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Honiyeh Sarpand
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- English
- Farsi
Contact information
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
2755 Orchard Pkwy
San Jose CA 95134
United States
Honiyeh (Hani) is an Associate at Fragomen's Silicon Valley office with more than a decade of experience advising multinational corporations, emerging companies and individual clients on complex U.S. immigration matters. Her clients have included multinational organizations, including Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies, for which she has provided strategic counsel on global mobility, workforce planning, immigration compliance and employment-based immigration programs.
Hani focuses on business immigration, including H-1B visas, L-1A and L-1B intracompany transferee petitions, corporate Blanket L programs, PERM labor certifications, immigrant visa petitions, adjustment of status applications and consular processing. She is particularly experienced in treaty visa programs, corporate Blanket L strategy, and complex consular processing matters, including E Visa Unit company registrations and advising multinational companies, traders, investors and entrepreneurs on cross-border mobility solutions.
Prior to her current role with Fragomen, Hani served as a Senior Attorney with a Washington, DC-based immigration law firm, where she focused on employment-based immigration, treaty visa programs, consular processing and multinational workforce mobility. She also previously practiced in Fragomen's Washington, DC office, representing corporate clients in a wide range of business immigration matters.
Earlier in her career, Hani handled humanitarian immigration matters, including asylum, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), bond hearings and removal defense before the Executive Office for Immigration Review. She also advised businesses on immigration policies and procedures, drafted commercial agreements, and litigated and negotiated breach of contract matters before Maryland Circuit Courts.
Education
- University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 2014
- George Mason University, B.A., 2011
More from Honiyeh
Admissions
Bar Admissions: Maryland
Court Admissions: Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
Practice Limited to Federal Immigration & Nationality Law
Professional accomplishments
Member, Maryland State Bar Association
Member, Phi Alpha Delta, Redding Chapter
