Sadaf F Ahmed
Jeelani Law Firm, PLCJEELANI LAW FIRM, PLC is an immigration law practice which provides legal services to individuals and businesses throughout the U.S. The Firm handles all immigration matters including family based adjustment of status/green card cases, citizenship filings, waivers, appeals, K-1 Fiance visas, asylum, humanitarian parole, U and T-visas, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, employment authorization applications, travel permits, representation of businesses and employees when filing L1A/B Petitions, H1B petitions, and Permanent Labor petitions. In the case of investors who wish to receive status as an E1/E2 Treaty Trader/Investor or an EB-5 Investor, our office can help you structure a qualifying investment. Our firm also litigates immigration cases dealing with delayed adjudications as well as appellate matters before the U.S. Federal Courts, U.S. Immigration Courts, USCIS and the BIA. Given the complex nature of immigration law, inexperience can lead to many mistakes which will result in delays, denials, and loss of filing fees and valuable time. Contact our office so that we can help you make sense of what can and needs to be done. We will be there to represent you throughout the entire process.
- Immigration Law
- Asylum, Citizenship, Deportation Defense, Family Visas, Green Cards, Immigration Appeals, Investment Visas, Marriage & Fiancé(e) Visas, Student Visas, Visitor Visas, Work Visas
- Central District of Illinois
- District of Colorado
- Eastern District of Texas
- Eastern District of Wisconsin
- Indiana
- Indiana Supreme Court
- Northern District of Illinois
- Southern District of Texas
- Western District of Michigan
- Western District of Oklahoma
- Western District of Texas
- Federal District of Columbia
- English: Spoken, Written
- Hindi: Spoken
- Urdu: Spoken
- Senior Attorney
- Jeelani Law Firm, PLC
- - Current
- Associate Attorney
- Jeelani Law Firm, PLC
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- My primary experience is in asylum, humanitarian parole, naturalization, family-based adjustment cases, including consular processing, K-1 Fiance(e) visa, U-visas, VAWA, FOIA requests with USCIS, EOIR, and CBP, EOIR cases, and federal litigation dealing with delayed adjudications as well as appellate matters before the U.S. Federal Courts, U.S. Immigration Courts, USCIS and the BIA.
- Associate Attorney
- Law Offices of Cheng, Cho, & Yee
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- My primary focus was on consular processing and family based applications.
- Student Attorney
- DePaul University College of Law Asylum Clinic
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- Year long asylum clinic though DePaul University College of Law, working on both affirmative and defense removal cases.
- Research Assistant to Professor John F. Decker
- DePaul University College of Law
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- Researched and wrote summaries of Illinois judicial opinions focusing on substantive criminal issues for inclusion in the 2020 Annual Supplement to the Illinois Criminal Law (Lexis Law Publishers, 6th ed. 2018).
- Judicial Extern to Hon. Ronald F. Bartkowicz
- Circuit Court of Cook County
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- Researched substantive and procedural issues including requirement for MSJ, Motions to Convert Respondents in Discovery to Defendants, Interlocutory Orders, Forum Non Conveniens, researched and analyzed pending motions, wrote bench memoranda and drafted judicial orders.
- DePaul College of Law
- J.D. (2020)
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