Sharlene Sharmila Richards

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.

We started this process with Sharlene in November 2019. I was on a post OPT status filing for adjustment of status by having my spouse (Permanent Resident) sponsor me. We filed our paper work in December 2019, and I'm happy to say I got my Permanent residence status in May 2021. I imagine it would ha...ve been even faster had Covid not occurred. We met 3 times but communicated constantly via email and phone. She was always quick to respond and had clear informative answers. She prepared us extremely well for the interview and when we filed the original paperwork. She went through everything with a fine comb to ensure accuracy, and reviewed everything alongside us. She helped us when we had to file an address change and she even helped us when the USCIS mistakenly requested evidence for something that didn't apply to us. She always kept clean, organized records to easily retrieve them. Overall, she definitely knows immigration law, and takes her role seriously. I would trust her in the future and will be sure to recommend her to others. You couldn't be in better hands when choosing Sharlene.

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.

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!

Mrs Richerds was a pleasure to work with. she is very efficient she knows her stuff and she is always on top of it. she returns calls swiftly no longer than 24 hours. Even when she wasn’t feeling well with the flu she still returned our call within 24 hours. She was just letting us know she wasn’t w...ell and she would get back to us as soon as she Was back in the office. she valued our time. she even allowed us to do a payment plan. She held our hand throughout the whole process, from the paperwork all the way down into the interview itself. she was there with us guiding us giving us assistance all the way. She was a blessing to me and my wife.