
Remzi Guvenc Kulen
U.S. immigration attorney in NY helping clients build their American dreams
As the founding attorney of Kulen Law Firm, I have represented thousands of individual and corporate clients in a wide range of U.S. immigration matters nationwide. My practice primarily focuses on nonimmigrant work visas (including H-1B, L-1, E-2, O-1, TN), employment-based green card applications, and family-based immigration petitions. I have extensive experience handling complex immigration strategies for professionals, business owners, investors, and multinational executives.
I am particularly passionate about investment immigration, including E-2 treaty investor visas, EB-5 immigrant investor green cards, and structuring lawful foreign investments into the United States to support long-term residency. I have successfully obtained approvals in high-profile EB-1 Extraordinary Ability and EB-2 National Interest Waiver (NIW) cases across a wide array of fields, including technology, academia, arts, and entrepreneurship.
Beyond my casework, I actively create educational content on immigration law updates, visa types, and U.S. immigration policy changes, sharing resources through social media, newsletters, and a Turkish-language immigration blog. This outreach reflects my ongoing commitment to making complex legal information more accessible to both Turkish-speaking clients and global audiences.
Since 2004, I have been a proud member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and a regular attendee at the SelectUSA Investment Summit, where I support foreign investors interested in U.S. business opportunities. I earned my LL.B. from Marmara University Law Faculty in 1998 and graduated with distinction from the LL.M. program at Tulane Law School in 2002. I have been a licensed New York immigration lawyer since 2001.
Fluent in both English and Turkish, I work with clients worldwide who seek reliable and result-driven immigration solutions. Outside of work, I enjoy traveling, playing soccer, and table tennis. I live in NYC with my wife and two daughters.
- Immigration Law
- Asylum, Citizenship, Deportation Defense, Family Visas, Green Cards, Immigration Appeals, Investment Visas, Marriage & Fiancé(e) Visas, Student Visas, Work Visas
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Extraordinary Ability Visas (O-1)
- National Interest Waiver (EB-2 NIW)
- PERM Labor Certification
- Employment-Based Green Cards
- Adjustment of Status (AOS)
- FaceTime
- Google Meet
- Zoom
- Credit Cards Accepted
- New York
- New York State Office of Court Administration
- ID Number: 3961661
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Turkish: Spoken, Written
- Founder & Managing Attorney, Kulen Law Firm
- Kulen Law Firm P.C.
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- Founder & Managing Attorney, Kulen Law Firm Kulen Law Firm P.C. 2009 – Present | New York, NY Founder and managing attorney of Kulen Law Firm, a full-service U.S. immigration and business law practice based in New York and serving clients across all 50 states and internationally. I represent individuals, families, and corporations in a wide range of immigration matters, including employment-based visas (H-1B, L-1, O-1, TN), investor visas (E-2, EB-5), green card applications (EB-1, EB-2/NIW), and Adjustment of Status. Our firm also handles asylum, deportation defense, immigration appeals, marriage-based green cards, fiancé(e) visas (K-1), citizenship and naturalization, student visas (F-1), visitor visas (B-1/B-2), and Change of Status requests. I lead a multilingual legal team focused on strategic, detail-oriented, and results-driven representation tailored to each client’s unique immigration goals. Website: https://www.kulenlawfirm.com
- Tulane Law School
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- AMERICAN IMMIGRATION LAWYERS ASSOCIATION (AILA)  # 20112
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- Activities: He previously served at AILA NY Chapter's Department of Labor, Advocacy and Corporate Law committees and was a speaker in panels about immigration law topics.
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- New York State Bar  # 3961661
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- H1B Visa Understanding the Process
- Remzi G. Kulen
- A Complete Guide to Consular Processing
- Remzi G. Kulen
- EB2 Green Card Guide
- Remzi G. Kulen
- Member of American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
- American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
- Q. Should we consolidate separate asylum applications filed in 2017?
- A: I am surprised they issued you receipt notices for both cases field in 2017. In those years they did not have a system where both spouses can file separate asylum cases and be receipted.
Whether you should withdraw one case depends on several factors.
Are both cases strong? Or is one weaker than the other? Likelihood of approval is the biggest determining factor here.
The other consideration is that Fairfax asylum office usually holds on to the decision of a spouse's asylum case until the other spouse's asylum claim gets adjudicated. So if you want to follow both cases, they should be ready to make a decision in both of them for you to get a response in either case. You ... Read More
- Q. How to reinstate a mistakenly withdrawn I-130 petition and appeal an I-485 denial due to suspected identity theft?
- A: Even if you contact USCIS and appeal the 130 and the 485, it is possible that USCIS will not reopen the case. Even if it does, it may take a very long time. Congress assistance may work in this case. Contact your congressman and try to get help for this case. Elected official help is great for these interesting scenarios. I have done it many times.
Also, it might be a good idea to refile the 130 just in case your father may not return with that advance parole. This would save you time, since your father would probably need to consular process his green card - in case USCIS will not reopen the 130 and the 485.
- Q. Will an unsuccessful DV lottery adjustment affect my OPT eligibility if not processed by September 30?
- A: OPT is not automatically affected by a DV lottery application (which happens by filing an I-485 application). The timing is important. If you cannot get the DV lottery by September 30, technically you do not have immigrant intent anymore, because you cannot get a DV lottery green card after September 30. If you are filing the I-765 for the OPT after September 30, you have no immigrant intent. It is also important that you maintain your F-1 status.
If you have to file the I-765 for OPT while the I-485 is pending, a USCIS officer may think that you have immigrant intent, and may question the I-765. That being said, I have never seen this happen. I think the reason is that I-765 is a benefit ... Read More