Sandra Imelda Dorsthorst

Sandra Dorsthorst was born and raised in the Netherlands. She earned her Law degree from Utrecht University in 1995 and her Master of Laws degree from the University of Houston Law Center in 2001. Sandra is licensed to practice in New York. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the New York State Bar Association.

Sandra has extensive experience practicing immigration law. She worked as an attorney for the Immigration and Naturalization Service in the Netherlands, representing the Dutch government in a wide variety of business immigration, family-based immigration and asylum and deportation cases. Prior to joining our firm, Sandra worked as an immigration attorney in Houston, providing employment-based U.S. immigration services for small and large corporate clients, universities, health care facilities and individuals, including applications for B-1 OCS, E-1/E-2, H-1B, H-3, J-1, L-1, O-1, TN, labor certifications, multinational manager and executive immigrant petitions, outstanding researchers, extraordinary ability aliens, national interest waivers, and J-1 waivers for foreign physicians.

At Ilagan & Associates, P.C., Sandra devotes her law practice to employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant matters, family-based immigration and citizenship. She is fluent in French, Dutch and German and has a basic understanding of Spanish.