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Sharlene Sharmila Richards

Licensed for 25 years

Immigration Lawyer Practice Areas: Immigration
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Licensed in New York for 25 years

State: New York

Acquired: 2000

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Posted by Dhaval Desai | July 26, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

Excellent lawyer of Houston

We went to Ms. Sharlene with a complicated case of my brother in law in 2018. She did researches and asked us to come to the office following week. She explained the case situation and provided the solution as well. She also helped in my Neautralization process, her presence made the process so smo...oth. Basically you do not have to worry about process if she is handling your case. Not all lawyer work hard on your case as she does. I have bad experience of a lawyer in immigration process. You can't trust all the immigration lawyers. She is very knowledgeable and helpful and also affordable.

Posted by anonymous | July 21, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Wills & Living Wills

Amazing!!!

OUR lawyer has been my husband for YEARS helping him will everything and now we are so happy we stayed with her she does an amazing job preparing you and making it as smooth as it can possibly go!

Posted by Abdul Haris Khan | July 15, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

Lawyer for Humanity

When someone is convicted of a crime they seek forgiveness and sympathy from the judge and jury because they know they are at their mercy. When that someone is a child and is convicted of an infraction their parents commited they seek humanity. My father brought his wife and kids to America 21 years ...ago and we as a family overstayed our visa because my Mother was in shape to travel back due to the hardship of pregnancy. After 9/11 when citizens of certain countries were asked to register, I accompanied my father as his translator to the INS office for registration. We found out about our I-94 extension denial at that office and my father was immediately put into removal proceedings. What followed that day when I was held at the holding facility along with my father for 6 hours being released on good faith was a life long battle to belong in a country I now call home. The lawyers we seeked told us the harsh reality of living on appeals but we did and 7 years later we found out the truth that yes our father is deported. The last 2 years we went inbetween lawyers and finally came to Sharlene for legal counsel. She went above and beyond her duties to make sure my father once detained for final removal was removed promently as his health was deterriorating inside the detention center. My father would've choosen voluntary departure had we had known that our previous lawyer was only going to take the money and not file the case. He suffured with finals stages of COPD. I was 19 years old amd I stayed behind but I knew then that I was going to be seeking counsel from Sharlene for life as her compassion and sympathy towards my father who was for a lack of better words on his last leg in the immigration and life realm. Time went on and DACA came by along with 2 divorces but there was Sharlene again taking on the cases for a son of a former client. She as we speak just called me an hour ago to inform me of my approval of my I-130 petition. I have been in front of an immigration judge when I was 12 as my dad's translator and after seeing how the immigration process went for my dad was the most nervous client a lawyer would never ask for. Sharlene made life a breeze for an immigrant. She knows the process in and out whether you are talking DACA, Removal Proceedings, Permanent Residency petition etc and I know this because I have choosen her for all of them and have been successful with her in all of them. Make her your choice for immigration counsel everytime because life is too short to not seek someone who will treat you like a human being and not another case.

Posted by anonymous | May 25, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

HS(May 2021) - Excellent work!

I have never met a more reliable and effective attorney than Sharlene. She is a honest, caring, passionate, hard working, knowledgeable and dependable attorney. I had gone through a real painful experience and she helped me turn things around for myself and gave me the confidence and reduced my anxie...ty. She has given an exceptional and excellent representation and defense with my case. Sharlene was a pleasure to work with from the time of initial consultation until my case got approved and received my green card in the mail. I want to thank her from the bottom of my heart for supporting me and giving excellent service which I highly recommend her to anyone needing immigration service.

Posted by Imola | August 23, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

She knew exactly how to fix my situation

Recently, after years of waiting, I have recieved an intention to deny my greencard. It was a terrible blow. Luckily Sharlene knew exactly what to do! She made sure no stone was left unturned when it came to digging up evidence of the legitimacy of my marriage. Yesterday I have recieved the long wai...ted letter of approval! I will not be separated from my family and it is all thanks to Sharlene! I highly recommend her!

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