Ghassan Marwan Shihab

I retained the services of Attorney Shihab twice. My case was challenging from the get go due to complex corporate structure my business. I found Attorney Gus Shihab to be exceptionally competent, timely, pleasant and honest. He was able to pool all the various business professionals who worked on my business including om corporate lawyers, to economists and business partners and made it happen. I just received approval for my second extension and could not be happier. I also recommended my brother to retain his services for a separate business and Attorney Gus Shihab was able to secure an E-2 visa for him as well.

I had a great experience with G.M. Shibab, He was very efficient, detailed oriented and highly professional. I highly recommend him for anyone who is facing immigration issues.

Our company is working exclusively with Shihab Law for five years. The results are impressive for all our H-1B, L-1A and Employment Based Immigrant petitions. For myself, Shihab's office handled my initial L-1A application so i can establish the first branch of our USA expansion. Later on Shihab's office extended my L-1A and then handled my Employment Based Immigrant Visa application too which concluded with receiving my green card in a very reasonable timeline considering COVID impact. I have the first hand experience working with Mr Shihab and his excellent team. During the course of five years Shibab law gained our full confidence, in respect with their deep knowledge of the immigration laws, their clear understanding about USCIS's implementation of those laws, their excellent communication with USCIS offices, their strong work ethic and forthcoming approach. I frankly admit that we made a mistake once trying to work with another firm for petitions seemed low hanging fruits then ended up in disaster. Shihab Law is competitive but not cheap although worth every penny you spent especially when negative results maybe life changing and costly for your company. I strongly recommend Shihab Law.

Me and my wife have worked with Attorney Gus Shihab and his associates for our green cards and other immigration needs over a decade. He and his whole staff are very friendly and professional and treated us like family. Attorney Gus Shihab is probably one of the best immigration attorney in the country and you can trust him completely with all your immigration needs. We could not have been happier for him to represent us in our immigration process and we highly recommend him.

My wife and I hired attorney Shihab to file suit against the USCIS after they denied her citizenship application. To our shock the USCIS claimed that my wife’s green card was issued in error. She was a beneficiary on my employment based green card. USCIS alleged that my wife was not in valid status when she filed her derivative I-485 due to the fact that she was waiting on a project while on H-1B visa with her own employer. Mr. Shihab sued and filed a complaint against the USCIS in Federal Court in Virginia. To our amazement, the USCIS worked with Attorney Shihab and reissued my wife’s green card. Now the green card has been properly issued, the case was dismissed and settled with the USCIS. We will be applying for naturalization using Mr. Shihab’s firm. Throughout the entire process, Mr. Shihab was attentive, competent and guided us for the interview and responses to the USCIS. We truly consider him a friend. We highly recommend him and his team for your immigration issues.

Mr. Shihab saved me from deportation due to a felony conviction. My case was very complicated, but Mr. Shihab was fully on top of all the details. At the hearings before the immigration judge, Mr. Shihab exemplified what it means to be a top tier advocate. He was very knowledgeable of the law, and appealed to a sense of justice that led to a favorable ruling. He is an excellent lawyer.

I worked with Gus Shihab Law Firm to represent my wife's green card petition followed with consular processing. Attorney and team members are very knowledgeable, and responded to all my questions via email in a timely manner. They made sure all the petitions were filed and fees were paid on time, very accurate, gave the opportunity to review and impressed on how their team organized the supporting documents. We started the process right before the Covid, and my wife got her visa approved a few weeks ago. During this unprecedented time, all my concerns were taken seriously, and they provided practical solutions to it. I highly recommend Gus Shihab Law Firm to my family and friends with their immigration process. Also, I would like to thank their team for working on my petition, and helping us throughout the process. Overall, I had a great experience during this process, and I trust them.

I hired Mr. Shihab for my Change of Status application almost 3 years ago, and after seeing how professional he and his associates were, I decided to hire him again for my Adjustment of Status application. Mr. Shihab and his associates worked above and beyond to file my documents on time - very professional work and great follow-up. They even were proactive and scheduled an an appointment to discuss my Green Card interview a week before the appointment date with the USCIS. They followed up with me after the interview to make sure everything went well, until I have received my Permanent Resident Card a week ago :) I am not usually the kind of person who writes reviews; however, when it came to what Mr. Shihab and his team has done to my case, and how nice, professional, and understanding they were, I couldn't help myself from doing so. A very well deserved 5 stars!

I retained the services of Gus Shihab for my green card application as an Alien of Extraordinary Abilities and subsequent Application for Permanent Residence. Both of my applications were approved without any questions from the Immigration Office. Mr. Shihab was qualified and always answered my questions no matter how many emails I sent. Some of his responses were within minutes. I highly recommend him.

Gus is very thorough, knowledgeable, good communicator, and represents the best interests of his clients. Besides being an outstanding professional, Gus also has very nice personality, and it was a pleasure to work with him . I would definitely recommend Gus and his team!

***NTA under section 240 - Notice of Hearing In Removal Proceeding for Over stay*** My mom from India used to visit us in the U.S on B2 visa (tourist), last year after her last visit to U.S we received a “Notice To Appear and Removal Proceeding for Over stay” under section 240 from DHS and from local immigration court /ICE, my mom departed the US long before we received this notice and she did NOT overstay. I tried contacting DHS and local immigration court to communicate to them about this notice that was issued by error, but no luck. This Notice To Appear will stop her from entering the U.S in the future and she is the only family I have, I tried several times to communicate to DHS/ICE, DHS NTA unit and local immigration court by sending all the document proof that I have on her departure from U.S and did not overstay, but no reply back from any of the department. I gave up, and started searching online for Attorney, I found Mr.Shihab with very good reviews, so I contacted him the same day. Talked to him for 15 minutes, I got confidence, he listened to me and answered all my questions in the initial consultation. He explained me the process and how to resolve his case, I signed up and within a week he submitted the paperwork to Chief Counsel and he sent me the proof for submitting all the documents and also he talked to them about this case. In 4 weeks the Chief Counsel agreed and recommended to the immigration court to DISMISS the case based on Mr.Shihab points. Two weeks after that the Immigration court GRANTED to DISMISS the case without prejudice. I am so happy, NO WORDS TO SAY, HE IS THE BEST.

Mr. Shihab himself and his team are experts in immigration services. They are very knowledgable in their field and there were always extremely responsible and confident in what they did. I had a very smooth on time process with them for my green card application. Other than their excellent professional expertise I should mention how kind and responsive they are which made this commonly stressful process much easier. I cannot stress enough how responsible and well informed they are. Year 2020 were there were so many sudden immigration changes in law happened they were always on top of their game and ready to address any concerns very fast. I truly recommend them to anyone in need of immigration attorney.

Is your immigration case challenging or having sleepless nights? Then switch to Gus Shihab, you will never regret it. I know Gus for a long time, he is very professional and truly an expert. He leads and keeps the communication very transparent and always take the extra mile and does the right homework, incase if your case is complicated or requires more analysis. I worked with many other attorneys teams, but this team is excellent. He has been the go-to Immigration attorney for me and for my friends for many years, he helped me and many of my friends to get Green cards. I truly thank and recommend Gus and his team for immigration needs.

I retained Attorney's Shihab's firm to help me with my naturalization case, on the recommendation of a work colleague. My initial consultation was with Mr. Shihab himself, who could not have been kinder, more informative, or more reassuring. The whole process made me very nervous, and having Shihab & Associates in my corner was money very well spent for professional help and peace of mind. The attorney assigned to my case was Magda Kozyra-Kessler, and she and the firm's Legal Assistant Yasellin Cuellar were able to answer all my questions, keep me informed of every step of the process, and prepare me for my final interview with grace and experience. When my naturalization ceremony notice came through, Mr. Shihab contacted me personally to congratulate me. I would also be remiss not to mention Miriam San Martin, who is the firm's first point of contact for clients and is a marvel: warm, efficient, just lovely. On a side note, Attorney Shihab runs not just a law firm which specializes in immigration law, but one which also employs immigrants -- they not only know the law, but have been through the process, know what it's like, and know how to both advise and reassure nervous clients. They care, and it shows in the work that they do.

Due to USCIS error, my green card was in limbo for more than 8 years. I had used Congress representatives and followed up with the USCIS myself numerous times, including other attornies. I finally hired Gus Shihab and his team. He was no bull guy. Asked for a few days to research the case as a case like mine never happened in US before. Even USCIS agents agreed it was their fault but could not find a ruke or law or statute on correcting it. Few attornies advised me to stay on GC for ever and some advised to renounce my current GC and apply through my wife (she got her citizen ship as a dependent on my employment GC - go figure). He launched a lawsuit against the USCIS and in few months not only did he correct the green card error, but he also was able to get my naturalization process expedited. I found Mr. Shihab to be efficient and timely. He solved a problem that has lingered for 8 years in only few months. He called me directly to give me updates & the right advice, even if means less fees for him. Highly highly recommended .....