5 immigration attorneys practise in Oakland, handling family and employment petitions, green cards and adjustment of status, naturalisation, student and work visas, waivers, asylum and removal defence.
Confirm that whoever you hire is a licensed attorney or an accredited representative. Consultants and notarios cause serious, sometimes irreversible harm in immigration matters.
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Lawyers listed in Oakland also cover Personal Injury (17), Employment Law (15) and Civil Rights (10). The same practice elsewhere in California: San Diego (24), San Francisco (9) and Sacramento (9). Across California the directory lists 75 attorneys in this practice; Oakland is 7th by their number among 8 cities.