Lawsuit against the U.S. Embassy Islamabad

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.