Citizenship and Immigration Legal Services, Inc.

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About Citizenship and Immigration Legal Services, Inc.

From the firm’s website

Attorneys

• Vanessa Elmaleh — Founder

Services listed

U.S. immigration law, Green Card / Carte Verte, Visa Lottery

Languages

English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Hebrew

Founded

2004

Consultations

Free initial consultation

Offices

• 407 Lincoln Road, Suite 12F, Miami Beach, FL 33139
• 18455 Burbank Blvd, Suite 314, Los Angeles, CA 91356
• 1419 Broadway Alameda, San Francisco, CA 94510
• 43 rue Mazarine, 75006 Paris, France
• 2746 Dogwood Ridge Way TN 37862 Sevierville

Source: cilsimmigration.com · checked October 8, 2026. Lawyers Near Me hasn’t independently verified these details.

Hours of Operation

Monday

9 am–6 pm

Tuesday

9 am–6 pm

Wednesday

9 am–6 pm

Thursday

9 am–6 pm

Friday

9 am–6 pm

Saturday

Closed

Sunday

Closed

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• Stéphanie Grignet· via Google

  Attorney Vanessa Elmaleh and her staff provided excellent service all throughout my application for US permanent residence. They always responded to any questions I had in a timely and courteous manner. They were accommodating when my husband and I were living outside of Florida and provided remote assistance with pending immigration matters. I strongly recommend Attorney Elmaleh's office and thank them for all their help!

  7 years ago
• Mapal Levy· via Google

  Vanessa was nice, sincere, and very honest. She is really smart and knows immigration laws very well. She took my friend case and did her best to bring him back to the US from a country whose citizens always face a very hard time with their immigration process into the US. Now that my friend is here in the US, I can say this with confidence that she is the best lawyer in her field. She also helped another friend of mine get their investment visa in less than a month! Immigration process is very complicated and she was patient in explaining step by step the whole process

  8 years ago
• David Attelan· via Google

  Choose the good lawyer is important and can be very stressful. We had several experiences with Vanessa Elmaleh and each time, the certainty of having made the best choice. She is very knowledgeable, professional, available and dedicaded to her clients. She always took all the time needed to listen to us and to answer to all our questions. She knows perfectly her field. With her team she really did a great job and the most important, we always succeded thanks to her ! I can't recommend an attorney more than Vanessa Elmaleh.

  8 years ago
• JOEL BAUM· via Google

  Vanessa Elmaleh is a great lawyer who always takes the time to explain with patience and knowledge. Always detailed oriented in all her emails and helpful. I am truly impressed with her dedication and compassion. I recommend her without hesitation to any person needing an immigration attorney that cares and who is on top of her files.

  8 years ago
• Alberto Gonzalez· via Google

  amazing legal representation, very attentive to detail, explained the process in a very easy to understand manner. I always felt that Vanessa had our best interest at heart like no other attorney I had dealt with before and she was able able to remedy a very complicated situation that was created by another lawyer. I recommend her with no hesitation! She is just the best lawyer and the most compassionate!

  8 years ago
• Andrea Simic· via Google

  Vanessa is an amazing attorney with an excellent track record of helping her clients. She is extremely knowledgable about immigration law having done that for many years. Her experience and rate of success is impressive. This is due not only to her immigration law knowledge and legal skills, but also to the fact that she is extremely realistic and honest with her clients, providing them with unbiased advice on options available and chances of success. She cares deeply about her clients and doesn't view them as cases but as people who need her help. I highly recommend her as not only one of the best immigration attorneys in Miami, but in the country as well.

  8 years ago
• Valeriya Becher· via Google

  I'm endlessly grateful to Viktoria Shelegina for helping me obtain permanent residency. It's been almost five years, and I still remember how deeply committed, thorough, and professional she was throughout the entire process. Victoria is truly gifted and incredibly dedicated Professional — her support made a life-changing difference for me.

  a year ago
• Yves Birere· via Google

  ''It was a pleasure working with the entire team at Attorney Vanessa Elmaleh's firm. Working with Vanessa and her staff has been such a pleasure. Right from the start, every team/staff member that I have worked with has been highly professional and efficient. They went above and beyond to assist me not only in processing my visa application, but other tasks I needed assistance within the United States, and drafted an incredible business plan that definitely increased chances of approval for my L1 visa. Vanessa is extremely knowledgeable not just about immigration, but the inner workings of businesses as well, and what must be in place for securing the visa. I have worked with Vanessa over several years and she has been consistently responsive, caring, and devoted to my case. I look forward to many more years of working with Vanessa and her firm, and having them assist me with all of my immigration needs.''

  6 years ago