Lakshmi Nayar
Nayar & McIntyre, LLP is a full service immigration law firm.
* Family Based Immigration: Spouses, children, parents, and siblings of U.S. citizens, and spouses and children of legal permanent residents may apply to obtain legal permanent resident status in the United States. Nayar & McIntyre, LLP can assist you with a wide range of family reunification immigration services, including Immigrant Visa Petitions, Adjustment of Status, Consular Processing, Removal of Conditional Residency, Fiancée Petitions (K-1), K-3 and K-4 Visas, and V Visas.
* Deportation and Removal Defense: Our firm provides representation before the Immigration Court and Board of Immigration Appeals. Our lawyers have successfully litigated the following forms of relief before the Executive Office for Immigration Review: cancellation of removal, adjustment of status, 212(c), asylum, relief under the Convention Against Torture, TPS de novo relief, voluntary departure, termination of proceedings, waivers for crimes, fraud and unlawful presence, and NACARA. We also assist detained individuals to seek bond before the Immigration Judge.
* Citizenship: Many individuals acquire U.S. citizenship through parents and grandparents, often unbeknownst to them. During your initial consultation, we will review your family history to uncover any claims to U.S. citizenship. If you are a U.S. citizen through acquisition, we can help you apply for a U.S. passport or certificate of citizenship.
* Naturalization: Nayar & McIntyre, LLP can assist you with the naturalization process. In addition to preparing your naturalization application, we help you prepare for the interview and provide representation at the interview before Citizenship and Immigration Services. We can also assist you with obtaining a waiver of the English and civics testing requirements for naturalization due to physical or developmental disability or mental impairment (N-648). In addition, Nayar & McIntyre, LLP can help you appeal any denial of your naturalization application.
* Asylum: Nayar & McIntyre, LLP can assist you with your asylum application before Citizenship and Immigration Services and/or the Immigration Court.
* Relief for Victims of Crime: Victims of domestic violence, child abuse, and other violent crimes are eligible for several forms of relief before Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Immigration Court. Our lawyers have several years of experience assisting victims of crime to obtain legal status, employment authorization, deferred action, U visas, cancellation of removal, and legal permanent resident status.
* Waivers: Certain criminal activity, immigration violations (including unlawful presence, status violations, and prior deportations), fraud, and some health conditions can render individuals ineligible to receive immigrant and nonimmigrant visas. Nayar & McIntyre, LLP can help you to obtain waivers for these grounds of ineligibility from Citizenship and Immigration Services, both here in the United States and at consulates abroad.
* NACARA
* Humanitarian Parole
* Temporary Protected Status
* Deferred Inspection Representation
Lakshmi Nayar
Nayar & McIntyre LLP
PO Box 601614
Dallas TX 75360
Tel: 972 445-4114
Fax: 972 445-4115
E-mail: lnayar@dfw-immigration.com
Ms. Lakshmi Nayar was born in 1975 in Kerala, India. At the age of 6, her family migrated to Perth, Western Australia, where she resided until moving to Dallas in 1998. Ms. Nayar graduated from Murdoch University, Western Australia in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Politics and Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) with Honors. In 1999, Ms. Nayar earned her Master of Laws (LL.M) from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Ms. Nayars’ interest in U.S. immigration law originated from her own experiences as an immigrant to the United States. After studying U.S. immigration law at the University of Michigan, she began her career in the immigration field in 2000 by volunteering at local non-profit agencies that provide immigration assistance to low income immigrants. In 2001, she joined a small immigration firm in Dallas and helped to develop it into one of the largest full-service immigration law firms in the state of Texas. Prior to starting her own immigration law practice, Ms. Nayar was the managing attorney of this firm.
During the course of her 9-year career in immigration law, Ms. Nayar has successfully handled a wide array of U.S. immigration and nationality matters. She has extensive experience with deportation defense (including cancellation of removal, 212(c) and 212(h) waivers for crimes, adjustment, de novo TPS claims, and bond hearings), family-based immigration (including adjustment of status and consular processing), waivers (for fraud, crimes, health-related bars and prior deportations), citizenship and naturalization, nonimmigrant visas, asylum, NACARA, and humanitarian relief (including temporary protected status and parole). She also has a special interest in assisting immigrant survivors of domestic violence and other crimes obtain legal status in the United States.
Ms. Nayar is admitted to practice in New York and the Northern District Court of Texas. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the National Immigration Project. She is fluent in Malayalam.
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