Ashwani Kumar Bhakhri

Ashwani Kumar Bhakhri

4.9
Rating: 6.5

Licensed for 33 years

Immigration Lawyer at Burlingame, CA
Practice Areas: Immigration

1818 gilbreth road. Suite 145, Burlingame, CA

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Licenses

Licensed in California for 33 years

State: California

Acquired: 1993

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Lawyer disciplined by state licensing authority in 2010

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Law Offices of Ashwani K.Bhakhri

1818 gilbreth road. Suite 145, Burlingame, CA, 94010

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Ashwani Kumar Bhakhri's Reviews

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4.9 /5.0

108 Client Reviews

Showing 71 - 75 of 108 reviews

Posted by salvador | May 27, 2016 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

very helpful

I am Salvador. I am from Mexico. I am very happy to say that I am writing few good words for a through gentleman who also happens to be my attorney, Ashwani Bhakhri. I was in the United STATES for 16 years. I went to another attorney in San Jose before contacting Ashwani Bhakhri. He was of no help. M...r. Bhakhri successfully concluded my immigration case in less than six months. He is a most honest person I have ever met in my life. He is too human. He was quite concerned about my health issues. He kept me fully informed. His staff is excellent. I recently went to Mexico to get my migration papers. I had no trouble. It happened exactly the way Mr. Bhakhri told me. I am now a Lawful Permanent Resident. Many thanks to Mr. Bhakhri and his staff and request people to consult this office for immigration related problems. A most knowledgeable attorney! love him. His charges very reasonable. Recommend him to all. God Bless this office.

Posted by Moe | March 23, 2016 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

Mr. Bhakhri stopped my Final Order of Deportation!!!

I am in USA since 1994. I married someone in 1997 for GC only, I was issued GC and had it for 4yrs but during my final interview the immigration officer figured out that this is a fake marriage. I immediately got detained by ICE. I hired Martin Gujardo which was a huge mistake. Not only he charged me... lots of money but got my case denied. I was placed in removal proceedings. He immediately applied for asylum. my case went to BIA then to 9th circuit twice. While I was waiting for the decision from 9th circuit, Gujardo got into trouble & lost his license due to malpractice. I then hired Ricci & Sprouls. They charged me good amount of money & did nothing on case which only resulted in getting final deportation order in Dec 2015 for me. I consulted 5 different attorney's & none of them wants to take my case. They all told me that I have reached the end of the rope. There was no other way of me staying in US for 9th circuit court found me guilty in marriage fraud. I gave up and was about to flea to Canada. My good friend talked me into going to see Mr. Bhakhri. I spoke to Mr. Bhakhri and at 1st he also told me that I have no way of staying in USA and that he could not help me in any way. I had some documents with me including my final order of deportation awaiting for bag & baggage letter. Mr. Bhakhri asked me to leave my file with him & he will read my file to see if he could find any loop holes to keep me here in USA. Meantime I received my bag & baggage letter in which I was instructed to turn myself in on 03/14/16 to ICE office. Mr. Bhakri filed U-Visa on my behalf. I was told by Mr. Bhakhri to go to ICE office as Stated in the letter. On my birthday (3/11/16) at 8:30pm Mr. Bhakhri called me and gave me the best b/day present, telling me that he received the U-Visa Receipt which he filed on 3/1/16. He told me to stop by his office B4 I go to ICE office & I did. I went to ICE office & to my surprise I was told by ICE officer that I will not be detained or deported only coz they just received my U-Visa application notice from VSC. All these happened within 10days only because of Mr. Bhakhri's hard work. He is an excellent attorney and has excellent personality. Not to mention his office staff especially Suman L. Singh who has pleasant attitude and extremely helpful. Now the waiting period started for me, hopefully I will be receiving my approval soon. I highly recommend everyone to contact Mr. Bhakhri's office for any or ALL ur immigration needs.

Posted by Thalia | September 25, 2015 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

I got my green card today

I am happy today. My name is Thalia. I am from Mexico. I have been in the US since 1994. I got my green card today. I thank you attorney Bhakhri for excellant job. I always believed attorney Bhakhri. He is good lawyer. He is honest, candid, and is someone who would talk straight. If your case is bad,... he would like. If you have a chance to win, he would tell you. He does not take people's money by making false promises. I have heard from my friends about other lawyers, very bad stuff. People lost money, they lost time, they got nothing. I have referred people to attorney bhakhri, everybody is happy. Attorney Bhakhri was always around to talk to me. I walked into his office without appointment many many times, he would talk to me. I am happy today. I love his office staff. Bhakhri means "success." I never thought that I would get my green card. Now I am planning to go to Mexico to see my family after 21 years. Thank you attorney Bhakhri. LOL.

Posted by anonymous | August 24, 2015 | Hired Attorney | Personal Injury

Good Attorney; I like him; his staff is rude

Hi All. Over the last 2 years I worked on a injury court matter with Ashwani and his other attorney, Joe. The matter was for my uncle, who did not speak much English. Ashwani was recommended to me by my insurance agent. I would like to say that they got the job done, but the customer service could be... better. Ashwani himself is a very nice attorney who understands my situation and concerns, and Attorney Joe was the one who actually went with us to court. Joe was good, too. Lady answering the phones at the office, who is the secretary, is definitely rude and condescending as mentioned by other reviewers. I would say she is borderline abusive verbally to people. I assume she is a paralegal, but she did incorrectly fill out my uncle's name and address on several forms. I would recommend Ashwani and Joe, but not the office overall. Seems a bit sloppy, rude and not exactly what I had in mind when I was referred to him.

Posted by pinder | July 30, 2015 | Immigration

He is highly recommendal

My father was placed in removal proceedings. He was in the United States. He entered on a different name. He was sent to a immigration judge. He did not appear. After staying in the US, he returned to India. After I became US Citizen, I sponsored him. He was going back and forth. He was stopped at th...e Airport last year. He was sent to the local office of Citizen and Immigration Service. Then they send him to the immigration judge. From day one, we hired Mr. Bhakhri to help us. He guided us through this nightmare. He helped us in a such a way that we did not feel the heat at all. He kept us composed and calm throughout. He listened us. He gave us more time than we could think of. I would say that he is excellent in communicating with his clients. He was recommended to me by several of his existing and present clients. I thank all who referred us to Mr. Bhakhri. He is highly recommendable. He is successful in getting the removal proceedings of my father terminated. I thank Mr. Bhakhri an his staff for helping us and treating us fairly. He is candid and say things on the face, you like it or not. I did not feel comfortable with what he was saying, but now I appreciate his frankness and honesty with his clients. He is one of the best in immigration field.

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Experience

Rating:  6.5 (Good)

Professional misconduct

This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2010.

Public reproval with/duties issued in CA, 2010

updated on 10/14/2011

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Associations

American Immigration Lawyers Association

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American Trial Lawyers Association

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Sample of Legal Cases

Matter of K.S.H-29 I&N Dec. 307 (BIA 2025)

BIA denied relief. Appeal against the decision is pending with the 9th circuit court of Appeals

ZIA V GARLAND NO 21-1325

The court denied petition for review

Pannu Holder

The 9th Circuit granted petition for review

SINHA HOLDER

The court of appeals granted petition for review

Maharaj v Gonzales 9th Circuit Court of Appeals

En banc 9th circuit court of appeals granted petition for review

Maharaj v Gonzales 9th Circuit Court of Appeals

Three judge penal denied petition for review which the en banc Court subsequently overturned

Singh v. ASHCROFT published opinion

Three judge penal granted petition for review

Baljit Singh v Ashcroft

Petition for review was granted

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Education

1981

Punjab University

LL.B - Bachelor of Laws

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