Rhoda K. Dryer has been practicing U.S. Immigration and Nationality Law for over 40 years.
Expertise
- Temporary visas for study, work, and visits
- Permanent family cases based on blood, adoption, and step-relationships
- Processing of immigrant and non-immigrant visas
- Motions
- Waivers
- Naturalization
- Claims to U.S. citizenship
- Administrative appeals:
- Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA)
- Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)
- Administrative Appeals Office (AAO)
- Federal Court Appeals
Education
- Brooklyn Law School, Law Degree 1966
- University of Madrid, Instituto de Cultura Hispanica, Summer 1965
- City College of New York, Bachelor of Science 1959
Acknowledgments from
- The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)
- Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS)
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
- Customs and Border Patrol (CBP)
Current Positions
- Speaker at AILA’s Immigration Seminars
- Honored Member of Who’s Who in Practicing Attorneys (from 1990 – present)
Past Positions
- Chairperson of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) New York Chapter and a member of its Executive Committee
- Member of AILA’s multiple Liaison Committees
- Co-chaired AILA’s Department of Labor Liaison Committee
- Counsel in Federal Court case regarding rights of aliens in Immigration Court to invoke the Fourth and Fifth Amendments to the U.S. Consitution.
Admissions
- State Bar of New York
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Bar Association Membership
- American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
- New York State Bar Association (NYSBA)
- Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY)
- Westchester Women’s Bar Association (WWBA)
- New Rochelle Bar Association (NRBA)
Languages
- Fluent in Spanish and English
- Conversant in French and Portuguese