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Chris Gafner

New York, NY

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Law Degree

Awards

Primary Practice Area

Immigration

Language

English

About

Chris Gafner helps resolve the immigration issues of individuals and businesses.  He represents clients in family-based immigration, employment-based immigration, and investor immigration matters. Chris Gafner has authored work published in Bender’s Immigration Bulletin and has been a contributor to Immigration Law and Procedure – a leadingtreatise in immigration law.  Articles that he has authored haveexamined the K-1 visa for fiance(e)s, EB 1-1 immigration status eligibility and unlawful presence.  Additionally, his contributions to the Immigration Law and Procedure Treatise have focused on the K-1 visa, conditional permanent residency for newly married couples and unlawful presence.Chris Gafner is a graduate of Cornell University and received his law degree from Notre Dame Law School. While at Notre Dame Law School he studied in London, England throughthe Concannon Program of International Law and was a recipient of theCliff Schmitthoff Memorial Scholarship.  Following graduation from lawschool he served as a judicial clerk in the Northern District of New York,where he assisted federal judges in researching federal caselaw.  Uponcompleting his clerkship, Chris Gafner worked in New York City andquickly determined that he would have a more meaningful and fulfillingcareer helping immigrants contribute to America’s economic and culturalgrowth.  To that end, he founded Gafner Law Firm, P.C. 

Practices Areas

Immigration

Language

English

Contact

Gafner Law Firm, P.C.One Penn Plaza, 36th FloorNew York, NY, 10119One Penn Plaza, 36th FloorNew York, NY, 10119

Office: N/A

Website: N/A

Reviews

William
July 6, 2021

We enjoyed working with Mr. Gafner through our entire immigration process, which was not an easy task with the government’s website issues and during a pandemic. Mr. Gafner was knowledgeable, responsive, transparent, and supportive during our entire process. I would highly recommend him and his firm for any of your immigration needs. It was a pleasure working with him.

Henry
June 1, 2021

I hired Chris to assist with an application for an IR1 spouse visa. Chris provided excellent assistance, helping us to navigate a complicated process at a difficult time, with changes in the rules and the pandemic. Highly recommended.

anonymous
December 23, 2019

Chris is awesome. Me and my wife used his services to through the K1-Visa and then the Green Card process. It was a long process but Chris made everything really easy. He's very attentive and responded to our questions along the way in a timely manner. We'd definitely recommend him to anyone looking to go through the same process, it really takes the confusion and stress out of the equation when dealing with immigration procedures.

David
September 30, 2019

Chris provided a superb service in terms of securing, submitting and following up with all the immigration documents without any potential loopholes. He certainly has demonstrated to have possessed sound, up-to-date knowledge and extensive experiences in the immigration field. Chris is thoroughly organized and professional. I highly recommend his service to anyone!

Jennifer
September 2, 2019

My now-husband and I hired Chris to guide us through the fiance visa and adjustment of status process, as we wanted to ensure that we didn't miss any important details. Chris was a pleasure to work with. He was very patient in answering all my questions, took us step-by-step throughout the entire 1.5 year process and was very thorough in his explanations of what we needed to do and have documented to get through it all without a hitch. I would highly recommend Chris's services for anyone else going through a similar process.

Rechil
May 26, 2018

He is fantastic person to work with.he never gets tired of answering all my questions and very prompt with follow up emails.

Kevin
November 5, 2017

We were lucky to find Chris thru a Google search. We hired him in late 2013 to apply for green card thru marriage. Chris is professional, knowledgeable, excellent communicator and he walked us thru the process diligently and we are now at the last step of the N400 application, interview and testing. Thank you, Chris

Adam
October 16, 2017

By experience and knowing that Chris previously assisted my brothers during their process I knew he would do a fantastic job as well as he did for them. Chris Gafner did a fantastic work assisting us throughout the imigration process, since the begining until the very end and was always replying very fast to any questions we had. He guided us with precious advices (marriage, required documents, and attending the interview) Thank you Chris.

Brunet
August 11, 2017

I was recommended by my brother to hire Chris. I'm a french citizen and speak average english. Everything was done by emails and Chris did an amazing job, he got me a 5 years E2 Visa. My situation was a bit complicated and he managed to answers all my questions. I strongly recommended foreigners to hire him. Merci Chris !

Florent
July 22, 2017

excellent lawyer , he know how to handle any kind of situation, Chris has been following me for more than 4 years and has done a AMAZING JOB ! Thank you again Chris .

William
July 6, 2021

We enjoyed working with Mr. Gafner through our entire immigration process, which was not an easy task with the government’s website issues and during a pandemic. Mr. Gafner was knowledgeable, responsive, transparent, and supportive during our entire process. I would highly recommend him and his firm for any of your immigration needs. It was a pleasure working with him.

Henry
June 1, 2021

I hired Chris to assist with an application for an IR1 spouse visa. Chris provided excellent assistance, helping us to navigate a complicated process at a difficult time, with changes in the rules and the pandemic. Highly recommended.

anonymous
December 23, 2019

Chris is awesome. Me and my wife used his services to through the K1-Visa and then the Green Card process. It was a long process but Chris made everything really easy. He's very attentive and responded to our questions along the way in a timely manner. We'd definitely recommend him to anyone looking to go through the same process, it really takes the confusion and stress out of the equation when dealing with immigration procedures.

David
September 30, 2019

Chris provided a superb service in terms of securing, submitting and following up with all the immigration documents without any potential loopholes. He certainly has demonstrated to have possessed sound, up-to-date knowledge and extensive experiences in the immigration field. Chris is thoroughly organized and professional. I highly recommend his service to anyone!

Jennifer
September 2, 2019

My now-husband and I hired Chris to guide us through the fiance visa and adjustment of status process, as we wanted to ensure that we didn't miss any important details. Chris was a pleasure to work with. He was very patient in answering all my questions, took us step-by-step throughout the entire 1.5 year process and was very thorough in his explanations of what we needed to do and have documented to get through it all without a hitch. I would highly recommend Chris's services for anyone else going through a similar process.

Rechil
May 26, 2018

He is fantastic person to work with.he never gets tired of answering all my questions and very prompt with follow up emails.

Kevin
November 5, 2017

We were lucky to find Chris thru a Google search. We hired him in late 2013 to apply for green card thru marriage. Chris is professional, knowledgeable, excellent communicator and he walked us thru the process diligently and we are now at the last step of the N400 application, interview and testing. Thank you, Chris

Adam
October 16, 2017

By experience and knowing that Chris previously assisted my brothers during their process I knew he would do a fantastic job as well as he did for them. Chris Gafner did a fantastic work assisting us throughout the imigration process, since the begining until the very end and was always replying very fast to any questions we had. He guided us with precious advices (marriage, required documents, and attending the interview) Thank you Chris.

Brunet
August 11, 2017

I was recommended by my brother to hire Chris. I'm a french citizen and speak average english. Everything was done by emails and Chris did an amazing job, he got me a 5 years E2 Visa. My situation was a bit complicated and he managed to answers all my questions. I strongly recommended foreigners to hire him. Merci Chris !

Florent
July 22, 2017

excellent lawyer , he know how to handle any kind of situation, Chris has been following me for more than 4 years and has done a AMAZING JOB ! Thank you again Chris .

William
July 6, 2021

We enjoyed working with Mr. Gafner through our entire immigration process, which was not an easy task with the government’s website issues and during a pandemic. Mr. Gafner was knowledgeable, responsive, transparent, and supportive during our entire process. I would highly recommend him and his firm for any of your immigration needs. It was a pleasure working with him.

Henry
June 1, 2021

I hired Chris to assist with an application for an IR1 spouse visa. Chris provided excellent assistance, helping us to navigate a complicated process at a difficult time, with changes in the rules and the pandemic. Highly recommended.

anonymous
December 23, 2019

Chris is awesome. Me and my wife used his services to through the K1-Visa and then the Green Card process. It was a long process but Chris made everything really easy. He's very attentive and responded to our questions along the way in a timely manner. We'd definitely recommend him to anyone looking to go through the same process, it really takes the confusion and stress out of the equation when dealing with immigration procedures.

David
September 30, 2019

Chris provided a superb service in terms of securing, submitting and following up with all the immigration documents without any potential loopholes. He certainly has demonstrated to have possessed sound, up-to-date knowledge and extensive experiences in the immigration field. Chris is thoroughly organized and professional. I highly recommend his service to anyone!

Jennifer
September 2, 2019

My now-husband and I hired Chris to guide us through the fiance visa and adjustment of status process, as we wanted to ensure that we didn't miss any important details. Chris was a pleasure to work with. He was very patient in answering all my questions, took us step-by-step throughout the entire 1.5 year process and was very thorough in his explanations of what we needed to do and have documented to get through it all without a hitch. I would highly recommend Chris's services for anyone else going through a similar process.

Rechil
May 26, 2018

He is fantastic person to work with.he never gets tired of answering all my questions and very prompt with follow up emails.

Kevin
November 5, 2017

We were lucky to find Chris thru a Google search. We hired him in late 2013 to apply for green card thru marriage. Chris is professional, knowledgeable, excellent communicator and he walked us thru the process diligently and we are now at the last step of the N400 application, interview and testing. Thank you, Chris

Adam
October 16, 2017

By experience and knowing that Chris previously assisted my brothers during their process I knew he would do a fantastic job as well as he did for them. Chris Gafner did a fantastic work assisting us throughout the imigration process, since the begining until the very end and was always replying very fast to any questions we had. He guided us with precious advices (marriage, required documents, and attending the interview) Thank you Chris.

Brunet
August 11, 2017

I was recommended by my brother to hire Chris. I'm a french citizen and speak average english. Everything was done by emails and Chris did an amazing job, he got me a 5 years E2 Visa. My situation was a bit complicated and he managed to answers all my questions. I strongly recommended foreigners to hire him. Merci Chris !

Florent
July 22, 2017

excellent lawyer , he know how to handle any kind of situation, Chris has been following me for more than 4 years and has done a AMAZING JOB ! Thank you again Chris .