Kevin D. Slattery

KEVIN D SLATTERY obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in both Political Science and French from the University of Notre Dame in 1997. While at the University of Notre Dame, he was an active member of both the Notre Dame Council on International Business Development and the national political science honor society Pi Sigma Alpha. During his time at Notre Dame, he also studied abroad for one academic year at the Université Catholique de l’Ouest in Angers, France. In 1998, Mr. Slattery participated in the NAFTA Leaders Internship Program at the Washington Center for Internships & Academic Seminars in Washington, DC, partaking in a series of lectures and seminars designed to address the policy implications of the North American Free Trade Agreement. In 2003, he obtained his law degree from the University of Florida College of Law, where he was an active member of both Florida Law Review and the international legal fraternity Phi Delta Phi. While in law school, Mr. Slattery was the recipient of the International Human Rights Law Book Award as well as the Legal Drafting Book Award. He also spent an academic summer abroad through the university’s law program at the Université de Montpellier in Montpellier, France. Following completion of his legal studies, Mr. Slattery served as a judicial law clerk at the Connecticut Appellate Court. In 2006, Mr. Slattery opened Kevin D. Slattery, P.A., a law firm dedicated to the practice of immigration law. The firm is located in Tampa, FL, and offers assistance in family-based and employment-based immigration matters as well as in removal defense. Mr. Slattery is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and is admitted to practice law in Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Florida, the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.

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Connecticut

Since 2004

District of Columbia

District of Columbia Bar

Since 2005

Florida

Since 2004

11th Circuit

Since 2013

United States District Court for the District of Connecticut

Since 2005

United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Since 2006

United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Since 2012

Immigration Attorney

Kevin D. Slattery, P.A.

2006 - Current

University of Florida

J.D. | Law

2001 - 2003

Honors: J.D., Cum Laude; Legal Drafting Book Award, Fall 2002; International Human Rights Law Book Award, Spring 2003

Activities: Law Review; Phi Delta Phi (legal fraternity), Philanthropy Officer; American Bar Association (student member); American Immigration Lawyers Association (student member); Association of Trial Lawyers of America (student member); John Marshall Bar Association (student bar association - member); Summer Law Program in Montpellier, France

University of Notre Dame

B.A. | Government & International Relations; French

1993 - 1997

Honors: B.A., Cum Laude; Pi Sigma Alpha (national political science honor society)

Activities: Notre Dame Council on International Business Development; Stage Universite Notre-Dame en France (SUNDEF) XXIX

l'Université Catholique de l'Ouest, Angers, France

Certificat de Langue Française; Certificat de Langue et de Civilisation Françaises (1995) | General undergraduate studies during academic year abroad

1994 - 1995

Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Tampa Bay

Member

2014 - Current

French American Chamber of Commerce of Tampa Bay

Member

2012 - Current

American Immigration Lawyers Association

Member

2001 - Current

Employment Discrimination Law, 4th Ed., Vol. 1, Chapter 23 - Employment Agencies (Contributor)

BNA Books

2007

Immigration Law, OUT of the Closet and IN Your Office, Stetson University College of Law

October 23, 2015

Florida Association of LGBT Lawyers & Allies, Inc., LGBT Bar Association of Tampa Bay, Inc.

What’s it really like being an immigrant?, St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs, USF St. Petersburg

February 17, 2017

Here’s a tweet: build that wall and make them pay., St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs, USF St. Petersburg

February 15, 2017

Citizens of God's Kingdom: Immigration and our Christian Faith, St. Jerome Catholic Church, Largo, FL

May 22, 2016

Family Law Bootcamp, 28th Annual American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Central Florida Chapter (CFC) Conference, Clearwater Beach, FL

October 18, 2014

American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Central Florida Chapter (CFC)

Q. Will a NO FILE disposition with a NOT GUILTY plea affect my citizenship chances?

April 17, 2025

A: Given the age of the alleged crime and given that U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services will be focusing on the past 5 years (or 3 years if basing your case on marriage & cohabitation with your U.S. Citizen spouse) for evaluating good moral character, you should be ok if that is your only criminal arrest. Consider scheduling, however, a consultation with a competent and experienced immigration attorney who can evaulate all of your facts against all of the requirements for naturalization. There are, for example, certain physical presence and continuity of residence requirements for which you did not provide any information in your question. Many attorneys offer online video consultations. Good luck! ... Read More

Q. Australian citizen with pending marriage-based adjustment of status seeks re-entry advice after travel on advance parole.

April 17, 2025

A: There are within U.S. immigration law 3 and 10 year bars to reenty for one who, prior to departing the United States, overstayed by more than 6 months or by more than 1 year, respectively. In Matter of ARRABALLY and YERRABELLY, 25 I&N Dec. 771 (BIA 2012), however, the Board of Immigration Appeals held that an alien who leaves the United States temporarily pursuant to a grant of advance parole does not thereby make a “departure" for purposes of triggering the 3 or 10 year bar to reentry. Advance parole does not cure, however, any other potential ground of inadmissibility, such as past criminal history.

For those who enter using ESTA, a condition of that program is that one arrested inside the United States by immigration officials for overstaying, he or she cannot contest his or her removal if the government chooses to remove him or her as a consequence of overstaying. By leaving and reentering on advance parole, you may actually put yourself in a better position in terms of avoiding the Department of Homeland Security ever attempting to remove you expeditiously (without a hearing in front of an immigration judge). This would be so because after entering on parole, one would argue you are now here as a parolee, not as an ESTA entrant. Of course, whether you might experience any problems with U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) at the time of your attempted reentry using your advance parole; that is difficult to say because any attorney answering your question does not work for CBP. If you have anything in your background (e.g., past negative immigration history, criminal history, etc.) that might give CBP reason to not allow you to reenter despite having advance parole, then consider scheduling a consultation with a competent and experienced immigration attorney who can flush out all possible issues.

The overstay itself also should not pose a problem with respect to your eligiblity to adjust status. For spouses of U.S. Citizens, several particular immigration violations, including overstay, can be forgiven without need even to file a waiver.

Again, consider scheduling a consultation with a competent and experienced immigration attorney before departing. Many offer online video consultations. ... Read More

Q. How can I marry my Ecuadorian fiancé in Florida and adjust her status?

April 9, 2025

A: Consider scheduling a consultation with a competent and experienced immigration attorney. Typically, one who has entered using a visitor visa is admitted for 6 months. If you were hoping to marry on a date that is more than 6 months from her entry date, she would necessarily enter a period of unlawful presence, which although can be excused in the context of a marriage to U.S. Citizen-based adjustment of status case, would open her up to a charge of removabiliry. You might then ask if she could request an extension of visitor status. That would not be an option if she has the intent to immigrate, as one must demonstrate nonimmigrant intent in an extension of visitor status request. An attorney can review with you strategies that fit your facts. Again, consult with an attorney. ... Read More