Matt Mauntel

Matt Mauntel-Medici is a business immigration counsel backed by deep government experience. Matt guides his clients on the full range of employment-related immigration matters. As a former U.S. diplomat, Matt is uniquely positioned to help his clients navigate the full range of visa classes. He advises for-profit and nonprofit entities on immigration strategy and compliance, consular processing, visa interview preparation, visa ineligibility waivers, PERM applications and immigration for leaders in research, business and the arts. He works with a variety of industries, including: - Medical organizations - Energy companies - Education institutions - Financial services businesses Matt’s clients benefit from his deep and diverse immigration and management experience, which includes serving in the U.S. Department of State (DOS) as vice consul in Brazil and Ireland. There, he led the adjudication of immigrant and non-immigrant visas, including E, H, J, L, O and P visas, and was a subject matter expert on complex visa cases involving presidential proclamations, national interest exception review and visa ineligibility waiver requests. Before his time at DOS, Matt held in-house roles for a multinational professional services firm, where he managed several teams and processes for global procurement and corporate risk management.