Sharif Silmi

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Sharif Silmi

5.0
Rating: 6.5

Licensed for 11 years

Immigration Lawyer at Catonsville, MD
Practice Areas: Immigration, Personal Injury

5707 Calverton Street 2A, Catonsville, MD

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About Sharif

Biography

Practice Areas

2

Practice Areas

Immigration 90%

12 years

90%
Personal Injury 10%

10%

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Licensed in District of Columbia for 11 years

State: District of Columbia

Acquired: 2014

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5707 Calverton Street 2A, Catonsville, MD, 21228

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Posted by anonymous | April 06, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

World-class Expert on EB1A!

Mr. Sharif is all you need to make your immigration case, especially EB1A successful. Not only does he bring a world-class expertise of the subject, but he is also strategic, methodical and professional. Mr. Sharif is a craftsman, a master at paying close attention to understanding the relevant and s...pecific details, and then presenting the case in a compelling manner. Mr. Sharif wouldn’t cut corners, and also understands that a long list may not necessarily be a good list. He is an expert at building an excellent case around what matters. He is focused, dependable, and works relentlessly to ensure that the case being submitted is perfect. In addition to being a result-oriented go-getter, Mr. Sharif is also very collaborative, open to listening, and a compassionate human being. Mr. Sharif is honest and communicates clearly. Mr. Sharif also patiently offered his kind guidance during the turbulent immigration environment of 2020. Further, working with Mr. Sharif has been enriching and rewarding as well. There is so much to learn from his unique insights and approach, and has helped me develop a better perspective for my life ahead. As a Happy, Thankful and Grateful client, I and my family shall always be indebted to Mr. Sharif and his A-team (Ms. Rabia, Ms. Gabriela, and Ms. Anais) for their wonderful support in making this life changing EB1A I-140 approval happen. I strongly recommend Mr. Sharif and his awesome team as a trusted partner in all immigration related matter, in particular for EB1A. We have naturally retained Mr. Sharif’s team for the AOS and future phases.

Posted by Singh | March 07, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

SUPER-EB1A-Attorney

While searching for a credible EB1A lawyer I came across Mr. Sharif’s videos on YouTube on the topic and liked the fact that he doesn’t have a cookie cutter approach towards preparing EB1A petitions. Our case was unique, and we were under a time crunch to avoid one of my children from aging out. On c...ontacting his law firm his assistant, Ms. Rabia, scheduled an hour-long appointment where he reviewed my profile and agreed to take my case. He guided us like a visionary in what will qualify as a strong evidence and will help our case and what won’t. He guided us to narrow down my field of endeavor in Information Technology, so that evidence could be made unique, more persuasive and effective. He evaluated the evidence I provided of my achievements in my field of endeavor and presented it in a very persuasive manner. Unfortunately, my case received an RFE, but Mr. Sharif helped us very strategically and methodically to respond to the RFE. He does not take shortcuts or cut corners in preparing the petition or response to an RFE even if it goes beyond 500 plus pages. Now we have our approved EB1A I-140 in our hand that gives us a great sigh of relief. We are very-much 'THANKFUL' to Mr. Sharif. My family will always be grateful to Mr. Sharif and his awesome team (Ms. Rabia and Ms. Gabriela) for the marvelous work they have done. If I were to use just one word for him, I would call him a 'SUPER-EB1A-Attorney.'

Posted by Moiz | November 06, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

Predominant Master for EB1A - Highly Recommend

After reading lot of review, recommendation and listing to various podcase, I knew that Sharif will be the best lawyer to handle my EB1A case, Sharif has the right recipe for EB1 cases. The movement he heard my story he assured me that my case will qualify for EB1A, Sharif is the lawyer who knows th...e right recipe for filling EB1A cases, he was Punctual, Utmost careful, Perfectionist, Professional, and Highly experienced. It was indeed all my pleasure to have Sharif retained as my attorney. During the case preparation, he was very professional and guided me throughout the process, from day one his approached to me was well established procedure and a firmed philosophy that they wanted me to succeed and they were ready to help. Following each step of the procedure, they were able to completely understand my credential, determine the best application strategy for me and finalize the petition package. I followed almost every instruction provided by him, he was very adamant to make sure he captures the right information and was not ready to accept anything. He never tends to the pressure from me to finish faster rather really focused on perfection when submission. We did go back and forth on few things to make sure that my case gets approved in first attempt itself. he is the best in his world. Sharif group has been very professional and impressive to work with on my EB1 Case. They took my border line EB1A case and made it a slam dunk. My case was filed at TSC and was approved in only 4 days to get the approval. It was definitely a second-to-none and hassle-free experience working with this highly experienced lawyer.

Posted by anonymous | September 17, 2020 | Immigration

The Guru of Green Card! Expert Best Immigration Specialist Attorney.

Attorney Sharif Silmi is The Guru of Green Card! He is ultimate attorney for all of your USA immigration needs he is best, you can't expect or get better than him. He is my attorney of counsel for life. He liberated me from all my USA immigration uncertainties. I wish I meet him 15 years ago. He wil...l fight for your rights and give justice to what you deserve by all possible means. He is brilliant, honest, committed and determined to get you best result. Wish you immense success. May almighty give you strength to serve people in need. God bless you and your firm!

Posted by Prathusha | September 10, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

Highly recommend Sharif for EB1A: Process Oriented, Methodological, Organized. In plain terms: Lawyer with Extraordinary ability

Based on recommendation from many of our friends, we reached out to Mr. Sharif (Shah Peerally group) about our EB1A case. We have done extensive research and spent many years hunting down the options just to understand if my profile makes  a good eligible EB1A case or not. Other lawyers reviewed my r...esume (Not my profile) and suggested that I go with other categories (Eg: NIW EB2) or get a PhD or more citations. None of that sounded reasonable and we definitely backed out on the EB1A idea until we spoke to Sharif. Honestly, we were a little speculative in the beginning (Based on our bitter experience with other lawyers). Sharif did not give us any false expectations just to get us onboarded. He reviewed my profile, took time to understand and evaluated my field of endeavor in-depth before he commented on the chances of approval for my EB1A case. He is process oriented and I believe that is the key behind his success rate. He explained in detail and guided us all along. He is very collaborative, considerate and spent a great deal of time to make sure that my case satisfies the outlined statutory guidelines and presented every single evidence to prove the same to the government. My case was received by USCIS on 06/25/2020 and got Approved on 07/02/2020. I couldn't believe how quick that happened. EB1A means a lot to any individual and their family and approval takes a lot of stress out. God bless Sharif for caring deeply about his clients and helping many families in this regard. Despite being exceptionally talented he is humble, honest and open for suggestions and critiques. Please consult sharif or associate with him on your EB1A case. He knows immigration law inside-out and his outstanding record of success speaks for itself. 

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Shah Peerally

Immigration lawyer

Experience

Rating:  6.5 (Good)

Associations

2016 - Present

American Immigration Lawyers Association

Member

2016 - Present

American Bar Association

Member

Education

2013

McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific

JD - Juris Doctor

Languages

Arabic

Spanish

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