In July 1995, Rafael Barreto joined Wildes & Weinberg as a paralegal. After he was admitted to the New York State Bar he became an Associate Attorney of our Firm in March 1997. Rafael possesses a degree as an “Abogado” (Attorney) conferred upon him by the University of La Sabana, in Bogota, Colombia, and completed a program at Pace University in White Plains, NY. He is admitted to practice law in the State of New York and is a Member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). Rafael is fluent in English & Spanish.
Rafael possesses extensive experience in immigrant visas, such as employment-based petitions, family-based petitions, and extraordinary ability petitions among others. He is also knowledgeable in nonimmigrant visas including H-1B visas for professional workers, L-1 petitions for intra-company transferees, O-1 visas for aliens of extraordinary ability and fashion models, E-1 and E-2 visas for treaty investors and treaty traders, F-1 visas for students, B-1/B-2 visas for business and tourism among others.