Practice Areas: Immigration; view more
Licensed in California since: 2005
Education: Tulane University Law School
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2019 - 2024 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2015 - 2018 Call today:
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Law Office of Camiel Becker
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The owner of the Law Office of Camiel Becker in Oakland, California, Camiel Becker possesses over two decades of experience in immigration law. His skill spans a comprehensive range of areas, including removal defense, employment-based immigration, investor visas, permanent labor certifications, waivers, asylum, adjustment of status and naturalization.
In his professional practice, Mr. Becker advocates for companies and individuals, focusing on employment-based immigration matters for mid- and small-sized businesses, researchers, scientists, investors and IT professionals. He has a robust litigation track record of successful verdicts before immigration courts and has achieved successful outcomes in appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
A board-certified immigration law specialist by the California Board of Legal Specialization, Mr. Becker obtained his bachelor’s degree in Spanish and psychology from the University of Montana located in Missoula, in 1999. He earned his J.D. from Tulane University Law School in New Orleans in 2004. In 2005, he was licensed to practice law in California.
Beyond his legal acumen, Mr. Becker is actively involved with The State Bar of California’s Immigration and Nationality Law Advisory Commission, The Bar Association of San Francisco and the American Immigration Lawyers Association. He has also dedicated his time mentoring numerous asylum cases for the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and providing pro bono services to several nonprofit organizations.
Mr. Becker has also contributed to the legal community as a speaker for over 40 continuing legal education panels nationwide, instructing attorneys, law students and nonprofit lawyers on immigration law. Moreover, he has participated in drafting and grading the immigration law specialization exam for The State Bar of California.
With a robust background in Latin American issues, Mr. Becker represents clients globally, drawing on the extensive international experience he acquired in Argentina, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Spain and Mexico. Additionally, he is a U.S. Fulbright Scholar who conducted postgraduate research on gangs and street children in El Salvador, and owns an immigration law staffing firm based in Bogota, Colombia.
Practice areas
Immigration: Business, Immigration: ConsumerFocus areas
Asylum, Naturalization & Citizenship
- 60% Immigration: Business
- 40% Immigration: Consumer
First Admitted: 2005, California
Professional Webpage: https://beckerimmigration.com/camiel/
- State Bar of California
- Executive Committee Member, Immigration Section, Alameda County Bar Association, 2018 – 2020
- LGBT Coordinator for the American Immigration Lawyer’s Association of Northern California (“AILA NorCal”), 2013
- Co-Chair of the Immigration Section of the San Francisco Bar Association’s Barristers Club, 2013 – 2015
- Immigration and Nationality Law Advisory Commission, State Bar of California, 2015 – 2019
- Certified as a specialist in Immigration and Nationality law by the California Board of Legal Specialization
- Asian Law Caucus
- El Centro Legal de La Raza
- Volunteered as a mentor on numerous asylum cases for the Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights
- National Center of Lesbian Rights
- Super Lawyers, (2019 – 2023), Northern California Super Lawyers
- Rising Star, 2015 – 2018, Northern California Super Lawyers
- University of Montana, Missoula, Spanish and Psychology
- “Creative Humanitarian Options: Using All the Tools in the Toolbox”, (Presenting specifically on the special parole programs for nationals of Ukraine, Afghanistan, Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Colombia, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Ecuador), AILA National Web Seminar, Washington, DC, November 29, 2023.
- “Start-ups and Entrepreneurship Visa Considerations for International Students,” Haas School of Business, UC-Berkeley, Berkeley, California, April 14, 2019.
- “Counseling Employers on the DACA Workforce,” 2019 AILA Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida, June 20, 2019.
- “Dealing with Employment Gaps,” 32st Annual AILA California Chapters Conference, Monterey, California, November 9, 2019.
- “After TPS Ends: Strategies to Keep Beneficiaries in the United States,” 2020 AILA Webinar, Washington, D.C., January 14, 2019.
- “Student Visa Changes Under the Trump Administration,” Alameda County Bar Association, Oakland, California, March, 2020.
- “Not Your Typical NIV: Employment-Based Strategies for Employees with Unique Immigration Status,” 2020 AILA Annual Conference, San Diego, California, June 2020.
- “The Supreme Court’s DACA Decision Is In: Practical Tips & Strategies for Short and Long Term Solutions” Alameda Bar Association Immigration section and AILA NorCal, Oakland, California, August 2020.
- “DACA and TPS Under Attack: Using Employment-Based Strategies to Obtain a More Secure Status” AILA National Webinar, Washington, D.C., September 2020.
- “Waivers . . . Your Client Did What?!!! Inadmissibility Issues for O’s and P’s” 2020 AILA Athletics, Culture, Entertainment, and Science (ACES) Virtual Conference, Washington, D.C., October 2020.
- “Employment-based Immigration for Non-profit Immigration Attorneys: Identifying Eligibility for Work Visas and Green Cards”, Immigration Institute of the Bay Area, online webinar from Bogota, Colombia, April 27, 2022
- “Unraveling the Findream Nightmare: Representing Former F-1 Students Who Relied on Time Spent at Findream/Sinnocontech, Integra Technologies”, AILA NorCal, virtual presentation from Bogota, Colombia, October 2022.
- “Explorando la Maternidad Subrogada en la Sociedad Contemporánea (Exploring Surrogacy and Maternity in Contemporary Society)” Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Universidad Externada de Colombia, Bogotá Colombia, October 4, 2023.
- “EB-3 Green Cards for Skilled and Unskilled Workers & Addressing Their Unique Challenges”, AILA Chicago Chapter’s Virtual 2023-2024 Conference, Chicago, Illinois, November 15, 2023.
- “Same-Sex Couples and Asylum,” Lavender Law Conference, Miami, Florida, August 2010
- “I-864 Affidavit of Support: Intersection of Immigration and Family Law,” The Bar Association of San Francisco; The Barristers Immigration Section and the Barristers Family Law Section, San Francisco, California, July 23, 2013
- “Practice Tips on Preparing and Strengthening Waiver Applications,” Bar Association of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, April 12, 2011
- “Overview of US Immigration Law,” Catholic Charities event provided to Social Workers, San Francisco, California, August 16, 2011
- “Immigration Law: Political Asylum for HIV+ LGBTQ-Identified Persons in El Salvador,” AIDS Legal Referral Panel and AILA Nor Cal, San Francisco, California, October 18, 2011
- “Hot Topics in Prosecutorial Discretion and the Defense of Marriage Act,” All Star American Immigration Council CLE, San Francisco, California, October 21, 2011
- “Advocacy: Prosecutorial Discretion,” American Immigration Lawyer’s Association’s California Conference, San Francisco, California, November 10, 2011
- “I-601A Waivers,” AILA Nor Cal, San Francisco, California, May, 2013
- “Pre-filing Strategies for H-1B Cap Season”, Alameda County Bar Association, Oakland, California, February 5, 2019
- “Overview of Asylum Law from Asylum Office to Immigration Court,” Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, San Francisco, California, September 16, 2013
- “Green Cards for Same Sex Couples,” Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, San Francisco, California, November 15, 2013
- “Alternatives to the H-1B,” American Immigration Lawyers Association, Northern California Chapter, San Francisco, California, April 15, 2014
- “Foreign National Scientists Obtaining Work in the United States,” American Chemical Society’s National Meeting and Exposition, San Francisco, California, August 10, 2014
- “Immigration Options for Start-ups,” Event hosted by Hattery, a co-working space for entrepreneurs and start-ups, San Francisco, California, September 2014
- “Obama’s Executive Action: How it Impacts Undocumented Immigrants, Employers and Foreign Employees,” Bar Association of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, May 7, 2015
- “Immigration Options for Entrepreneurs and Investors: A Substantive two hour MCLE dedicated to both (E-1/E-2) non-immigrant and (EB-5) immigrant visa options for entrepreneurs and investors,” Moderator for both sessions, co-sponsored by the Bar Association of San Francisco and AILA Nor Cal, San Francisco, California, September 29, 2014
- “New Year, New Rule: the DHS Final Regulations for High-Skilled Workers,” Bar Association of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, January 9, 2017
- “Practice Management CLE: Managing for Success”, AILA NorCal, San Francisco, California, February, 17 2017
- “Overview of Employment-Based Immigration,” guest lecturer, Immigration Law, JFK Law School, Pleasanton, California, February 18, 2017
- “Immigration Law in the Employment Context,” San Francisco Small Business Week, San Francisco, California, May 17, 2017
- “Employment-Based Options for DACA recipients,” Festival of Undocu Innovation, Sausalito, California, September 23, 2017
- “Screening DACA recipients for Eligibility for Employment-Based Cases,” AILA NorCal, San Francisco, California, October 12, 2017
- “Screening TPS Recipients For Eligibility For Employment-Based Cases, ” Becker & Lee LLP, CARECEN of Northern CA, & AILA NorCal, San Francisco, California, December 11, 2017
- “Exploring Alternative Options For Salvadorans Before TPS is Terminated in 2019,” Consulate of El Salvador in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, February 24, 2018
- “TPS to Employment-Based Green Card: Identifying Employment-Based Options for TPS Recipients Before It Is Too Late,” LA County Bar Association, Family-Based Immigration Law Symposium, Los Angeles, California, March 10, 2018
- “Forming and Dissolving Partnerships,” 2018 AILA Annual Conference, San Francisco, California, June 15, 2018
- “Temporary Protected Status is Over – Now What?”, Alameda County Bar Association, Oakland, California, July 24, 2018
- “Relief for the Undocumented in the Workforce”, 31st Annual AILA California Chapters Conference, San Diego, California, November 2, 2018
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2019 - 2024
- Rising Stars: 2015 - 2018
Certificates and credentials
Immigration and Nationality Law
