U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Afghan American Bar Association Membership Committee
State Bar of California, Member
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
I have been practicing immigration law since 2011 and over the course of the last 8 years, I have won many deportation immigration cases in San Francisco Immigration Court, obtained US citizenship for clients, obtained Lawful Permanent Resident status for many clients and won 601A hardships for dozens of clients whom had to go to their interviews at US Consulate in Ciudad Juarez and were successfully granted their visas to return to the United States as Lawful Permanent Residents, 2018
Representative Clients:
Since 2011 I have represented clients from all over the world including Africa, the Middle East, Central America and the United States. I have helped clients lawful permanent resident status, US citizenship. I have also done fiancee visas, spousal petitions and other types of family-based petitions. I have also represented clients in US immigration court and represented clients in removal/deportation proceedings successfully and have gotten them released from ICE custody and obtained legal status for them, 2018
Transactions:
I have been practicing immigration law since 2011 and have successfully handled the following type of transactions: I have represented clients all over the world including the United States and handled fiancee visas, spousal visas, family-based visas, 601A hardship waiver, citizenship applications and defended clients in US immigration courts successfully. I have won deportation cases for clients and obtained legal status for those clients in detention including VAWA, U visas, citizenship and Lawful Permanent Resident status, 2019
Pro bono/Community Service:
Provide legal advice at Immigration Legal Clinic at La Familia in Hayward, CA once a month. I have been doing this for the last 5 years and will continue to do this legal clinic, 2019
La Familia Legal Clinic in Hayward, CA. I have conducted pro bono legal clinic for the last 5 years a La Familia. CAIR: Board President from 2013 to 2016. Protected civil rights of Muslim Americans. Involved in immigration-related issues impacting Muslim Americans, 2019
Avid volunteer at the Immigrants’ Rights Clinic at Stanford University
Pro bono attorney with the Immigration Law Clinic at the University of California
Honors/Awards:
http://www.acgov.org/whof/inductees/2019/nasiri.htm Local leaders are honoring 12 women and two teenagers from throughout the county later this month with induction into the Alameda County Women's Hall of Fame. The annual program, organized by the county's Board of Supervisors and the Commission on the Status of Women, aims to spotlight the accomplishments and inspiring stories of women in Alameda County while also raising funds to support organizations serving local women and families. "Celebrating the inspiring achievements of this outstanding group of Women's Hall of Fame inductees will be the perfect way to recognize National Women's History Month in March," County Administrator Susan S. Muranishi, co-chair of the Women's Hall of Fame, said in a statement. The 2019 Hall of Fame Class will be honored during the 26th annual luncheon and awards ceremony March 30 in Oakland, Alameda County Woman Hall of Fame inductee, Alameda County, 2019
Selected as a Northern California “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers Magazine, 2015 and 2016
American Society of Legal Advocates listed her on their “Top 40 Lawyers Under 40”, 2015
Selected by the National Advocates as one of the Top 100 Immigration Lawyers, 2015
Educational Background:
University of California, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
Conducted know-your-rights presentations on a variety of legal issues affecting immigrant groups at the West County Detention Center in Richmond, California and Yuba County Detention Facility in Marysville, California Panelist speaking on tips to US attorneys on working with US Consulates around the world, Co-Panelist on live audio, AILA Tips for Working Effectively with US Consulates, AILA, US Immigration Attorneys, 2019
Other Outstanding Achievements:
Contra Costa Lawyer Magazine: U.S. Expands Restrictions on Visa Waiver Program for Visitors. http://cclawyer.cccba.org/2016/05/u-s-expands-restrictions-on-visa-waiver-program-for-visitors/, 2016
Local leaders are honoring 12 women and two teenagers from throughout the county later this month with induction into the Alameda County Women's Hall of Fame. The annual program, organized by the county's Board of Supervisors and the Commission on the Status of Women, aims to spotlight the accomplishments and inspiring stories of women in Alameda County while also raising funds to support organizations serving local women and families. "Celebrating the inspiring achievements of this outstanding group of Women's Hall of Fame inductees will be the perfect way to recognize National Women's History Month in March," County Administrator Susan S. Muranishi, co-chair of the Women's Hall of Fame, said in a statement. The 2019 Hall of Fame Class will be honored during the 26th annual luncheon and awards ceremony March 30 in Oakland, 2019