Kristina M. Seil - a San Francisco, CA Business Immigration Lawyer

San Francisco Business Immigration Lawyer

Updated: 03/08/2026

Areas of Practice

Business Immigration
Investment-based Immigration
Employment-based Immigration
Family Immigration

Attorney Information

Overview

Kristina M. Seil is an attorney who practices in the areas of employment-related, investment, and family-based immigration matters.

During her ten-plus years at the Law Offices of Robert P. Gaffney, Ms. Seil has prepared hundreds of EB-5 petitions, successfully navigating complex source of funds issues, and has worked on many other successful immigration cases, including PERM, L-1A, and O-1 matters. She has authored published articles on immigration law regarding due process and “minor investor” issues.

Ms. Seil earned her J.D. degree from Golden Gate University School of Law, where she earned public interest and faculty scholarships and edited the Golden Gate University Law Review. Prior to her work at the Law Offices of Robert P. Gaffney, Ms. Seil served as Staff Attorney for Bayview Hunters Point Community Legal (now Open Door Legal) and completed internships at the U.S. District Court and the United States Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Chief Counsel.

Awards and Honors

Super Lawyers® Selectees

Kristina M. Seil included in a Super Lawyers® list

Honors

Super Lawyers Rising Star 2022

Other Sources of Feedback About Kristina M. Seil

Included on the 2022 Northern California Super Lawyers list

Education

Legal Education
- Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco, California, 2012
  J.D.
  Honors: Public Interest and Academic Scholarships, Dean’s List, Law Review
Non Legal Education
- University of San Francisco, 2009
  M.A.
  Honors: Pacific Rim Scholarship
- University of California, Santa Cruz, 2004
  B.A.
  Honors: Linguistics Exit Exam

Current Employment Position(s)

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Attorney
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Past Positions

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Judicial Extern
United States Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of the Chief Counsel, Legal Intern

Languages

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Spanish
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Mandarin Chinese
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Published Works

Articles

Robert Gaffney & Kristina Seil with contribution by Wendy C. Yu, “New Presidential Executive Order Targets Hong Kong Visa Applicants”, AILA Doc. No. 20072030 (2020). https://www.aila.org/library/summary-and-issues-of-particular-concern-hong-kong
Robert Gaffney & Kristina Seil, “Can a Minor Child File an EB-5 Petition?”, EB-5 Investors Magazine (2016). https://www.eb5investors.com/magazine/article/can-minor-child-file-eb5-petition/
Kristina M. Seil, United States v. Lopez-Velasquez: What is a "Reasonable Possibility" of Apparent Eligibility for Relief from Deportation?, 42 Golden Gate U. L. Rev. (2012). https://digitalcommons.law.ggu.edu/ggulrev/vol42/iss1/8

Bar Admissions

California, 2012

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Contact

San Francisco, CA

601 Montgomery Street
Suite 1114
San Francisco, CA 94111 - 4612

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Phone: 415-503-9653

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Website: https://www.usvisanet.com

Hours: Monday-Friday: 9am-5pm; Saturday-Sunday: Closed

Credit Cards Accepted

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