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Azin Ahmadi
D: (518) 701-2767  
aahmadi@harrisbeach.com

Azin Ahmadi

  Associate

(518) 701-2767
  aahmadi@harrisbeach.com
“In an interconnected world, I am passionate about providing legal representation to individuals who are looking for a home or trying to fullfil their professional goals in the United States.”
  • Citizenship and Immigration Services Updates Policy on Unlawful Presence Bars
Profile
Representative Matters
Professional and Civic
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Location
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Azin counsels employers in a wide range of immigration matters,  including both non-immigrant and immigration visa options (H-1B, E-3, TN, E-1, E-2, L-1, and B-1), as well as employment-based green card options through PERM Labor Certification, EB-1, EB-2 and EB-3 categories.  Azin also works with individual clients in a range of matters involving family-based/individual immigration. Azin has extensive experience representing clients in proceedings before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in matters including family-based immigrant visas and Adjustment of Status applications, asylum, U-visas, VAWA petitions, SIJS, DACA, and TPS applications. Her previous work with asylum seekers and refugees in Istanbul, Turkey as well as her own lived experiences navigating various immigration processes in the United States and Europe enable Azin to provide a unique, international perspective to her practice.

Azin was previously awarded an Equal Justice Works Fellowship to provide legal representation to immigrants in the Capital District area. At The Legal Project in Albany, Azin also worked as a staff attorney and Equal Justice Works/AmeriCorps fellow in the New State Family Security Project providing legal representation in all aspects of immigration law, including humanitarian relief and family-based petitions. Azin is also experienced in the broader area of labor and employment law, having served as a legal fellow for the National Labor Relations Board and a law clerk for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Azin is fluent in English, German and Persian and has intermediate language proficiency in Spanish, Turkish and French.

Professional and Civic

  • American Immigration Lawyers Association, member
  • Equal Justice Works Fellowship sponsored by Greenberg Traurig, LLP 
  • Equal Justice Works/AmeriCorps Fellowship
  • UCLA Professional Opportunity Program

Recognition

  • Professional Opportunity Program Award, UCLA Law School
  • Equal Justice America Award, UCLA Law School

Legal Practices

Immigration

Admissions

Minnesota

University of California at Los Angeles School of Law

JD 
2015

University of California at Los Angeles

BA 
2010
summa cum laude

Location

Albany, NY Office
Insights
September 1, 2022

Citizenship and Immigration Services Updates Policy on Unlawful Presence Bars

On June 24, 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued new guidance in its Policy Manual on inadmissibility under section 212(a)
October 13, 2021

The Elimination and Reinstatement of Administrative Closures

Over the course of the past few years, we have seen a number of limitations to both lawful and unlawful immigration. Some of these policy ch
April 29, 2021

Effects of Employment Authorization Processing Delays on Foreign Workers and Companies

In December 2020, we reported on the pandemic’s adverse effects on United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and how the ne
March 11, 2021

USCIS Stops Enforcing Charge Rule: Intending Immigrants No Longer Need to Pass Wealth Test

On March 9, 2021, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it will no longer seek judicial review of any court decisions inv
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January 1, 2019

Publication: Recent Changes in Immigration Law: A View From the Capital District of NY (Government, Law and Policy Journal)

All Blogs, All Insights, Immigration Blog |
 September 1, 2022
Citizenship and Immigration Services Updates Policy on Unlawful Presence Bars
On June 24, 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued new guidance in its Policy Manual on inadmissibility under section 212(a)...read more
All Insights, All Blogs, Immigration Blog |
 October 13, 2021
The Elimination and Reinstatement of Administrative Closures
Over the course of the past few years, we have seen a number of limitations to both lawful and unlawful immigration. Some of these policy ch...read more
All Insights, All Blogs, Immigration Blog |
 April 29, 2021
Effects of Employment Authorization Processing Delays on Foreign Workers and Companies
In December 2020, we reported on the pandemic’s adverse effects on United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and how the ne...read more
All Insights, All Blogs, Immigration Blog |
 March 11, 2021
USCIS Stops Enforcing Charge Rule: Intending Immigrants No Longer Need to Pass Wealth Test
On March 9, 2021, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it will no longer seek judicial review of any court decisions inv...read more
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Azin Ahmadi

aahmadi@harrisbeach.com
D: (518) 701-2767
Albany, NY Office
Azin Ahmadi
https://www.harrisbeach.com/people/ahmadi-azin/

■ Areas of Expertise

Legal Practices

Immigration Legal Practice

■ Profile

Azin counsels employers in a wide range of immigration matters,  including both non-immigrant and immigration visa options (H-1B, E-3, TN, E-1, E-2, L-1, and B-1), as well as employment-based green card options through PERM Labor Certification, EB-1, EB-2 and EB-3 categories.  Azin also works with individual clients in a range of matters involving family-based/individual immigration. Azin has extensive experience representing clients in proceedings before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in matters including family-based immigrant visas and Adjustment of Status applications, asylum, U-visas, VAWA petitions, SIJS, DACA, and TPS applications. Her previous work with asylum seekers and refugees in Istanbul, Turkey as well as her own lived experiences navigating various immigration processes in the United States and Europe enable Azin to provide a unique, international perspective to her practice.

Azin was previously awarded an Equal Justice Works Fellowship to provide legal representation to immigrants in the Capital District area. At The Legal Project in Albany, Azin also worked as a staff attorney and Equal Justice Works/AmeriCorps fellow in the New State Family Security Project providing legal representation in all aspects of immigration law, including humanitarian relief and family-based petitions. Azin is also experienced in the broader area of labor and employment law, having served as a legal fellow for the National Labor Relations Board and a law clerk for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Azin is fluent in English, German and Persian and has intermediate language proficiency in Spanish, Turkish and French.

■ Professional and Civic

  • American Immigration Lawyers Association, member
  • Equal Justice Works Fellowship sponsored by Greenberg Traurig, LLP 
  • Equal Justice Works/AmeriCorps Fellowship
  • UCLA Professional Opportunity Program

■ Admissions

  • Professional Opportunity Program Award, UCLA Law School
  • Equal Justice America Award, UCLA Law School

■ Education

University of California at Los Angeles School of Law
 ,JD
 ,2015
University of California at Los Angeles
 ,BA
 ,2010
 ,summa cum laude

Harris Beach and its subsidiaries provide a full range of legal and professional services for clients across New York state, as well as nationally and internationally. Harris Beach is among the country’s top law firms as ranked by The National Law Journal and is among the BTI Elite law firms based on in-depth interviews of more than 600 corporate counsel at the world’s largest and most influential companies. Our clients include Fortune 100 corporations, privately-held companies, emerging businesses, public sector entities, not-for-profit organizations and individuals. Principal industries we represent include education, energy, financial, food and beverage, health care, insurance, manufacturing, medical and life sciences, real estate developers, and state and local governments and authorities.

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Blockchain and Digital Assets 
Cannabis
Construction and Surety
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Health Care
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Photonics
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