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Melissa Oklan is an Associate Attorney at the Ranchod Law Group. Ms. Oklan joined Ranchod Law in the Fall of 2012, having previously practiced immigration law at a prominent firm in Miami, Florida, as both an Associate and then later as a Supervising Attorney. During her time in Florida, Ms. Oklan represented clients before USCIS, the immigration courts, the Board of Immigration Appeals, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, in cases involving asylum, withholding of removal, the Convention Against Torture, cancellation of removal, waivers of the grounds of inadmissibility, and applications for advance permission to return to unrelinquished domicile, among other areas of immigration law.
Ms. Oklan also has experience in preparing a variety of business immigration visas and green cards including but not limited to H-1B Specialty Occupations, L-1A Intracompany Transferee for Executives and Managers, and O-1 Individuals with Extraordinary Ability / Achievement. She has also successfully prepared a variety of immigrant petitions including employment based preferences 1 through 5 with and without National Interest Waivers.
Currently, Ms. Oklan focuses her work on cases requiring persuasive legal briefs like provisional unlawful presence waivers, waivers of inadmissibility, and j waivers based on hardship and persecution.
Ms. Oklan is admitted to the Florida Bar, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and the United States District Courtfor the Southern District of Florida.
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8880 Cal Center Drive, Suite 400, Sacramento, CA, 95826
20 Client Reviews
Showing 1 - 5 of 9 reviews | Professionalism
Posted by Jose Ramos | December 15, 2022 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
Great lawyer
She got our waiver approved! She was very clear on what she needed and never had a problem. She provided detailed instructions and guidance during the whole process. We received an RFE and she took care of everything and file our response on time. Highly recommended! Thank you Melissa.
Posted by anonymous | May 26, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
exceptional service
I am really impressed with the service you provided in my J1 waiver application. Your knowledge of immigration law is impressive. You have helped me guide my decisions putting all the facts before me. You were able to identify the strengths in my case and present it in a very organized manner. Yo...
Posted by anonymous | July 09, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
J1 hardship waiver application (two-year home residency requirement), based on hardship to our US citizen son - July 2019
I would like to thank the Attorney Melissa Olklan and the Ranchod Law Group very much for the tremendous amount of work and very good care Melissa and her team have put into our J1 hardship waiver application (two-year home residency requirement), based on hardship to our US citizen son. Our case was...
Posted by Vandan | December 13, 2018 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
Melissa helped with my I 601 waiver.
I had a complicated case of IR-1 Visa from India. I needed my waiver in order to get the LPR card. Melissa is very detail oriented and focused. She has the level of expertise to identify what's best for the case per the circumstances. I highly recommend Melissa for I 601 waiver and I am very grateful...
Posted by Ashish and Juliette | December 06, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
Hardship J1waiver
We just wanted to take a few mins to thank Melissa Oklan for all her hard work and devotion to our J1 hardship waiver case. She assisted us and answered every little question we had with professionalism and transparency along our long journey. Initially, we were overwhelmed with stressed and continua...
"I endorse this lawyer. Melissa is a very knowledgeable and versed attorney in her practice. Melissa is an asset to the legal profession and I highly recommend her."
"Melissa is an amazing attorney. Extremely qualified and passionate about her work. I highly recommend her."
"Melissa is able to find creative solutions to complex legal issues. She is passionate about immigration law and helping her clients find ethical legal solutions to live in the U.S."
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