Heidi Joy Quayat

Heidi Joy Quayat

Immigration (Transactional)

Shorewood, Minnesota

Personal Introduction

Heidi Quayat is an experienced business immigration attorney who has provided legal services to multiple Fortune 500 companies as well as mid-sized companies, startups, and individuals for over a decade. Heidi also provides services in a limited number of family-based immigration matters. Heidi is well known for providing persuasive RFE and NOID responses that have beaten the odds to win challenging cases.(1) Heidi was born and raised in Rochester, Minnesota and now practices in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul) area. She received her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC, where she completed an immigration law-focused curriculum and published an article in the Georgetown Immigration Law Journal. She graduated magna cum laude from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. Heidi holds an MBA with an Emphasis in Finance from the University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she graduated as a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma academic honor society. Her MBA provides an important business background that enhances her representation of business clients. Heidi is legally authorized to provide U.S. immigration services to anyone, regardless of where the person or entity is located. She is licensed in both Florida (inactive) and Minnesota (active). She is a member of AILA (American Immigration Lawyers Association), and her former team was recognized in Bloomberg magazine as one of a Fortune 50 company’s Key Law Firms. In compliance with the Minnesota Rules of Professional Conduct, note that a successful case outcome cannot be guaranteed in each case given varying facts and legal circumstances.

Practice Composition

Transactional

Education

Georgetown University Law Center
Georgetown University Law Center JD (2010)
University of St. Thomas
University of St. Thomas MBA (2015)
Wheaton College
Wheaton College BA (2005)

Practice Summary

Immigration to the United States can be a complex process and often requires guidance from experienced professionals. If you are a business or an individual in need of immigration assistance, we can help. Quayat Law is dedicated exclusively to providing citizenship and immigration services, with a focus on the business community. We provide services primarily to businesses and also serve individual immigrant clients. Our aim is to win each case as seamlessly as possible. Even though a successful outcome cannot be guaranteed in each case since facts and legal circumstances vary, your success is our most important goal. This is what sets us apart from other firms. Quayat Law was founded in 2023 in the Excelsior/Shorewood area of Minnesota to serve clients across the United States and beyond. Our managing attorney is from Rochester, Minnesota and has provided immigration services to a range of organizations, from multiple Fortune 500 companies to mid-sized businesses to startups to sole proprietorships and individual immigrant clients. Quayat Law is a certified DBE (Disadvantaged Business Enterprise) firm through the state of Minnesota’s MnUCP program. This means that the business is woman-owned and underwent a screening by the state, including a thorough review of the business’s operations and finances. We invite you to give us your most difficult problems. Our managing attorney has successfully handled highly challenging matters, including difficult Requests for Evidence (RFEs), appeals of USCIS decisions (I-290B), and Notices of Intent to Deny (NOIDs), among others. Although the factual and legal circumstances of each case can vary resulting in different outcomes, we invite you to call us your most pressing concerns. We look forward to talking with you. Many clients contact us without knowing exactly what immigration path is right for them or their business. We can help you find this answer. We will listen to you carefully and create a plan with you to accomplish your goals. Our experienced managing attorney will lay out the immigration options for you clearly and answer any questions you may have. With our guidance, you can then choose the path that is right for you. Quayat Law handles a wide variety of employment-based immigration matters, including: Permanent Residence/Green Card (Form I-485 and DS-260) Naturalization (N-400) F-1 and OPT issues (e.g., Form I-983) Work Authorization (Form I-765) Travel Authorization (Form I-131) H-1B Petition (Form I-129 and DS-160) H-4 Application (Form I-539 and DS-160) TN Petition (Canada and Mexico, Form I-129 and border/DS-160 consular processing) Adjustment of Status (Form I-485) Consular processing (DS-160 and DS-260) L-1A Petition (Form I-129 and DS-160) Blanket L Petition (Form I-129S) L-1B Petition (Form I-129 and DS-160) L-2 Application (Form I-539 and DS-160) Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers PERM (ETA Form 9089 and ETA Form 9141) Expedite Requests Requests for Evidence (RFEs) National Interest Waivers (NIWs) B-1/B-2 (I-539 or DS-160) O-1A (Form I-129 and DS-160) O-3 (Form I-539 and DS-160) EB-1A (Form I-140 and Form I-485 or DS-260) EB-1C (Form I-140 and Form I-485 or DS-260) EB-2 (Form I-140) EB-3 (professionals and other workers) (Form I-140) P-1 (Form I-129 and DS-160) P-4 (Form I-539 and DS-160) E-2 (Form I-129 or Form DS-160 and DS-156E) E-3 (Form I-129 or DS-160) R-1 (Form I-129 or DS-160) Q (Form I-129 and DS-160) This list is not comprehensive, and we invite you to contact us regarding your immigration matter. Family-Based Immigration: We also provide limited services in the following family immigration matters, among others: Naturalization (Form N-400) Certificate of Citizenship (Form N-600) Petition for Relatives (Form I-130) Removal of Green Card Conditions (Form I-751) Work authorization (Form I-765) Travel authorization (Form I-131) Green Card Extension and Related Filings (Form I-90) Request for Evidence (RFE) Consular Processing (Form DS-260) Adjustment of Status (Form I-485) Derivative Citizenship One-Step Adjustment of Status for Immediate Relatives (Form I-485) Affidavit of Support (Form I-864) This list is not comprehensive, and we invite you to contact us regarding your immigration matter.

Response Time

1 day

Bar Admissions

Minnesota

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