Representing clients across a diverse range of industries, Bracewell LLP collaborates closely with its corporate, energy and tax team to provide full-service immigration offering. The practice is led by Victoria Garcia, who operates from San Antonio, advising domestic and international clients on employment-based immigrant and non-immigrant visas. Another area of expertise is family and employment-based applications for permanent residence and citizenship, employee transfer, and conflicts between US and foreign immigration regulations.

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'The team at Bracewell have always gone to any lengths necessary to make sure our Immigration program remains compliant and well-positioned to help our international employees make informed decisions. Whether it be career path, work location, or other lifestyle changes, the team at Bracewell will provide our employees with their available options along with the pros and cons of each choice.'
'Victoria Garcia is a wealth of knowledge, not only on the current Immigration environment, but also on the historical progression of U.S. Immigration Law and Policy. She will go out of her way to make sure that both our company leadership and our international employees understand why she is making each of the recommendations that does and the benefits to both in the near and long term.'

Key clients

Valero Energy Corporation
Calpine Corporation
Xenex Disinfection Services, Inc.
City of San Antonio Acting by and through the City Public Service Board (CPS Energy)
NuStar Services Company, LLC
Food Safety Net Services, Ltd./Certified Labs
Southeastern Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
LiquidPower Specialty Products Inc.
Circle K (formerly CST Services LLC and Valero Retail Holdings Inc.)
TransPecos Bank
Rockland Capital, LLC
Visual Comfort & Co.

Work highlights

Representing Valero Energy Corporation in all matters related to immigration, including, but not limited to: (i) the preparation of H-1B, L-1A, L-1B, TN and other non-immigrant visas.
Representing Food Safety Net Services, Ltd./Certified Labs (FSNS) in all matters related to immigration, including, but not limited to: the preparation of H-1B, O-1 and other non-immigrant visas.
Assisting Calpine Corporation in all matters related to immigration, including, but not limited to: (i) the preparation of H-1B, TN and other non-immigrant visas.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Victoria M. Garcia