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Immigration
PEREZ & ASSOCIATES
Alliance Offices
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Neelofer Syed, Esq.
Attorney at Law
Immigration and International Law
Neelofer Syed practices in the areas of
Immigration   Law  and  International
Business Transactions throughout the
United States and internationally. She
handles a  variety  of immigration cases  including  employment  based  visas
/ adjustments, family based visas / adjustments,  Labor Certification (PERM),
visas  for   entertainment  groups,  asylum,  battered  spouse,  deportation &
removal,  as  well  as  citizenship.   She  also   handles   cases   pertaining   to
international  Business  Transactions   and  offers  to   review   cross   border
contracts  entered  into  between  private parties.  She is also responsible  for
Perez & Associates’ affiliation  with  law firms  in India,  Pakistan  and Egypt
(El Sharnouby & Associates L.L.P)  and,   through  those  affiliations,   offers
legal services in India, Pakistan, and Egypt. Ms. Syed is  licensed  to  practice
Immigration  Law in all 50 states  of the United States  and before  all United
States  Consulates  and  Embassies.  She is also  licensed  to  practice  law  in
Pakistan.
Ms. Syed obtained  her law  degree from  Punjab  University  Law  College in
1994  and her  Masters  Degree  (LLM) with  honors  from  the  Stetson  Law
School in 2004 where  she was awarded the Dean’s Award,  the highest award
given by the law  school.  Ms. Syed  has  also  served  as  an  Intern  with  the
Office of Senator Bill Nelson of Florida.
While engaged  in active  practice  of law in  Pakistan  Ms. Syed  successfully
argued cases  all the way through the Pakistani Supreme Court.  In addition,
she was very  involved  in human  rights  activities,  especially  in the area of
rights  for  women,  children,  and  laborers.  These  included  serving  as  the
Human Rights  Coordinator  for the Province  of Punjab,  as Secretary  of the
Punjab Chapter of the Pakistani Peoples Forum for Peace and Democracy, as
a   Director   of   Rugmark   International,    an   organization   dedicated   to
eradicating  child  labor,  and  as a  collaborator  with  Fair  Trade  where  she
designed  and  implemented  a  micro  credit  program  in Sialkot,  Pakistan,
designed to provide supplementary income  to skilled laborers in the sporting
goods industry to reduce the incidence of child labor.
Ms. Syed is listed in a Who’s Who of American Universities and Colleges and
has been  featured  in  the national legal  magazine  National Jurist as well as
several newspapers.  She is a recipient  of the Woman of Achievement award
from the Women on the Way organization.
Ms. Syed’s offices include  a fellow  of  the  Foreign  Relation  Committee  of
Tampa  Bay,  the Advisory Board of Stetson Law School,  and Co-Chair of the
International Law Section of the St. Petersburg Bar Association.
Her  memberships  include   the  State  Bar   of  Michigan,   the  Detroit  Bar
Association  of  Michigan,   the  Lahore  High   Court  Bar  in  Pakistan,   the
American  Immigration  Lawyers  Association,  the  American Civil Liberties
Union,   the  Tampa  Chapter  of  the  United  Nations  Association,  Amnesty
International,  Human Rights Watch,   and the International Bar Association
in U.K.
As an immigrant herself,  Ms. Syed has a special understanding for the needs
of persons seeking to make a new home in the United States.  
For   all   your   enquiries,     please    contact   Attorney   Neelofer   Syed   at
nsyed@easyvisas.net.