The HMA Law Firm - Immigration & Criminal Defense Lawyers

Call: 703.964.0245

  • Home
  • Our Team
  • Practice
    • Immigration >
      • Employment-Based Immigration >
        • The H-1B Visa
        • Investor and Intracompany Transfers (E & L Visas)
        • PERM Labor Certification >
          • Cross Chargeability
          • EB-5 Green Cards
      • Marriage & Fiancé Visas >
        • Special Service for Servicemen
        • Marriage Interview Questions
        • The I-751 Good Faith Waiver
        • Evidence for Filing an I-751
        • My I-751 Was Denied: Now What?
        • Same-Sex Marriage Immigration Issues
        • New 90 Day Rule
      • General Immigration >
        • Filing a FOIA from USCIS
        • Form G-639: How to Complete
        • Re-Entry Permits
        • TPS >
          • More on TPS
          • SYRIA TPS
          • TPS Yemen
        • U Visas
      • Legal Victories
      • How To Choose The Right Immigration Lawyer
      • Waivers (I-601/I-601A) >
        • Drunk Driving (DUI/DWI) and I-601/I-601A Waivers
      • Citizenship >
        • N-648 Medical Waivers
        • Naturalization Pitfalls
        • The Civics Test for Naturalization
        • Exceptions for English Test
        • Criminal Convictions and Naturalization
      • Mandamus: It's Taking Too Long >
        • Mandamus: What to Think, What to Expect
        • How an Immigration Writ of Mandamus Works
        • Petition for Hearing on Naturalization
      • Deportation Defense >
        • Overview of Removal Proceedings
        • Deportation: Preventive Maintenance
      • Deferred Action (DACA) >
        • To Lawyer Or Not To Lawyer
        • Applying for a Social Security Number
    • Criminal Defense >
      • Traffic Offenses
    • Learn >
      • Immigration In A Nutshell >
        • The Visa Bulletin and Family Immigration
      • Criminal Immigration Law 101 >
        • Know Your Rights
      • Eligibility for Citizenship >
        • Citizenship versus Naturalization
        • Why Become a Citizen?
  • Consult/Pay Fees
  • Testimonials
  • Careers
  • Blawg
  • En Español
    • Accion Ejecutiva
    • El Interdicto Temporal
    • Buscar Detenido
    • Reforma Inmigratoria
    • Papeles Por Los Indocumentados

SHARIFA ABBASI, ESQ. (Associate)

8133 Leesburg Pike, Suite 801
Vienna VA 22182   ​
Phone: (703) 964-0245 
Fax: (703) 997-8556
[email protected]

Bar Admissions:
Maryland (2010)
​Virginia (2015)


Court Admissions:
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (2015)

Memberships:
American Bar Association
Maryland State Bar Association


Education:
University of Baltimore School of Law, JD, 2010
George Mason University, BA, 200
6
Sharifa Abbasi, Esq.
Sharifa Abbasi, Esq.
Sharifa Abbasi is an Associate Attorney with the HMA Law Firm who is licensed in Virginia and Maryland.  Originally from Afghanistan, she focuses her practice in removal defense, U visas, citizenship matters, and business immigration. She appears on a weekly Dari language television show Shakha-ye-Dunya where she tackles important topics on US immigration for a worldwide Afghan audience. She regularly appears before USCIS and immigration courts and is a tireless advocate for her clients. 

Ms. Abbasi holds a law degree from the University of Baltimore where she represented several clients in removal proceedings while working with the Immigrant Rights Clinic.

Prior to joining the HMA Law Firm, Ms. Abbasi served as the Legal and Congressional Counselor with the Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington, DC. In this role, she frequently represented the Embassy’s legal interests before the U.S. Department of State, and managed all legal matters including detainee removal, contractual obligations, and bi-lateral agreements between Afghanistan and the U.S.  During this time, she also worked as of-counsel for the law firm of Valera and Associates where she advised clients on issues involving immigration related adjudications, inadmissibility and deportability grounds, asylum requests, adjustment of status, family-based issues, divorce rights, and citizenship processes.

In addition to being fluent in English and Dari (Farsi/Persian), Ms. Abbasi is conversational in Urdu and Spanish.

Quick Links

  • Our Team
  • Practice Areas
  • Executive Action
  • Consult

Contact Info

6 Pidgeon Hill DR., Suite 330,
Sterling, VA 20165, USA

Tel:  703.964.0245

Fax: 703.997.8556
Email: [email protected]

Subscribe to the HMA LawFeed

Picture

​Pay Fees Here

Book you consult online by clicking on this link now!

©2009 - 2021 by Hassan M. Ahmad. All rights reserved. No portion of this website may be copied or reproduced for any purpose without express written permission.