The termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans was temporarily halted by a court order on March 31, 2025.
Continue Reading Court Order Temporarily Halts TPS Termination for Venezuelans, Extends Work Authorization Dates

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Kate Kalmykov Co-Chairs the Immigration & Compliance Practice. She focuses her practice on business immigration and compliance. She represents clients in a wide-range of employment based immigrant and non-immigrant visa matters including students, trainees, professionals, managers and executives, artists and entertainers, treaty investors and traders, persons of extraordinary ability and immigrant investors.
Kate has deep experience working on EB-5 immigrant investor matters. She regularly works with developers across a variety of industries, as well as private equity funds on developing new projects that qualify for EB-5 investments. This includes creation of new Regional Centers, having projects adopted by existing Regional Centers or through pooled individual EB-5 petitions. For existing Regional Centers, Kate regularly helps to prepare amendment filings, file exemplar petitions, address removal of conditions issues and ensure that they develop an internal program for ongoing compliance with applicable immigration regulations and guidance. She also counsels foreign nationals on obtaining greencards through either individual or Regional Center EB-5 investments, as well as issues related to I-829 Removal of Conditions.
Kate also works with various human resources departments on I-9 employment verification matters as well as H-1B and LCA compliance. She regularly counsels employers on due diligence issues including internal audits and reviews, as well as minimization of exposure and liabilities in government investigations.
The termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans was temporarily halted by a court order on March 31, 2025.
Continue Reading Court Order Temporarily Halts TPS Termination for Venezuelans, Extends Work Authorization Dates
In this episode of Greenberg Traurig’s Big Law Redefined Podcast Immigration Insights Series, Kate Kalmykov and Miriam Thompson delve into the topic of I-9 compliance, a concern for employers in…
Continue Reading Immigration Insights Episode 12 | I-9 Compliance: Protecting Your Business in a Changing Regulatory LandscapeHosts Kate Kalmykov and Faraz Qaisrani delve into immigration directives, including increased visa scrutiny, changes to processing times, and new measures affecting business immigration. They address shifts in H-1B interpretation…
Continue Reading Immigration Insights Episode 11 | Immigration Executive Actions and What This Means for EmployersIn this episode of GT’s Immigration Insights series, Greenberg Traurig attorneys Kate Kalmykov and Jennifer Hermansky examine President Donald Trump’s recent announcement about introducing a Trump Gold Card, a new…
Continue Reading Immigration Insights Episode 10 | EB-5 and the Trump Gold Card: Insights on Investment Immigration ReformIn this episode of GT’s Immigration Insights series, host Kate Kalmykov is joined by Albalira Montufar, Partner and Head of the Immigration Practice at Morgan and Morgan. They discuss what…
Continue Reading Immigration Insights Episode 9 | The Ins and Outs of Obtaining Permanent Residency in PanamaThe Trump administration has issued a number of executive orders since taking office that impact immigration. While these do not directly target employers or address business immigration, they nevertheless may impact employers and their workforce.
Continue Reading Summary of 2025 Immigration-Related Executive Orders
In this episode of GT’s Immigration Insights series, host Kate Kalmykov is joined by Jill Jones, Head of Specialty Administration/General Counsel US, JTC, to discuss the EB-5 Reform & Integrity…
Continue Reading Immigration Insights Episode 8 | Decoding the RIA: The Essential Role of Fund Administrators in EB-5 Regional Center OfferingsIn this episode of GT’s Immigration Insights series, host Kate Kalmykov is joined by GT colleague Jennifer Hermansky to discuss USCIS regional center audits, including an introduction of the RIA…
Continue Reading Immigration Insights Episode 7 | What to Expect in USCIS EB-5 Regional Center AuditsIn this episode of Greenberg Traurig’s Immigration Insights series, host Kate Kalmykov is joined by Kara Bombach, chair of GT’s Washington, D.C., International Trade Group, to discuss export controls…
Continue Reading Immigration Insights Episode 6 | The Convergence of Immigration Law and International TradeIn this episode of Greenberg Traurig’s Immigration Insights series, host Kate Kalmykov is joined by GT colleagues and Labor & Employment Shareholders Kristine Feher and Raquel Lord to discuss common…
Continue Reading Immigration Insights Episode 5 | Where Employment and Immigration Law Collide: Tips for In-House Counsel and HR Managers