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Frances J. Hayden has been practicing law for more than 21 years. She is a graduate of the prestigious School of Law at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), as well as the California Bar Association. Frances is fluent in Spanish and has her B.A. in Spanish Language and Literature from Western Washington University. For the past 15 years, she has focused on consular processing of non-immigrant visas at U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide, with a special emphasis on third-country national visa processing at border posts in Mexico and Canada. She and the attorneys associated with HaydenLaw travel with visa applicants to American consulates in Mexico and Canada several times each month. These trips keep Frances on top of all current visa regulations and ongoing policy changes.
She is a recognized expert in her field. For 2 years, she served as a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Liaison Committee with the U.S. State Department's Visa Office in Washington D.C. This important AILA committee is dedicated to maintaining open communication with the government to promote the fair interpretation of all U.S. immigration laws at U.S. consular offices worldwide. Frances also co-authors chapters on visa processing in Mexico City and Seoul, South Korea in "The Visa Processing Guide," a useful practical handbook for other immigration attorneys that is published each year. She has been a featured speaker and moderator at numerous AILA national conferences and other meetings on topics such as "Consular Processing Tips--What Works and What Doesn't."
Frances' hobby is collecting contemporary art from Haiti and Aboriginal art from Australia, along with many other handcrafted objects that she acquires during her travels.
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