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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Licenses

Licensed in District of Columbia for 11 years

State: District of Columbia

Acquired: 2014

Good Standing

No misconduct found

Location

Silmi Law

5707 Calverton Street 2A, Catonsville, MD, 21228

silmilaw.com/

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Posted by Ashish | May 25, 2021 | Hired Attorney

Rockstar immigration attorney

Summary: Attorney Sharif is an immigration guru. You should definitely consult with him if you are looking for an intelligent, honest, and trustworthy immigration lawyer. When I was contemplating pursuing the EB-1A path for my Green Card a few months ago, I came across Attorney Sharif Silmi’s high...ly informational YouTube channel. When I was ready to move forward with my petition, I interviewed about ten immigration lawyers. I chose to move forward with him because of his in-depth experience in this area and unique insights & winning strategies he shared with me during the initial consultation call. I have worked with several immigration firms throughout my career on various employment visa-related issues, including a very well-known immigration firm that my employer retained in 2020 to petition an EB-1B case for me (which wasn’t successful). Compared to other immigration firms/lawyers, working with Attorney Sharif’s team was so refreshing and impressive. Attorney Sharif is highly detail-oriented, systematic, and methodological. He not only explained all the EB-1A requirements in detail, but he also described what I exactly need to do to satisfy those requirements and shared his insights on how a USCIS adjudicator would evaluate my petition. Attorney Sharif is passionate and committed. He and his team are highly reliable, approachable, and helpful. Outside of our regular video calls, I asked them a lot of questions, and they got back to me all the time within 24 hours. I got to participate in the entire process closely and felt like a core member of their team. He maintains a really high bar for quality. After the petition draft was ready, we went back and forth a few times to ensure that our final petition was of excellent quality. My EB-1A petition was filed with Premium Processing at the NSC in April 2021 and got approved within five days. After my EB-1A approval, he also filed an interfiling request to move my pending AOS petitions to the newly approved EB-1A petition. Attorney Sharif would go above and beyond to make you successful. He has a lifelong customer in me.

Posted by Maria | August 20, 2020 | Hired Attorney

Highly recommended!

After being sponsored and not being able to get the H1B working visa and my OPT expiring soon, I came across Sharif in youtube, EB1A video. Sharif helped me to apply for my Green Card application in EB2 category. I don't have enough WORDS to express how grateful I am to Sharif Silmi. It is overwhe...lming to look for an attorney, and its EXTREMELY challenging to find an EXCELLENT, HONEST, and PROFESSIONAL attorney!. Sharif is a high standard immigration attorney that is honest and extremely professional, capable, and reliable!! He didn't leave me alone in the process; he was always there and willing to help me and answer my questions! I am pleased to have work with him! I want to thank you again, Sharif! For everything!

Posted by MK | May 29, 2020 | Hired Attorney

Highly recommended for obtaining Green Card

I hired Sharif Silmi for preparing and filing my Green Card application in EB1A category. Sharif Silmi is extremely knowledgable, very insightful and compassionate Immigration lawyer. He ensured that the whole process of EB1A and NIW application is a smooth happy journey for me. He paid clos...e attention to my overall achievements , helped find out the unique qualifications and provided most valuable recommendations. Mr. Silmi skillfully painted the entire picture of permanent residency, unfolded the great possibilities and always boost the morale. He was very prompt in arranging followup sessions and quick in updating the status with appropriate follow-up actions. He made most sincere efforts to highlight my capabilities and prove my eligibility in order to secure the Green card approval. Overall, Mr. Sharif is offering a great service both to the immigrants by helping them realize the dream of gaining permanent residency and also to the nation as a whole by helping retain the best talents in USA. So I will highly recommend Mr. Sharif for any type of Green Card related consultation.

Posted by anonymous | May 22, 2025 | Hired Attorney

Very expensive, and no timely response

Silmy law handled my EB1A case. While I indeed got my application approved, working with them was very stressful. They did not respond to my queries on time at all. I had to constantly threaten getting a refund through my credit card company to get any response at all.

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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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