Moona Shakil Ali

Moona Shakil Ali

5.0
Rating: 7.5

Licensed for 24 years

Immigration Lawyer at Arlington, VA
Practice Areas: Immigration

943 S. George Mason Drive, Suite 200, Arlington, VA

About Moona

Practice Areas

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Practice Area

Immigration 100%

An Arlington, Virginia based law firm specializing in Immigration law. We assist small and large businesses to help sponsor employment work visas and green cards for skilled workers. We also specialize in assisting individuals in sponsoring visas and green cards for their spouses, children, parents, and other family members, to bring them to the U.S. Our mission is to provide prompt, high quality legal services to benefit the lives of our clients.

25 years

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Licenses

Licensed in Virginia for 24 years

State: Virginia

Acquired: 2001

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Law Office of Moona Shakil, PLLC

943 S. George Mason Drive, Suite 200, Arlington, VA, 22204

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67 Client Reviews

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Showing 11 - 15 of 43 reviews | Practice Area Knowledge

Posted by Arslan | February 24, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

Handles her client's cases as if they are her own family members'

I can not recommend her enough and be thankful enough to her for her responsiveness, professionalism and support. I dealt with about 6 different lawyers/firms in my case before finding Ms. Shakil. Though I live many states over from her, after a few correspondences with her I realized that she would ...be excellent for the job. My case was basically stalled for ~2.5 years before she came along and helped make it progress much faster. I found her to be very knowledgeable with immigration processes. I also found her to be extremely responsive, especially giving her clients her direct cell phone that goes straight to her. In the times that I called her, she either answered the call right away or called me back within a few hours. Lastly, when my case was approved I felt a genuine sense of happiness from her as if the case of her own family member was approved. Even though I am many states over from her, she will have all my immigration referrals.

Posted by anonymous | January 06, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

Extremely professional with tremendous amount of experience in immigration.

We worked with Moona for less than a year for an adjustment of status through marriage. Throughout the entire process, Moona was patient, attentive and shared insights that are not commonly known about USCIS. She and her staff work diligently to make sure your case is processed correctly and they set... you up for a smooth transition into being a permanent resident. Moona takes the time out to lay out all possible scenarios and is very straightforward with what needs to be said we weren't blindsided by anything. The day of the interview, it all went exactly how she had told us it would and she followed up with me til the day I received my green card in hand. I will be returning to work with Moona when it's time to renew my status and also to apply for citizenship and I recommend Moona to friends and family in the northern Virginia area.

Posted by Ramdas | April 05, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

Change of Status from H-4 to F-1 .

Where to begin I don't know. I have approached Moona, who was unknown to me when my daughter had an issue of Change of Status from H-4 to F1, where we had to file the same after turning to the age of 21, due to some delay. I had a call with the known firms, who publish they are the best ones and char...ges exorbitant fee. I had only one question for them. Do you guarantee an approval, when you ask such amounts? The answer was -No. One thing I understood was that the firms are just to claim they are best. Finally, I had a talk with Moona in person and she worked on the complex case, at a reasonable fee and the Case got approved. My Experience is, Moona is by far the best lawyer . During the whole process, she kept us in the loop, informed at each response to USCIS with, quick replies, and provided an accurate estimate of how long the entire case would take. She was easy to reach, not like others who think only about the fee, even for 10 min conversation. She was very knowledgeable and paid the utmost attention to my daughter's case. Her welcoming presence and knowledge made me and daughter, feel like we were in good hands. Thanks too Moona we have received F-1 Visa approved. Would recommend her to others who look for a reliable, reasonable, dependable, knowledgable attorney for any immigration services. Excellent Service and Appreciate your help. We were in good hands for our complex case, where you stand with us and always was there till the end. Thanks, Ramdas

Posted by anonymous | March 26, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

Employment based + Cross-chargeability

My case was employment based + Cross-chargeability Moona is very humble at the same time very professional, my case wasn’t easy despite being it an employment-based because my case was one of those cases which needed documents from 2 different countries because of Cross-chargeability And I wo...uld say her knowledge helped us getting our green card exactly in 4 months. She listened to us and pointed us in the right direction to gather all the required documents. 1. Very Response with all means of communication, Phone, emails or in the office. 2. Good listener, not like any other attorney who will keep asking you document they want but she was so involved with our case that she knew what all documents we have and what is going to be helpful for our case. 3. Importantly very reasonable fees, and moreover not at all money grabber, with our contract there was an additional fee if we wanted her to join for the interview, she was so confident that she told me that she may not be needed for interview, but my thought process was we would be confident with her presence at the interview and we insisted her to join us. I would highly recommend her services.

Posted by Danitte | December 18, 2018 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

Moona is great!

Moona helped my spouse and I throughout the whole process of our marriage and filing for his green card, EAD and travel visas. She answered all of our questions and prepared us for the interview and what to expect. We will definitely be using her again when we have to remove the conditions on his gre...en card!

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Moona Shakil Ali's Lawyer Endorsements

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Somair Alam

Immigration lawyer | Feb 11

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I'm pleased to endorse Moona. She is a top-notch immigration lawyer and a zealous advocate for her clients. A highly recommended attorney."

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James Roberts

Immigration lawyer | Sep 18

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer. We are referring many of our business immigration clients to Ms. Ali and I am very confident that if I give her name, then the client will be satisfied. Reviews from clients have been glowing."

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James Roberts

Immigration lawyer

Experience

Rating:  7.5 (Very Good)

Work Experience

2013 - Present

Owner, Law Office of Moona Shakil, PLLC

2003 - 2013

Partner, Terpak & Shakil, PLLC

Associations

American Bar Association

Member

American Immigration Lawyers Association

Member

Virginia State Bar

Member

Education

2001

George Mason University School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1998

Marymount University

BBA - Bachelor of Business Administration

Languages

English

Urdu

Hindi

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