Band 2
Provided by Melany Savitt
Business Immigration
Melany represents clients of all sizes from a variety of industries, guiding employers and foreign nationals through the maze of immigration laws. She handles a wide range of nonimmigrant work visas, including specialty occupation categories, intracompany transfers, extraordinary ability in business and arts, internationally recognized artists and performers, religious workers, cultural exchange workers, and treaty-based classifications. Additionally, Melany has extensive experience with PERM labor certifications, and immigrant visa petitions for multinational executives and managers, as well as individuals meeting the extraordinary ability threshold.
Melany’s most recent pro bono work has helped crime victims, with U visa petitions. She has also provided pro bono services to several organizations involved in immigration matters, including Surviving Spouses Against Deportation, and securing artists’ visas for participants in Portland-area arts events and festivals.
American Bar Association
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Multnomah Bar Association
Oregon Women Lawyers
Melany’s interest in art is more than legal. She studied Byzantine mosaic techniques in Ravenna, Italy and has created and installed custom mosaics in tile and stained glass.
Oregon State Bar
Lewis & Clark Law School
J.D.
2011
University of California, Berkeley
B.A.
1996
Provided by Chambers
Melany Savitt is a well-regarded business immigration practitioner, acting on a broad range of matters including extraordinary ability petitions and intracompany transfers. She is especially well placed to handle visa and PERM applications.
Provided by Chambers
"We find her to be always responsive and helpful."
"We find her to be always responsive and helpful."
