Success Stories
A.Y. is an Iranian citizen who was offered a highly prestigious research position at the University of California Berkeley School of Law. This opportunity was a momentous occasion and opportunity in her life and thus A.Y. and her husband filed for J-1 and J-2 visas at the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan, in order to travel to the United States.
After waiting for months, A.Y. repeatedly contacted the Embassy asking for an expedited decision. Each time, the Embassy generically replied that her case was undergoing mandatory “administrative processing.” Read more
A.Y. is an Iranian citizen who was offered a highly prestigious research position at the University of California Berkeley School of Law. This opportunity was a momentous occasion and opportunity in her life and thus A.Y. and her husband filed for J-1 and J-2 visas at the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan, in order to travel to the United States.
After waiting for months, A.Y. repeatedly contacted the Embassy asking for an expedited decision. Each time, the Embassy generically replied that her case was undergoing mandatory “administrative processing.” Over the course of seven months, A.Y. was forced to defer her start date three times! The seven-month delay pushed A.Y. to the brink of losing her hard-earned research position and prestigious accolades that come with being a resident scholar at a premier institution. A.Y. and her husband suffered financially and emotionally as a result of the delay until A.Y. contacted Nimer Law.
On December 5, 2019 Nimer Law filed a lawsuit on behalf of A.Y. and her husband to challenge this needless and length delay. On February 21, 2020 A.Y.’s visa was finally issued! We are so proud that we were able to ensure that all of A.Y.’s hard work was not in vain.
F.A. invested $500,000 in an American construction project and subsequently applied for an EB-5 Immigrant Investor visa in March 2017. F.A. and her husband, A.Z., were interviewed at a U.S. Embassy on August 6, 2017. Much to their dismay, Presidential Proclamation 9645 was implemented just a few months later, barring their immigration to the United States. As a result, their application remained pending for two and a half years before they contacted Nimer Law. Read more
A.G. had been working and residing in the United States with his family for the past seven years. On August 19, 2019, A.G. applied for the renewal of an H-1B visa which was pending at a U.S. Consulate for over 120 days after his visa interview. Due to the delay, A.G. was stranded abroad in a foreign country and was struggling to work remotely. A.G.’s wife and son were forced to suddenly adapt to a totally new and different country, while A.G. was spending his savings on a place to live, as well as necessities for his family. Read more
F.N., an American citizen married the love of his life, an Iranian citizen on January 17, 2017. Like most newlyweds, they were overjoyed and full of hope for their future. Just a few months later F.N. applied for an immigrant visa for his wife. The couple waited patiently for the interview date and then again for months on end after the interview. They checked the embassy website for updates every single day, but there were no updates other than a notice that the case was undergoing “administrative processing.” In total, the couple waited for over two years for the issuance of the visa and they began to lose hope after the implementation of the travel ban that prohibited the immigration of Iranians to the United States. Read more
F.N., an American citizen married the love of his life who is an Iranian citizen on January 17, 2017. Like most newlyweds, they were overjoyed and full of hope for their future and thus just a few months later F.N. applied for an immigrant visa for his wife. The couple waited patiently for the interview date and then again for months on end afterward. They checked the embassy website for updates every single day, but there were no updates other than a notice that the case was undergoing “administrative processing.” In total, the couple waited for over two years for the issuance of the visa and they began to lose hope after the implementation of the travel ban that prohibited the immigration of Iranians to the United States. Read more
M.S. applied for an immigrant visa in 2016 on behalf of her Iranian citizen mother, E.T. Mother and daughter waited patiently for three years and two months for the issuance of the visa before contacting Nimer Law. During this time, whenever they inquired about the case status, they were told it was pending “administrative processing.” M.S. checked the CEAC website tirelessly, but no meaningful updates were ever provided. When the travel ban was implemented in 2017, M.S. and her mother grew very concerned that they would not ever be allowed to reunite.
M.S. had prayed that her mother could arrive in the United States in time to attend her wedding, as she did not have any family to have by her side on the most important day of her life. M.S. contacted the Embassy countless times explaining her situation and requesting an expedited visa issuance. Instead, the Embassy simply explained that her mother’s application was undergoing mandatory “administrative processing.” M.S. was utterly devastated emotionally as her wedding came and passed without her mother being by her side. Read more
U.B. resided in the United States for thirteen years as a student and later began working as an engineer. When it came time to renew his H-1B visa, U.B. traveled to India with his wife and children for a short vacation and his visa interview. Instead they were inexplicably stranded in India for 120 days, waiting for the issuance of a simple H-1B visa renewal. Read more
P.T. was awarded a hard-earned admission to a premier academic institution in the United States. He was incredibly excited and immediately applied for a student visa to travel to the United States from Iran. Unfortunately, his happiness was short-lived as P.T. found himself waiting for the adjudication of his visa for over six months after his visa interview before he found Nimer Law. Read more
N.B. came to the United States in 2014 on a student visa and has since studied, worked, and resided in the United States. On August 23, 2018, N.B. routinely applied for a renewal for her H-1B visa and appeared for her mandatory visa interview in India on December 9, 2018. N.B. was newlywed and hoped to avoid being away from her husband for very long, but she knew she had to leave the country temporarily to renew her visa.
During her interview she was told that her renewal application had been approved and she gave her passport to the consular officer to receive the issued visa. Just three days later, the Embassy returned N.B.’s passport to her without the renewed visa much to her shock. She was instead told that her application was undergoing “additional administrative processing.” Her visa application remained pending for 300 days after her interview. Read more
A.F. is an American citizen who filed an immigrant petition on behalf of her Iranian parents in June of 2017. On September 24, 2017, A.F.’s mother and father were interviewed, and on the very same day President Trump signed Presidential Proclamation 9645. A.F.’s mother was approved on the same day of their visa interview, however, sadly A.F.’s father was told that his petition would need to undergo administrative processing. A.F. contacted the Embassy repeatedly for one-thousand days by herself and via congressional inquiry, to no avail. A.F. and her parents waited for nearly two years for a decision on the application. Read more
Nimer Law announced today the resolution of a lawsuit against the US Embassy in Abu Dhabi, the Department of State, the Department of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State for wrongfully failing to issue an EB-1 visa for an Iranian dentist which was approved during an injunction on the travel ban.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court for the District of Columbia, alleged that the embassy purposely delayed visa issuance until the Proclamation was allowed to take effect, and thereafter refused to further adjudicate the Plaintiff’s visa application. The Plaintiff in the lawsuit was a world-renowned dentist who had been offered a fellowship at John Hopkins University, and missed the fellowship due to the delay in issuance of her visa. Read more
On April 9, Nimer Law filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Embassy in Mumbaii, India for the delay in issuance of a renewal H-1B visa for a long time employee of a U.S. company. The plaintiff had been residing in the U.S. since 2007 first as a student and then in valid H-1B status when she traveled to India with her young son for a family visit. When she attempted to get her visa stamped in order to return to the U.S., the her application was put in administrative processing for over six months for no apparent reason. When her son became very ill and she could not wait for her visa any longer, she hired Nimer Law to file a lawsuit.
On April 23, Nimer Law also filed an emergency motion for a temporary restraining and/or preliminary injunction order to prevent further irreparable harm to the child – who was getting sicker with each passing day – and also to prevent the plaintiff from losing her job in the U.S.
We are happy to report that just over two weeks from the filing of the lawsuit and motion for an injunction, the embassy issued the Plaintiff’s visa and she and her son were able to successfully travel back to the U.S. immediately thereafter.
The family is extremely grateful for our swift filing and resolution of the visa delay, and we are so happy we were able to quickly resolve this issue for our clients.
Our firm is pleased to announce that we have successfully resolved a lawsuit against the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon for the unreasonable delay in visa issuance to a Syrian young man who was separated from his parents and siblings for eight years. Read more
An Iranian fiance of a U.S. citizen was successfully granted a travel ban waiver after Nimer Law filed a federal lawsuit on the couple’s behalf.
K.R., a U.S. citizen living in Oklahoma, and his Iranian fiance, S.H., had been trying to obtain a K-1 fiance visa since they first got engaged in 2016. S.H. was originally interviewed by the U.S. Embassy in Abu Dhabi in April 2017. Her interview went smoothly and the couple was told their case was complete except for some additional standard administrative processing. Unfortunately the various iterations of the travel ban prevented issuance of S.H.’s visa, and the couple had to delay their wedding plans. They had all but lost hope that the visa would ever be issued after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the travel ban in June of 2017. Read more
Nimer Law LLC announced today that it has successfully resolved another citizenship delay lawsuit.
The suit, filed in federal court for the Southern District of Ohio, was on behalf of a naturalization applicant from Kosovo whose application had been pending with USCIS for over three years. Nimer Law filed a lawsuit in conjunction with Simakovsky Law, who had represented the applicant through his naturalization proceedings. Read more
Nimer Law LLC announced today that it has successfully resolved a green card delay lawsuit.
The suit, filed in Federal court for the Western District of Washington, was on behalf of a husband and wife, whose green card applications had been pending for over two years without adjudication. They had no criminal history and had met all the requirements for adjusting his status to that of lawful permanent residents. Read more
On February 20, Nimer Law filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, India for the delay in issuance of an H-4 visa for a 16-year-old child of H-1B physician and dentist parents. The family had been residing in the U.S. since 2006 in valid H-1B status when they traveled to India in December, 2018 for a family visit. When they attempted to get their visas stamped in order to return to the U.S., the parents were both approved but their teenage son was asked to fill out the DS-5535 supplemental questionnaire and put in administrative processing. After waiting nearly two months with no updates from the embassy, the family hired Nimer Law to file a lawsuit. Read more
Nimer Law is pleased to announce the successful resolution of another immigration delay lawsuit – in this case for an Iranian scientist in the EB2 category. The EB2 Green Card is for aliens who have demonstrated “exceptional ability” and is highly desirable because it can offer a relatively fast route to permanent U.S. residence. However, the presidential proclamation barring the entry of Iranian nationals has caused hurdles to many applicants who have been awaiting approval well past normal processing times. Read more
Nimer Law filed a mandamus lawsuit (also called writ of mandamus) against the Department of State, the US Embassy in Hyderabad, India and various government officials on behalf of an applicant for an H-1B renewal visa that was stuck in administrative processing for eight months. During that time, our client was unable to return to his employment and was separated from his wife and child who were still in the U.S. Read more
We are pleased to announce that one of our clients, a refugee from Uzbekistan, was finally approved for citizenship after his prior application was denied. When he applied again his second naturalization application was delayed for nearly two years. Attorney Nimer filed a lawsuit for the delay and was able to finally get the client his interview. Attorney Nimer represented the client at the interview and was able to successfully navigate the complex issues present in the case. Less than a week after the interview the client was overjoyed to hear that he had been approved after waiting nearly seven years for his citizenship!
We are happy to announce that we have resolved another F-1 visa delay lawsuit for an Iranian student who was stuck in administrative processing for nearly eight months. She had traveled to Paris for a summer abroad program and was unable to get back to the US when her visa expired and the U.S. embassy in Paris refused to adjudicate her visa.
The student contacted Nimer Law to file a lawsuit to challenge the unreasonable delay, and despite the government shutdown, we were able to work with the U.S. attorney’s office to get the visa quickly adjudicated. We are happy to report that our client is now on her way back to the U.S.!
Nimer Law filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Iranian spouse of a U.S. citizen whose case had been stuck in administrative processing for eight months. After filing of the lawsuit, the embassy granted the waiver and the spousal visa was issued. The couple is happy to finally be reunited after spending months apart waiting on a waiver that seemed it would never be approved.
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Nimer Law filed an emergency lawsuit on behalf of Shaima Swileh, a Yemeni mother who was stuck in Cairo waiting on her immigrant visa to be approved so she could travel to California and be with her dying son. Her visa was delayed due to the travel ban which prohibits the entry of Yemeni nationals unless they obtain a waiver. The embassy in Cairo refused to adjudicate Shaima’s waiver even though she presented evidence that her 2 year old son was dying in the U.S. Nimer Law filed a 55-page lawsuit against the embassy within two days of getting the case, and the embassy in Cairo immediately approved Shaima’s waiver, and she was able to get to the U.S. to be with her son before he died. The case was featured in national and international media as demonstrating the devastating human toll the travel ban has on families.
Attorney Nimer quoted on the Hassan family’s struggles: https://abcnews.go.com/beta-story-container/International/yemeni-mom-separated-dying-son-trump-travel-ban/story?id=59894862
DM is an Iranian PhD student who was in the US studying and working with a prestigious company on his OPT training. He had to go home to Iran for a family emergency and when he applied for a new F-1 stamp to reenter the U.S and resume his OPT he was surprised that he didn’t get it right away. After four months in administrative processing, he was worried he would never get back in time to resume his OPT. Nimer Law filed a lawsuit against the embassy and DM got his F-1 visa just 3.5 weeks later, and he was able to travel back to the U.S. and resume his OPT
Dr. A is a brilliant and talented doctor from Turkey who was awarded a prestigious fellowship at a cancer center in Florida. Due to the embassy’s unreasonable delay in issuing his J-1 visa, he was going to lose his fellowship if he could not travel to the US in time to begin. Dr. A and the cancer center retained Nimer Law to represent them in a lawsuit against the embassy in Ankara. Nimer Law filed a mandamus lawsuit and a motion for a preliminary injunction to keep Dr. A from missing the start date of his fellowship. We are pleased to say that Dr. A received his J-1 visa shortly thereafter and is now in the U.S. working at the cancer center.
This was a case of an extremely unreasonable delay in processing the immigrant visa applications for four minor children of a U.S. legal permanent resident. The applications sat unadjudicated for almost four years, causing the family to remain separated unnecessarily – with the parents living in the United States and the children remaining in Pakistan. Attorney Nimer filed a mandamus lawsuit in the Federal Court for the Southern District of Ohio against the embassy and the U.S. Department of State in order to force the embassy to process the applications. After two months of litigation, the lawsuit was successfully resolved with the children receiving their visas enabling them to travel to the U.S. to finally be reunited with their parents and brother. The family was extremely grateful that a nearly four year struggle was finally over.
A female Muslim physician, who immigrated to the United States through her employer and had been a lawful permanent resident since 2011, experienced a two year delay in her citizenship application. USCIS initially fingerprinted her twice and scheduled her interview, but then cancelled her interview without explanation. After her interview was cancelled, she was unable to obtain any information as to the status of her application other than it was “pending security checks.” The client was sworn in as a U.S. citizen within three months of filing a complaint for writ of mandamus.
We successfully resolved a lawsuit against the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem for unreasonably delaying an immigrant visa for the Palestinian wife of a U.S. citizen. The couple was married in 2015 and promptly filed the appropriate applications immediately thereafter. Once USCIS sent the application to the US Consulate in Jerusalem it sat unadjudicated for well over two years causing the couple to remain separated unnecessarily – the husband living in the United States and the wife remaining in Palestine. The consulate claimed the application was undergoing necessary “administrative processing.” Attorney Nimer filed a mandamus lawsuit in the Federal Court for the District of Columbia against the consulate and the U.S. Department of State in order to force the consulate to process the application. The lawsuit was successfully resolved three months later with the wife receiving her visa enabling her to travel to the U.S. to be reunited with her husband. The couple said they are “extremely grateful that a two and a half year struggle is finally over.”
[/column]A U.S. citizen, originally from Somalia, experienced a 16-month delay after applying for his passport. He inquired multiple times as to the delay, even flying to the Minnesota passport agency to be interviewed, but could not get any information as to why his passport was not being renewed. Attorney Nimer filed a lawsuit requesting the Court to determine the client’s citizenship and force the Department of State to give the client his passport. After litigating the case for several months, the client received his passport and was overjoyed that he could finally travel again.
Eleven refugee green card applicants – including several children, waited nearly three years for adjudication of their green card applications. Attorney Nimer filed a mandamus lawsuit for the entire group and was able to obtain approval for all eleven plaintiffs within several months of filing.
A Syrian asylee and professor at a major U.S. university applied for derivative asylum status for his son. Due to “administrative processing,” the application sat unadjudicated for nearly eighteen months after the son was interviewed at the embassy in Ankara, Turkey. The son, who could not return to Syria, was forced to await adjudication in Turkey. He was separated from his mother, father and younger siblings, could not go to university and didn’t have meaningful work. Attorney Nimer filed a lawsuit and got the son approved for travel within three months. The son has now joined his parents and siblings in Columbus, Ohio and is very grateful that he was able to find someone to help him get safely to the U.S.
A U.S. citizen, originally from Yemen, filed an I-130 application for his new wife so that she could come from Yemen to live with him in the U.S. The application was delayed for several years. Attorney Nimer filed a mandamus lawsuit and got the wife approved.
