About Kanter & Romo Immigration Law Office

Kanter & Romo Immigration Law Office specializes in temporary employment visas and permanent residence for professionals, entrepreneurs, and families. We are conveniently located in Sacramento, California and serve clients throughout California, the U.S. and abroad.

ATTORNEYS

Alanna PerezAlanna Perez Romo, Principal Attorney

Alanna Perez Romo is an Attorney admitted to the California State Bar in June 2016. She worked for Kanter Immigration Law Office as an immigration specialist for the 10 years prior to her Bar admission. In 2017, she founded Kanter & Romo Immigration Law Office, PC with her longtime mentor, Ann Kanter.

Alanna has extensive experience in employment-based immigration law, handling H-1B, TN, L-1 and O-1 visas, PERM labor certification applications, I-140 immigrant visa petitions (including National Interest Waivers), and both employment and family-based adjustment of status applications. Additionally, she has become quite knowledgeable in handling immigration options for physicians, including Conrad-30 J-1 visa waivers and Physician National Interest Waivers. Alanna is also experienced in handling family-based I-130 immigrant visa petitions and K-1 Fiancé(e) visa petitions, including consular processing.

Alanna is a graduate of Lincoln Law School of Sacramento, having completed the evening law program while at the same time maintaining a full-time caseload at the firm. She was awarded her JD in May 2015 and holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in International Relations from California State University, Sacramento (CSUS).

Ann KanterAnn Kanter, Of Counsel

Ann Kanter is a founding member of Kanter & Romo Immigration Law Office, PC, and is now in “of counsel” status after over 45 years in law practice specializing in employment-based and family-based visa and immigration matters. The firm has been AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell, and Ann has been included on the Thomson Reuters list of Super Lawyers in Northern California every year since 2006.

A graduate of the University of California’s Hastings College of Law, Ann is a past national board member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). She has authored numerous articles for AILA national conference proceedings and is a former Visiting Professor at the UC Davis School of Law.

Ann enjoys bridging her volunteer work in the Sacramento legal community with the local literary and arts community. She has served on the executive committee of Operation Protect and Defend, a program of lawyers and judges committed to civics education in public high schools, chairing the arts component of the program. She is a member of the Advisory Board of California Lawyers for the Arts. In addition, she has been an advocate and speaker for work-life balance in the legal profession for organizations such as the California Continuing Education of the Bar.

STAFF

Melanie Johnson is our Senior Immigration Specialist, with more than 13 years of experience with the firm. She specializes in complex employment-based matters, including work visas and the permanent residence process for small employers, and for consultants required to travel or be placed at third-party worksites and/or multiple locations.

She is particularly knowledgeable in regards to the PERM Labor Certification process, which she has helped employers navigate since its inception in 2005. She also assists employers and self-filing applicants who are able to bypass the PERM process by filing immigrant petitions in the categories of Extraordinary Ability, National Interest Waivers, Outstanding Professors or Researchers, and Schedule A Group II.

Melanie also is experienced with family-based immigration and naturalization to U.S. citizenship. She studied Social Work and Women’s Studies at California State University, Sacramento.


Jordyn Lyon Chapman is a Legal Assistant at Kanter and Romo Immigration Law Office, where she provides essential support preparing employment-based and family-based petitions. During her time with the firm, she has gained experience preparing H-1B nonimmigrant visa petitions, naturalization applications and both employment and family-based adjustment of status applications.

Jordyn is a graduate of the University of California, Davis holding a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations. She is currently a graduate student in the Elliot School of International Affairs at George Washington University in Washington D.C.

Jordyn has traveled extensively, and previously spent a year studying Arabic in Amman, Jordan.

The Firm

 

Expertise

Legal and consulting services to employers, investors, and employees on the latest developments in U.S. business immigration laws.

 

Experience

State-certified specialist with over 30 years in the field representing international clients from all regions of the world.

 

Professional Network

Close working relationships with expert attorneys throughout the U.S. and overseas.