It’s been so many years that I’ve been searching for a good lawyer to help me in my case. I’ve spent a lot of money for the initial consultations just to say to me that I have a hopeless case. One day my cousin attended a seminar and met this lawyer. She told me that this law office had the best lawy...ers and she was right. I was given a chance to stay with my beloved husband. Believed me, they had the best lawyers, paralegals, and employees. Atty. Carl Shusterman is very knowledgeable, supportive and outstanding. Atty. Ellen Ma Lee is very kind and straightforward. She will give you her best effort to win you case. She’s excellent. Maria, a paralegal, was very helpful. She’s always there to answer all your questions. The receptionist was also well mannered. All in all, their law office is the very best of all……….again, thank you so much to all of you. You made our dreams come true.

Without a doubt, Carl and his team are the best in Immigration. As an immigrant I have learned a lot during years about immigration and immigration attorneys. You definitely want someone with experience and knowledge to handle your case (no matter how simple your case is). There is not any kind of im...migration case and problem that Carl and his team haven't seen and solved. Besides, immigration is Carl's passion, he has spent his life on improving immigration laws. You may think a lawfirm at this level is probably very expensive but actually the cost is very reasonable and a lot better than many other law firms when I compare to my friends. After all, what you spend on your immigration matters is like an investment on your future. Carl and his staff are very friendly and responsible and always available to discuss your concerns. You will never find yourself alone and hopeless when you are one of their clients. My wife and I are so grateful to them for the superb work they have done for us.

I am a teacher who came to the States on a Visiting Scholar visa. My school district was very happy with my work and agreed to sponsor me for an H1B visa first and then for my permanent residence application. Since the very beginning of the whole process, Mr. Shusterman was always available for any i...mportant consultation. Mr. Shusterman explained all the application processes and their requirements very clearly. He and his associates did also provide very clear information regarding fees and other costs. At any time did I have any bad surprise regarding the process fees, no matter how long the process would take. Mr. Shusteman's assistants took care of all the minor details: Ms. Judith Lu did a phenomenal job providing all the paperwork and information to my school district. She has always been available for any consultation. She made the whole process absolutely easy to understand and follow for me and my district's HR department. I just simply did not have to worry at all about any paperwork or any piece of information. Ms. Lu was literally always available to answer and ready to compile, send, or fax any necessary documents. In my particular case, I had to apply for several renewals of my H1B visa while completing my permanent residence application. Mr. Shusterman and Ms. Lu did an excellent job in explaining and coordinating all the details of both processes. They guided me and my district's HR department through every single step. Both, Mr. Shusterman and Ms. Lu did not hesitate to contact my district's HR representatives to clarify any point. In sum, Mr. Shusterman and his team of lawyers and assistants have enabled me to have a successful professional life and career here in the United States . I highly recommend Mr. Shusterman's legal services to anybody that needs help in the field of immigration. Mr. Shusterman and his team will always go the extra mile to help their clients.

I met with Mr. Shusterman while my wife and myself were attending a medical society conference in San Francisco in May 2003. Mr. Shusterman was a speaker at one of the sessions relating to immigration for foreign medical graduates. After the session, my wife and myself “accosted” Mr. Shusterman and w...e spent the next half an hour chatting on immigration possibilities and challenges for foreign medical graduates. What impressed me the most at that time was that Mr. Shusterman was willing to spend time with us totally unaware that we were looking for an immigration lawyer. At that point, we were deliberating between Mr. Shusterman’s firm and another immigration law firm from Washington D.C. but our meeting with Mr. Shusterman that day clinched the deal in his favor. I must say, I have never regretted that decision! Over these past 6 years, Mr. Shusterman’s immigration firm has helped us process my J-1 Waiver application followed by H-1B application (initial and thereafter renewal processing), green card application, and most recently helping me with traveling to India with H-1B Visa application at one of the US Consulates. Navigating through the myriad requirements of immigration paperwork can be a daunting and nerve racking task as any applicant going through all these will admit. What gave me peace of mind was that I knew that I had one of the premier immigration law firms in United States behind me! Mr. Shusterman assigned to me their senior paralegal and office manager, Judith Lu, MBA. Ms. Lu has not only demonstrated competency in her knowledge of immigration matters but has won me over by her sensitivity to what an applicant goes through while trying to stay “legal” through this entire process. Sharing stories with my other physician friends (who have worked with other immigration law firms), I realize how lucky I am in not having to worry about reminding Ms. Lu about my H-1B status expiring or for that matter when to process paperwork relating to compliance with “employment in an underserved area” and so forth. She has been on top of things in terms of not only sending reminders well ahead of time but also reminding me time and again as to what documents we would need for us to move through the next process. I still remember the time when we were working with deadline looming for filing for changing to immigrant status. I was worried about a certain document and this was Friday evening. It was past 5pm PT and I called her office frantic and she picked up the phone and assured me that all the paperwork was proper and that the application was going out on time. I was so relieved! There have been other occasions over these years when I needed to speak with her and she has been nice enough to call me back/email me within the same/next day. While, I understand that Ms. Lu has the other staffers from Shusterman’s Law Firm help her to make this entire experience as seamless and smooth as possible for us yet I cannot but appreciate some of her personal touches. She is extremely prompt in responding to emails and the reason why I appreciate that is that she would not only respond within the same day but that the emails would be detailed enough to help me understand what needs to be done. There have been so many occasions when I will ask for clarification and she will get back to me promptly without sounding condescending (and yes she does not charge for the emails either!). More recently, I travelled to India and was worried about applying for H-1B Visa at one of the US Consulates but she and one of the lawyers from Mr. Shusterman’s Law Firm, Mr. Rajkrishna Iyer helped me through this entire process including arranging all the required documents that I might need, preparing me for the interview at the US Consulate as well at the point of entry into United States after I return. Needless to say, the process went smooth! I would strongly recommend Mr. Shusterman’s immigration law firm to anyone who is looking for a law firm that “knows its” immigration related laws and guidelines; “understands” what a individual i

I came to the US on my B1 visa and changed my status to H1B when a public school district sponsored my work visa. Satisfied with my classroom performance, my school district sponsored my immigrant petition, starting with labor certification application. A lawyer, who claimed to practice immigration l...aw, processed my labor certification through the PERM process and it was a total disaster! It was kind of a hit-and-miss process because he was not familiar with the new PERM application. Moreover, I had to do all the legwork of contacting newspaper companies and placing advertisements. I even had to do the layout and wording of the Sunday ads. My first PERM applicaton was denied because it was filed just one day over the 180-day time frame. I was forced to stick it out with this lawyer because I had already paid him his $4000 professional fee. My second PERM application was approved but there was an error in my work description because I was a Physics teacher but the PERM approval stated that I was a Math teacher. I pointed out the mistake to him when I first got a copy of the PERM approval. But he assured me that I should not worry about it anymore since USCIS will not question what the Dept of Labor had already approved. My priority date became current in 2007 and I applied for my green card together with my family. By this time we had spent around $10,000 already and had waited for four years. I was totally shocked when, one day, USCIS sent me a letter denying my immigrant petition since I was not qualified as a Math teacher but was actually Physics teacher. It was that very error that I had pointed out to my immigration lawyer when I first got a copy of my PERM approval. My lawyer prepared an affidavit, stating that it was just a typographical error, and he even had the guts to ask for a $300 fee for preparing a document to correct the error that he had made. To cut the long story short, my immigrant petition was revoked and my green card application was denied. With my 6th year work visa limitation within the horizon, I was getting desperate. So I scheduled an appointment with Atty Shusterman and he was very honest with me. He didn't give me those empty promises that everything will be easy. He advised me to start the PERM process all over again. A competent associate specialing in PERM and work visas together with a methodical paralegal were assigned to my case. My PERM and petition for a nonimmigrant worker were approved and I was able to extend my work visa beyond the 6-year limits. The whole process was done professionally and the law firm did all the legwork. Now I am just waiting for my priority date to become current so I can apply for a green card. Reflecting on my past experience, I should have started off with Shusterman's Law Firm. I thought hiring my first immigrant lawyer would save me a few thousand dollars. In the end, I wasted around $10,000 in the process and worst of all, wasted precious time. My family and I would have been green card holders by this time had Atty Shusterman handled my case. So if you are looking for a competent, honest and experienced immigration lawyer and want to receive professional service, you should see Atty Carl Shusterman. He doesn't give you any empty promises, but tells you the hard facts and what you need to do. His team of lawyers are very competent and will personally attend to your case. The paralegal assigned to me would respond to my emails within minutes after sending them. I was totally satisfied with the firm's services and I will highly recomment him to any person who is need of an immigration lawyer.