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Barbara J. Brandes

4.8
Rating: 6.8

Licensed for 46 years

Immigration Lawyer at New York, NY
Practice Areas: Immigration

225 Broadway Ste 900, New York, NY

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Licensed in New York for 46 years

State: New York

Acquired: 1980

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Barbara J Brandes

225 Broadway Ste 900, New York, NY, 10007-3785

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71 Client Reviews

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Posted by Michelle | March 02, 2018 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

Michelle

Barbara is a great attorney. She helped me get my visa, and I'm thankful for that. She is very experienced, and alway come up with the right suggestions for her clients. All her team are very speedy and efficiency, have all the paperwork done without any delay. Highly Recommend.

Posted by anonymous | February 18, 2018 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

Green Card and Citizen

Barbara is an excellent Lawyer. The previous lawyer I hired did not do anything but told me to wait on a response from USCIS. His response was its a difficult case and he cant do much. Someone recommended Barbara and She knew pushed ahead and told us what documents we needed. She made phone calls a...nd worked on my case. She did a lot work on my behalf. I got my Green Card. Today I am A Citizen. I would recommend Barbara, she knows immigration law and can help anyone.

Posted by Yougeeta | April 14, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

ONE OF A KIND

Barbara J. Brandes, is the most professional, honest, straight forward, and intelligent immigration attorney I have ever met. She can literally do the impossible. The support and information she provides cannot be found anywhere else. I would recommend her without a second thought. I would not trust... anyone but Ms.Brandes. Anyone looking for immigration advice, information or just some support, I recommend her. You will leave her office with a smile and courage.

Posted by Bessy & Family | March 24, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

Barbara J. Brandes Best Law Firm Team in the City

Barbara and her Team of Associates have helped my family in a way that no other Lawyers have done. I had 2 Lawyers take my husbands case in the past, 1 through work & one through marriage; unfortunately they both ended up being fraudulent. With our hopes being chatters we needed to make sure that we... had a case in our hands through the I-601A Waiver. We went to another lawyer Wilens & Baker to get one last opinion & this man crushed our hopes completely, telling us that "there was no way he can become Legal" with a minor arrest he had when he was 20. My husband & I were so depressed. A few month later my High school friend called me & told me about this wonderful lawyer that had help him & his entire Family become legal in this country. I reached out to Barbara for a consultation right away. She took a look at our case with a minor arrest and gave us the biggest news of ALL. We had a great case in our hands & we didn't hesitate to start working together right away. I started gathering all the information & documents needed for my husbands case at the end of 2015; it took me a few months to get all the paper work together. Once I handed the lawyers the documents in May of 2016 we got ready to file. I started working with Brenda Bishop one of Barbara's associates, she's an amazing lawyer. Her and Barbara worked together in order for the case to go out. Barbara Brandes was the one reviewing all the documents and getting them approved for the case to go to immigration. It took about 3 months to put our case together with Family, Friends Affidavits & most important My affidavit. I gathered pictures of how our life is & WHY is important for my husband to return to his Family in USA. Our I601-A Application for Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver case is very strong about 300+ pages. I have to thank Brenda & Barbara for their hard work & the dedication that they both put into our case. My husbands case went out to Immigration on 9/30/16 we got the receipt that it was received on 10/5/16. Normally you get the receipt that it's received within 2-3 wks. When I told Brenda she was surprised & told me that they will schedule him for Biometric in a about a month or two. For our surprise we got his fingerprints appt. the following week for 10/28/16. Unfortunately, Victor had an accident at work & had Shatter bones on his foot needed surgery that wk. But we waited for surgery due to Appt with immigration. About a month later Victor & I found out that we were having another baby, unplanned and in shock due t o my husband injury; we let our lawyers know the situations. Processing times in January of 2017 were 4/30/16. We still had a long way to wait for our waiver to be approved. Brenda call us after the holidays that Barbara had a connection in Missouri. I asked her "for what" she explained that he was the head of that department and he will find Victors case that if we included the situations it will help our case. This didn't mean that we will get approved right away processing times were 6/2/16. We still had a few months to wait. I gather all the documents for Victors accident & my Pregnancy; from our doctors in order to make our case stronger for immigration to approve it. On 1/20/17 Brenda send me an email for me to know that they E-mail the new Amended I-601A to the top guy at the National Benefits Center, where all the I-601As are processed. I had hopes that we will get an answer in a few months; to my SURPRISED & EVERYONE else we got an APPROVED I-601A WAIVER on 1/25/17 it was Amazing. Barbara's contact HELP 100% to me its a miracle. We are now at the last step Consular Processing. For this part of our case the one helping us is another associate. Luciana & I put the case together in 3 wks. Now as of 2/15/17 the NVC has our application DS-260 & the documents to be review. We are now waiting for Interview date. I have RECOMMEND BARBARA to everyone that needs help with immigration. Barbara & her Associates are THE BEST

Posted by Stephanie | February 19, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

Barbara is a great lawyer

Barbara made it happened, when for 8 years I had another lawyer who did not do anything for me except taking my money. At that time, my Greencard application was denied. After contacting Barbara, she cleared my situation in less than 2 years and got me the Greencard. As today. I have a Greencard free... to work anywhere in the US. She gave me the best advices when I was in the worst situation. Barbara cares about people and that is what make a big difference in this world. Thank you from me and my daughter Lilou. A bientot.

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"Barbara J. Brandes is one of the top immigration lawyers in New York City if not the entire country. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and is active in the community. She volunteers for numerous pro-immigrant groups providing free consultations and legal advice to those who cannot afford to pay for a lawyer. She practices all areas of immigration law and is known and respected as an expert in the field. In my 5 years working with her, she took on numerous difficult and complex cases and won countless cases using her advanced experience in the field, unique, advanced, and creative legal arguments, and her never-take-no-for-an-answer attitude. No immigration lawyer will fight harder for a client than Barbara, and no lawyer will "give it to you straight" the way Barbara will; never giving a potential or current client false hope but always basing her theory and predicted success rate of the case in her experience and also reality."

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Experience

Rating:  6.8 (Good)

Work Experience

1986 - Present

Founder/ immigrationattorney, Brandes & Associates,LLC

Education

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Yeshiva University

Languages

Spanish

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