Who We Are

Rachel SmithAt International Transfer Services we assist international (foreign national) prisoners gain approval to transfer back to their home countries to serve their sentence.

Rachel Smith is an internationally known prisoner transfer expert.  Since 1991, in her specialization in the treaty transfer process, she has assisted hundreds of foreign prisoners obtain transfers back to their home countries. These countries include Mexico, Canada, Costa Rica, Belgium, United Kingdom, Israel, Armenia, Tonga, to name just a few.  To see the current list of countries with which the United States has transfer treaties, please click here.


What Makes Us So Successful?

When we take a transfer treaty case and the prisoner becomes our client, we ensure that we handle our client’s case to the fullest extent possible.  We cannot guarantee an outcome -- but we do promise that we will do everything possible, and even what seems to be the impossible for most, to see that the goal of returning to their home country is accomplished.


We focus our assistance on the totality of the person by addressing those areas and giving support to our client’s individual needs.  We start from the premise that they are more than just the offense they committed – that they are human beings with positive attributes that need to be emphasized and promoted in the process of our representation.


The benefit of using our services in your effort to transfer or have your loved ones transferred cannot be overstated.  We have developed a network of people with whom we work to provide the best possible outcomes for our clients.  We have the administrative ability and drive to carry the procedures through to the end and the determination and sincerity to get the job done right.