Jagbir Singh Terkiana

Anyone seeking immigration legal counsel should consider themselves lucky to find such a capable, knowledgable and caring attorney. I met Jay at the most desperate time of my life. I had less than 72 hours to provide proof that I had adjusted my status from my expired F1 visa. I was in a state of pa...nic at the time and I thank God that he directed me to my attorney Jay. He was able to see me that same day. I told him my story and my desparate situation of possible deportation if I could not show proof of change of status. After just one consultation, he told me that I would be able to petition for VAWA. He gave me a check list of all the evidence that was required to file for VAWA and in less than 48 hours my case had been filed. Fast forward 5 months later, my petition was approved. After the I 360 approval, we filed and got approved for I 485. Overall, Jay showed that he cared. He walked me through everything. He was kind,patient,honest and reassuring. He was very responsive be it over the phone, texting or meeting me. When I needed him, he was there. He took painstaking care with my case. He will continue to be my lawyer till I become a US citizen. Financially, his rates are reasonable compared to other immigration lawyers around town. Overall, Jay is amazing at what he does. I definately recommend him to all seeking immigration legal counsel.

Jay is an excellent lawyer he help me with my case i like him because he explain me everything step by step and make it easier for me when he explains something he is very clear and professional my case went true with his help. I totally recommend him he has a lot of experience and he is sure what h...is doing he knows what he does I am very happy with his job and I really appreciated.

We hired Jay for filing for my husband's Green Card. Jay is extremely thorough and made the process extremely simple for us. He walked us through each step of the process and gave us a check list for all the needed documents. Jay is very prompt is responding and very helpful. The process took less th...an six months and was painless because of Jay's help. Definitely recommend him

I work for a small firm (information not disclosed due to confidentiality) and just finally got my H-1B approved because of Jay!!! I cannot be more happier about outcome of my case and feel that I have won a battle with US Immigration. USCIS literally dragged me into very deep waters and I navigated ...and came out just fine, because of Jay. I hope these insights into my case will help readers facing the similar difficult situation. So I graduated from a US University in 2014 with a masters degree in Fiance. I found an entry level job on my OPT at a small company in California that offered me a position to write financial business plans for its investment clients. I thought that H-1B were an easy task and everyone who is getting paid by the US employer and specially if someone has a US degree could be easily approved. I could not be more wrong. This was a hybrid position that required use of principles of finance and a masters degree in finance. But at the same time, this was not a conventional position of financial analyst or accountant or any of the standard finance positions. Since it involved in pure writing and analysis the initial H-1B was filed for the position of Technical Writers (O*net SOC Code 27-3042.00) as there was no other suitable title available. Jay told me even before filing the H-1B that what will be the problem with filing. Because of unconventional nature of position (this being new position in the market) and small size of employer, USCIS will question both the position and business and availability of work. I did not pay any attention at that time, and thought this will just get approved without any issue. USCIS initially issued an RFE questioning Specialty Occupation and asked to prove how a degree in fiance is required for the position of Business Plan Writer (Technical Writer). Jay prepared a very thorough response and answered the RFE. He involved a fiance professor from NYU Stern School of Business and established that a degree in fiance is the way to go for the position. Jay argued rather agressively that this was a new position and explained reason for unavailability of evidence USCIS was asking. Anyways! The RFE Response was submitted and I thought this is past me and I should receive an approval very soon because case was under premium processing. To my surprise, USCIS issued a "Notice of Intent to Deny" stating that Technical Writer job title is reserved only for engineers for writing technical manuals. And not applicable to people writing business plans to explain investments. This is when i started to realize that H-1B is indeed a serious business and I am in trouble. This was exactly what Jay predicted and I did not pay much attention to. Amazing thing is that because of his foresight WE WERE READY and had already done our homework even before filing. Jay had asked me to collect all my work samples, and we provided all my technical writings with a "very" "very" detailed and well written response, arguing that Technical Writers should not be reserved to just engineers writing technical product documentation. Jay went on to research and provided actual data from Bureau of Labor Statistics, and explained how the data was compiled by Labor Department. I will not bore you with the technical stuff. So basically Jay's winning argument was that Labor Department Statistics never intended to confine technical writers to just limited industries. It is applicable to broader category of "Employment Services", and Employment Services include any business that provide any services to clients. Therefore USCIS CANNOT DENY THE CASE stating that it was not an applicable title. Case was immediately approved withing 3-4 days of submission. This experience taught me a lot about immigration and how technical it can get. Not to mention, Jay said that he will go to battle with USCIS in courts if he had to because USCIS was wrong. He is an expert in the area of immigration specially H-1Bs and is my attorney forever!!