Jose Carlos de Wit

A Bit About Me

Jose de Wit is a U.S. immigration attorney, focusing on employment- and investment-based immigration. Jose represents entrepreneurs and investors, startups, and established businesses, as well as professionals and outstanding and talented individuals, in connection with employment-based nonimmigrant (temporary) and immigrant (green card) visa petitions and related matters. Jose also has extensive experience litigating immigration matters in immigration court, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and the federal courts, including mandamus actions to compel federal agency decisions in unreasonably delayed immigration matters and appeals from removal decisions to the federal circuit courts.

In addition to leading De Wit Immigration Law, Jose also serves as a subject-advisor to the tech startup Tukki, an online immigration services provider.

An immigrant born and raised in Guatemala himself, Jose understands the immigrant process from firsthand experience. He discovered his passion for helping other foreign nationals pursue the American Dream while studying law at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, where he helped clients with humanitarian applications as a member of the California Asylum Representation Clinic and served as Executive Editor of the Berkeley Journal of International Law. Before founding De Wit Immigration Law, Jose practiced commercial litigation and immigration law at both boutique and large international firms in California and Florida, and has practiced U.S. immigration and nationality law exclusively since 2017.

Jose became an attorney following a successful first career as an award-winning newspaper reporter and editor, covering government accountability and public education in New Mexico. He lives in North Miami, where he enjoys woodworking, and biking, paddling, and road-tripping across Florida with his wife, Karla; sons Benji and Matías; and pitbull-boxer mix, Priscilla.

Profile

Education

• University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, J.D., 2013
• Florida International University, B.S., 2007, Summa Cum Laude​

Admissions to Practice

• California, 2013
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2014
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2018

Professional Associations

• American Immigration Lawyers Association​

Languages

• English and Spanish