Rana Jazayerli

Rana Jazayerli chairs the firm’s Immigration Practice Group, offering counsel and legal assistance to employers seeking to hire foreign nationals under immigrant or temporary non-immigrant visa categories, such as H-1Bs and L-1As, and specializes in representing clients seeking immigration to the U.S. through investment under the EB-5 Immigrant Investor visa program. In addition, Ms. Jazayerli often advises employers on proper I-9 Form compliance, performing internal audits of an employer’s past I-9 forms to ensure proper compliance and providing counsel and support in the event of an external government audit.

An active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and its D.C. Chapter, Ms. Jazayerli has spoken on panels for employment based visas, in particular the EB-5 Immigrant Investor petition. An experienced litigator, she has also successfully filed actions in U.S. District Court on behalf of clients experiencing unreasonable delays in the adjudication of their naturalization applications.

Fluent in Arabic, Ms. Jazayerli regularly represents and advises, among others, clients from the Middle East.

Representative Experience

• Assisting U.S.-based companies obtain Regional Center certification from USCIS to allow them to accept investments from foreign nationals seeking U.S. residency under the EB-5 immigrant Investor visa program.
• Represented numerous individual investors obtain U.S. residency through employment-creating investment in the U.S.
• Representing multi-billion dollar private equity company establish U.S. offices headed by employees from the company’s home office.

Professional & Community Activities

• American Immigration Lawyers Association
• American Bar Association, Section of International Law and Policy
• Vice Chair, Middle East Committee (2001 – 2002)
• Deputy to the Chair of the Section (1999 - 2001)

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