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Marina S Grabchuk

Belin McCormick • Des Moines, IA
ImmigrationEmployment LawHealthcareManufacturingPersonal Injury

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Contact

Email
Phone
(515) 461-7554
Address
666 Walnut Street, Des Moines, IA, 50309, US

Professional

About

Employment-Based Immigration Marina is passionate about increasing diversity in the workplace and helping employers hire and retain the best talent from around the globe. She represents employers across the spectrum, from multinational corporations to start-up companies, in a broad range of sectors, including high-tech, biotechnology, finance, marketing, industrial manufacturing, engineering, healthcare, and agriculture. In addition to corporate entities, she represents hospitals, educational institutions, and religious organizations in bringing workers to the U.S. on a temporary and permanent basis. Her specialty includes non-immigrant and immigrant visas, PERM, I-140, and Adjustment of Status applications. She has successfully prepared H-1B, TN, L-1, E-1, E-2, O-1 and other visa petitions for professionals, intracompany transferees, investors, researchers, physicians, scientists, professors, artists, and individuals of extraordinary ability. Marina assists companies in sponsoring their employees for a permanent resident status through the PERM labor certification process, Schedule A pre-certification, EB-1 petitions, and National Interest Waivers. Marina also has extensive appellate experience and has successfully represented matters before the Administrative Appeals Office and the Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals. Family-Based and Individual Immigration Marina represents individuals in consular process matters, family-based petitions, applications for adjustment of status, and naturalization. She helps individuals bring their family members to the U.S. on a temporary and permanent basis. She has successfully assisted in applying and obtaining tourist and fiancé visas, asylum, family-sponsored green cards, and U.S. citizenship. She has also successfully represented clients in removal proceedings before the Immigration Court, the Board of Immigration Appeals, the U.S. District Court, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. I-9 Regulatory Compliance In her practice, Marina provides counsel and training to employers on workplace compliance, including Form I-9 employment eligibility verification process, internal company practices, procedures, policies, and hiring manuals, E-Verify program, and self-audits. She represents employers in external I-9 audit responses and related worksite enforcement issues.

About Immigration Law

Immigration attorneys help individuals and families navigate the complex immigration system. They assist with visas, green cards, citizenship, and deportation defense. Common matters include visa applications, green cards, citizenship, deportation defense.

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Credentials

Education
2011 University of California, Hastings College of the Law JD - Juris Doctor
Languages
Russian | Ukrainian

Recognition & Involvement

Awards
2011 Pro Bono Award, University of California Hastings College of the Law
Publications
2012 Immigrant Legal Resource Center, 1st Edition Essentials of Asylum Law 2011 9 Seattle J. Soc. Just. 319 Background Checks and Social Effects: Contemporary Residential Tenant- Screening Problems in Washington State 2011 Immigrant Legal Resource Center, 3rd Edition Families & Immigration: A Practical Guide
Associations
2013 - Present American Immigration Lawyers Association 2011 - Present Washington State Bar Association
Updated: Mar 25, 2026