U.S. Immigration Team Profiles |
 Kyle Barella, Managing Attorney
Kyle Barella serves as the Managing Attorney for Barella Global's offices in London and Brussels. He is an experienced U.S. immigration lawyer handling investor visas, business expansion visas, family sponsorship matters, and admissibility issues. As a citizen of Chile, the United States, and Belgium, he brings a global perspective, spanning continents and cultures, to his practice.
In the business arena, Kyle assists entrepreneurs and foreign enterprises with their U.S. market entry through various visa categories. These include the E-2 Treaty Investor Visa, E-1 Treaty Trader Visa, L-1 Expansion/Intracompany Transfer Visa, B-1 in lieu of H-1B Visa, and O-1A Extraordinary Ability Visa. He also represents multinational companies in EB-1C permanent residency sponsorship for managers and executives, as well as individuals with extraordinary ability in securing their EB-1A or EB-2 NIW green cards. Beyond business, Kyle represents U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents (LPRs) in green card sponsorship cases for their foreign national spouses. Kyle particularly enjoys assisting U.S. citizens residing abroad in the UK or Europe with direct filing of their spousal sponsorship petitions through local U.S. consular posts, thereby significantly reducing processing times. He also works with clients seeking entry into the United States who require a waiver of inadmissibility due to criminal and controlled substance violations, misrepresentation and fraud, immigration violations, and other admissibility challenges. He has successfully obtained both temporary (212(d)(3)) and permanent (I-601) waivers for various inadmissibilities, including controlled substance violations and crimes involving moral turpitude (CIMT) for his corporate and individual clients. Kyle has contributed his experience to the legal community as a faculty member for the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Annual Conference and several AILA Rome District Chapter conferences. Additionally, Kyle is a member of the TRTCLE faculty, lecturing on U.S. immigration and visa topics in Continuing Legal Education (CLE) courses. Prior to establishing Barella Global, Kyle worked for a U.S. immigration practice based in London and served as External General Counsel for the EB-5 Investment Advisory firm, Choice Investments. Kyle earned his Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Ave Maria School of Law and holds a B.A. in History from George Mason University. During his undergraduate years, he studied Italian history at John Cabot University in Rome, Italy. Kyle is an active member of both the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and its Rome Chapter. He is proficient in Spanish in addition to his native English. Speaking engagements and lectures
Lecturer, “Admissibility Challenges and Waivers: Strategies for Nonimmigrant Visa Processing.” TRTCLE, Virtual, April 7, 2025. Speaker, “Weird and Wonderful Bs.” RDC Distance Learning Committee, Virtual, September 26, 2024. Speaker, “What You CEAC Is What You Get.” 2024 AILA RDC-EMEA Spring Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, March 4, 2024. Lecturer, “Pathways to the USA: Immigration Policies and Procedures.” TRTCLE, Virtual, September 14, 2023. Speaker, “NIVs: Creative Ways to Get Workers Here Quickly.” 2021 AILA RDC-EMEA Fall Conference, Virtual, November 16, 2021. Speaker, “Nonimmigrant Visa Consular Processing 101.” 2021 AILA Annual Conference, Virtual, June 9, 2021. Speaker, “Expanding Your International Horizon as a Lawyer: U.S. vs Europe - Differences in Practicing Law.” Ave Maria School of Law, Virtual, September 24, 2020. Speaker, “U.S. Immigration Options for Canadians.” Conférence Snowbirds en Floride, Aventura, Florida, January 28, 2013. admissions and memberships
Bar Admission: Virginia State Bar Member: American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Member: AILA Rome District - EMEA Chapter (RDC-EMEA) Faculty: TRTCLE (Continuing Legal Education Lecturer) |
 Cheyenne Whitfield, Attorney
Cheyenne is a preferred referral attorney for Barella Global and manages her own law practice in Tampa, Florida. She is a native of Queens, New York and a member of the Florida Bar. In addition to US immigration law, Cheyenne is a skilled criminal defense lawyer. She received her undergraduate degree from State University of New York (SUNY) Albany in Political Science and History. She received her Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Ave Maria School of Law in Naples, Florida.
Her passion is to help those in her community through the court system with their legal issues and to know they are in good hands. She continues to achieve this goal by being a great advocate on behalf of her clients. |
 Sal Gerbino, Attorney
Sal is a preferred referral immigration attorney for Barella Global and works independently in the New York City metro area. He received his undergraduate degree from Fordham University in New York City and his Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Ave Maria School of Law in Naples, Florida.
Sal is a skilled US business immigration lawyer, expert legal researcher, and a member of the New York State Bar. He has worked on a number of cases with multinational corporations engaged in high profile litigation. Sal is often called upon to provide expert advice on a variety of legal issues. In addition to English, Sal is fluent in Italian. |
 Anna Sonkina, Senior Paralegal & Client Services Manager
Anna is Barella Global's Senior Paralegal and Client Services Manager. Additionally, Anna is responsible for drafting the firm's corporate immigration business plans, and works on compliant business plans for the E-2, EB-5, and L-1 visa categories. Prior to Joining the Barella Global team, Anna worked in the EB-5 industry as a Registered Investment Advisor Representative with Choice Investments, and a Senior EB-5 Investment Coordinator for a Florida based EB-5 consulting firm.
Anna received her Bachelor’s of Science in Business Administration from the University of Colorado. She has extensive experience in business, particularly in the securities industry related to the EB-5 Investor Visa. She has communicated with a network of contacts and potential investors around the world, with a focus on Russia, the CIS countries, as well as Western Europe. In addition to English, Anna is fluent in Russian. |
