Giacomo Jacques Behar

Attorney Giacomo Jacques Behar is an EB-5 immigration attorney and the founder of the Behar International Council, an immigration law firm based in San Diego and Los Angeles. Attorney Behar and his associates concentrate and focus on naturalization and U.S. immigration laws.

The Behar International Council is a trusted immigration law firm. It is a group of immigration lawyers offering legal services to individuals, families, organizations, professionals, entertainers, businesses and investors who have immigration concerns. Attorney Behar and his associates offer various legal services in the area of U.S. immigration law. The services that they offer include deportation defense services (political asylum, convention against torture, withholding of removal, etc.), representation for clients in immigration courts in different jurisdictions (Las Vegas, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Diego, Denver, Chicago, New York, etc.), consular assistance, aid in family petitions and family-based immigration, business-based immigration, business or employment-based applications, tourist visas and more.

Attorney Behar has been a lawyer since 1993. As a lawyer for more than 20 years, he has vast experience in handling different immigration cases. He knows how difficult it is to be an immigrant and adjust to a new culture and environment. He dedicates himself to helping immigrants, like himself, live and work in the United States legally. Attorney Behar was born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey. Before studying in the United States, he studied in France, Italy, Switzerland and England. He came to the United States in 1981 to study and later became a naturalized U.S. citizen.

Attorney Behar studied linguistic studies in Interpreters’ School in Zurich, Switzerland. He completed his bachelor’s degree with a major in business administration and his Master of Business Administration in finance from U.S. International University in San Diego in 1983 and 1984, respectively. In 1992, attorney Behar finished his Juris Doctor degree at the California Western School of Law, in San Diego. He is admitted to practice law before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and California Supreme Court.

Attorney Behar has already helped hundreds of his clients with U.S. immigration concerns. He can handle different kinds of U.S. immigration cases and problems. He has helped families reunite in the country. Several employees were able to work and improve their careers because attorney Behar helped them with their employment-based visas. There are already several businesses that can legally operate in the country because of the assistance and aid provided by attorney Behar; he helps his investor clients complete the requirements demanded by U.S. immigration law. Attorney Behar also assists in green card and different types of visa applications.

Attorney Behar became a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) in 1993 and has been an active member ever since. He became chairman of the association’s San Diego chapter and is also active in the Mexico and Rome chapters.

Traveling to different countries and being exposed to different cultures and languages have aided attorney Behar in becoming multilingual. He can speak seven languages fluently. He can converse well in English, Italian, French, Spanish, German, Hebrew and Turkish.