Najia Sheikh Khalid

Najia Sheikh Khalid
Associate, Immigration, New York
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Direct Phone: 212-573-0651

Areas of Experience

Immigration and Nationality Law

Professional Summary

Najia Sheikh Khalid focuses her practice in the area of business and family-based immigration law. She advises and represents multinational companies and individual clients in connection with immigration-related matters, including nonimmigrant and immigrant visa petitions, labor certification applications, family-based petitions, adjustment of status and citizenship applications, and immigration interviews. She also assists with I-9 compliance and immigration litigation.

While in law school, Ms. Khalid served as a Student Attorney at John Jay Legal Services, Inc., Immigration Justice Clinic, where she represented indigent immigrants in complex removal proceedings, including immigration raid detainees, women with claims under the Violence Against Women Act, and asylees seeking immigration relief in the United States.

Education

J.D. (International Law), Pace University School of Law, 2009
B.A. (English, Sociology – Criminology, Law & Deviance), University of Michigan, 2003

Admissions

New York
Connecticut

Memberships

Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association; NY Chapter – Advocacy Committee
Member, New York State Bar Association
Member, South Asian Bar Association of New York
Member, Muslim Bar Association of New York

Languages

Hindi
Punjabi
Urdu