Attorney Profile

Barbara E. Erlandson has been practicing exclusively in the area of Immigration and Naturalization Law since 1999.  She is fluent in Spanish.

Barbara represents individuals with immigration cases at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service, the Immigration Court, U.S. Consulates throughout the world, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and the Administrative Appeals Office.  She assists individuals with a variety of nonimmigrant and immigrant visas including fiance(e) and visitor visas, applications for permanent residence (green card) through marriage and other family members, and applications for U.S. Citizenship. She has processed applications for temporary status and work authorization through the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure programs and deferred action status and work authorization for victims of serious crimes (U Interim relief).  She also helps victims of domestic abuse obtain permanent residence through the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and individuals from Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala obtain permanent residence status through the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Acts (NACARA).

Barbara received her undergraduate Bachelor of Arts degrees in Management and Spanish from the College of St. Benedict in St. Joseph, MN. During her junior year of college she studied in Madrid, Spain. She graduated with honors from the William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota.  During law school, Barbara clerked as an intern at the Immigration Court in Bloomington, MN. She also worked as a law clerk at Centro Legal in St. Paul, MN and a law firm in Minneapolis, MN.  Prior to attending law school, Barbara worked at the Peace Corps headquarters office in Washington, D.C. from 1991-1996 and she served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Costa Rica from 1988-1990.

                                 Education

William Mitchell College of Law, St Paul, Minnesota, 1999
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
Honors: Cum Laude

College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, Minnesota, 1987
B.A. Bachelor of Arts
Major: Management and Spanish


American Immigration Lawyer's Association (AILA)

Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA)

Hennepin County Bar Association (HCBA)

                                     Languages

Spanish