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Richard Olver is a partner at Anderson Olver where he focuses on complex family and employment-based issues faced by clients and their dependents and extended families, both in the United States and around the world. Richard’s practice includes diplomatic and expatriate cases; as well as applications for both non-immigrant visas and permanent residence. Richard also assists clients in citizenship matters. Richard received his J.D. in 1974 from Harvard Law School. He is admitted to the bar in New York and Kentucky, and is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the New York Bar Association, the Kentucky Bar Association, and the Westchester County Bar Association. He was raised as an expatriate, having grown up in France, Switzerland, Italy and Libya, as well as in Westchester County, New York. Richard has served with the United Nations in a number of senior positions on five continents. He has negotiated with national governments and international partners in over eighty countries, and has supported the work of the UN in over one hundred and fifty member states. He has global expertise in issues around expatriate benefits and conditions of service. Richard has served a global roster of clients, on every continent. In addition to individual clients, he has advised a broad range of international and multilateral organizations, political and peacekeeping missions in conflict zones, and regional economic unions. Areas of work have included management systems, policies and conditions of service for expatriate and local hire employees, human resource strategies and organizational structures. View More ›

Spojmie Nasiri, principal attorney, is a first generation immigrant herself who understands through personal experience how difficult and emotionally draining American immigration process can be. Mrs. Nasiri’s education, community involvement and associations reflect her outstanding dedication in the area of immigration law. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of California, Davis and her Juris Doctorate from Golden Gate University, School of Law. Mrs. Nasiri is a member of the California State Bar and is admitted to practice before the California Supreme Court and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Mrs. Nasiri currently practices immigration law exclusively and is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. In addition, Mrs. Nasiri served as a pro bono attorney with the Immigration Law Clinic at the University of California, Davis where she provided individual representation, pro bono referrals, and pro se materials to detained immigrants. Mrs. Nasiri was also an avid volunteer at the Immigrants’ Rights Clinic at Stanford University and provides legal services to the Afghan community throughout the United States and worldwide. Mrs. Nasiri has extensive experience with all types of immigration and deportation defense matters. She has conducted know-your-rights presentations on a variety of legal issues affecting immigrant groups at the West County Detention Center in Richmond, California and Yuba County Detention Facility in Marysville, California. She assists clients with a wide variety of immigration matters, including applications with the consulates and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, representing clients detained by the Department of Homeland Security, defending immigrants in removal proceedings in Immigration Court, and representing clients in criminal immigration proceedings in federal court. Mrs. Nasiri is fluent in Pashto and Dari. View More ›

Prior to founding Immigration Law Options, LLC, Ms. Miller-Wein was a staff attorney with HIAS and Council Migration Services of Philadelphia, a non-profit organization providing legal and resettlement services for needy individuals. She later joined a private law office as Managing Attorney before establishing her diverse immigration practice. Ms. Miller-Wein can provide expertise if you, or a family member, have been detained or scheduled for a hearing before an Immigration Judge, as well as provide guidance and representation for family or employment-based matters, naturalization, asylum, nonimmigrant visas, consular processing, or Motions.

Helping People with Visas (for Students & Employment), Family Base Immigration, Employment Based Immigration, Temporary Immigration, Green Card â LPR, U.S. Citizenship â Naturalization, Asylum/Admissions, Diversity/Greencard Lottery, VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) Adjustments, Life Act Adjustment under INA 245(I) if no proof of entry, Registry Adjustments (Illegal Entry before 1972), Child Citizen Act (Child of Naturalized Citizen issue) CSPA Issues (Child Status Protection Act for Aged Out Children on Visas) Deportation/Removal Defense and Petition/Adjustment/Citizenship Denials. You want an immigration lawyer to help you work through the complex and challenging rules governing the right to live and work in the United States. I can help you with coming to or staying in the United States to work, go to school, get a green card or become a citizen. I can help with Immigration Problems caused by Illegal Entry, Criminal Arrests/Convictions, Overstays and being Out of Status. View More ›