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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Posted by anonymous | October 02, 2025 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

Lawyer Who Truly Stands Out!

If you are looking for a compassionate & professional lawyer with a positive outcome -- definitely reach out to Moona. Moona is extremely professional!! Strategic in her approach along with being personable & responsive. She provided excellent guidance through my visa application process th...at led me to my Green Card >> in such a short span of time. For her quality of work, her retainer fees is very reasonable. Highly recommend!

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 Mehdi | January 12, 2018 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

A+ Service

I hired Moona to process my N400 application with the USCIS. Due to unusual backlogs at my local immigration agency, this process took over 19 months! Needless to say that during this time tensions and frustrations were running high. Moona was phenomenal in coming up with alternative plans in case t...hey were needed since I needed to travel outside the country. She is definitely not one of those money grubbing lawyers we all hear about. She suggested that I would wait and be more patient rather than immediately taking a more costly route whenever I was getting frustrated. I am definitely recommending this attorney.

Posted by Chris | June 27, 2016 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

Attentive, smart, compassionate. Moona will be your best resource.

My spouse and I hired Moona to help us navigate the stressful USCIS paperwork for a fiancee (K1) visa. Her services were so helpful that we hired her again to help us adjust our status for a Green Card. Throughout the whole process (which took 1 year and a half), Moona was our trusted guide and ens...ured that our paperwork was 100% correct so that we did not run afoul of USCIS rules or incur months of delays/waiting. What many people do not realize when they start immigration processing for loved ones is that USCIS paperwork is very complicated. A single mistake can cost you months of waiting or a denied application. We had many questions and Moona gave us fact-driven, sensible answers (without over-promising or selling us a false sense of security). Moona knew the right way to navigate the process, and the peace of mind that we had as a result of her services was well worth the price. She helped us fill out our applications, contacted USCIS on our behalf, and was available by email to answer any other questions that we had during the process. Overall, A+++, top notch service.

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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

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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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