immigration Court for non-criminal aliens (asylum and cancellation of removal cases only). Affirmative asylum applications. Re-entry permit applications. Temporary employment authorization. Advance parole applications. Extensions of stay/change of nonimmigrant status. Diversity visa lottery adjustments and Consular processing .