Mr.
Patel has handled a vast majority of cases
over the past 25 years, including very many
cases that were extremely difficult and
the clients themselves had given up hope.
Take a look at what some of our clients
have to say.
CLIENTS’ TESTIMONIALS
10-14-2005
[A
lawyer in Woodland Hills, California—Mr.
Indra Gandhi:]
“In my 30 years of immigration law
practice, I had many occasions to work with
Mr. P.J. Patel. I began knowing him by purchasing
his Patel’s Citations as soon as it
was first published in 1982. His thorough
knowledge of precedent decisions and case
law and up-to-the-minute preparedness has
been of invaluable service whenever I sought
his assistance. I am often in litigation
with the USCIS [legacy INS] and file numerous
appeals from baseless decisions of District
Directors and Service Centers. I am happy
to acknowledge his contribution in my successes.” [Mr. Indra Gandhi is a columnist for
INDIA-WEST, a weekly news magazine and regularly
writes the column “Legally Speaking”
since 1977.]
10-12-2005
[Extraordinary
Ability EB-1-1 Self-Petition by Sirisha
Gundamaraju—Artist—Documentary
Filmmaking and International Arts and Culture]
“I am happy to acknowledge that Mr.
PJ Patel took the time to understand my
background, and constructed a strong case
for my permanent resident visa. He spent
a lot of time, coached me on everything
from organizing my exhibits in the most
compelling manner to selecting the right
references to support key aspects of my
professional accomplishments. The kind of
patience he has is amazing, he made me work
really hard. Was his thorough, diligent
approach effective? The results speak for
themselves. I received my Green Card within
5 weeks of submitting my application! Thank
you, Mr. Patel!”
10-11-2005
[Professor
Alex Delis, currently at the University
of Athens, Greece, for whom an EB-1-2 Petition
as Outstanding Researcher was filed by and
approved for an educational Institution,
wrote:]
“I met Mr. Patel in the late nineties
while I was in search of an experienced
immigration lawyer who could handle a rather
complicated immigration case. I was referred
to his firm by a colleague from IBM-Research
with a very strong recommendation for Mr.
Patel who had successfully worked on his
immigration case in the early nineties.
Immediately I realized that I was working
with the very knowledgeable immigration
lawyer and a competent professional.
He reviewed and revised
my documents/letters literally in real-time
and provided me with feedback always in
no more than a few hours, so much so that
I felt as if he was working exclusively
on my case! Invariably I got the impression
that here was a professional who would go
an extra mile to get the best possible outcome
for his client. Even I found, workaholic
as I am, that it was difficult to keep up
with him indeed. Later I decided to go to
Australia as a visiting professor and left
contact with him for some five years. I
later learned from two of my colleagues
in Brooklyn, New York that during that time
Mr. Patel had successfully handled their
cases as outstanding researchers, and both
of them expressed their admiration for the
legal work and capabilities of Mr. Patel.
About two years ago, when
I again decided to pursue my claim for outstanding
researcher classification, obviously I contacted
Mr. Patel, and we resumed our collaboration
in developing the case. While it entailed
reviewing and revising a vast number of
letters and other documents, I was always
impressed by his diligence, thorough professional
work, his crisp and always appropriate comments
on the documents, and his deep knowledge
of the immigration law. He was not only
thorough but absolutely meticulous as well.
As a result, my claim was approved in a
short time.
In short, Mr. Patel develops
an excellent rapport with his clients and
his collaborative style and relaxed ways
help the most in having a successful case.
He is rigorous in the process and he always
insists in fairly presenting a case. In
the period of about ten years of my association,
I always found him to be most courteous,
polite, responsive, and absolutely effective
and efficient individual. Now, I am always
delighted to recommend Mr. Patel’s
legal services at any time and without any
hesitation whatsoever, for I truly believe
that Mr. Patel can escort complex immigration
cases and bring them to a successful end.
I would rate his legal services as most
outstanding.
Alex Delis, PhD
Professor, University of Athens
Athens, Greece
[Later he added: “This note does not
exaggerate in any way; you are certainly
an extraordinary lawyer in my humble
opinion and above all a gentleman.
I value this very much. Warm regards, Alex.”
12-10-2004
Dear
Mr. Patel,
“Thank you so much . . . I appreciate
all of your help and efforts. I could not
believe that they approved my case without
asking any further questions. I was expecting
to get lots of questions . . . Thanks again.
Minah [Dr. Minah Sooh, a Korean National]”
[EB-2 Self-Petition—National Interest
Waiver Claim]
4-22-2003
[A
Xerox Company employee]
[EB-1-2 Petition—Research Scientist]
“. . . Thank you so much for a successful
petition. I am very happy and satisfied
with the process we went through to get
this critical I-140 approval.” [Same
client later wrote on 8-2-2004:] “My
I-485 has been approved, and approval letter
has arrived. It has been almost three years
since we initiated I-140 (OR) process. Thank
you again for great work done during I-140
stage. . . . ”
12-23-2002
[A
client —Rob Paul—in the Netherlands,
on behalf of himself, his wife and son,
wrote:]
[Claim for Waiver of Inadmissibility]
“Dear Mr. Patel,
We would like to thank you . . . very much
for contacting the INS in Frankfurt and
for sending a fax to the INS officer Mr.
-----. We are thankful for all the work
that you have done for us and are very impressed
with your commitment to our case. Noreen,
Ryam and I wish you and your family a very
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.”
12-12-2002
[A
Japanese client wrote:]
[EB-1-1 Self-Petition—Scientist]
“Dear Mr. Patel,
We were informed that the I-140 application
was approved. We were so excited. We greatly
appreciate your kind and thoughtful guidance.
Thank you so much.” [Same client later
wrote on 8-12-2003, on behalf of himself
and his wife, as follows:]
“Dear Mr. Patel,
It is my great pleasure to inform you that
we have successfully completed all the procedures
for the green card application and entered
the US receiving I-551 stamp yesterday.
Please accept our deepest appreciation for
your kind advice, guidance and cooperation
in this matter.”
7-6-2002
[A young client–artist
from Taiwan, Yi (Eric) Feng, wrote:
[Extraordinary Ability EB-1-1 Self-Petition—Animation
Artist] “Dear Mr. Patel,
I thank you so much for helping me on my case.”
2-28-2002
[A
Professor/Researcher at a Southern University
wrote:]
[EB-1-2 Petition—Research Scientist
—Edith Seyer]
“… I received … a fax
copy of the … approval of the petition
… I wanted to say thanks, and to let
you know how thankful I am to Mr. P. J.
Patel, Esq., who handled my case. He was
very patient with me and gave me a lot of
encouragement and did a knowledgeable management
of the procedure. It was a pleasure to work
with him. I had had conversations with immigration
lawyers from other firms before and none
of them impressed me in knowledge and assertiveness
as Mr. Patel did.”
[Alien herself wrote directly earlier on
5-4-2001:]
“Dear Mr. Patel,
Thanks for your patience and answers. Now
I have a clear picture of the procedure
and situation. I could not have had a better
lawyer. …”
2-11-2002
[EB-1-1
Self-Petition—Violinist—Tigran
Verdanian]
“Dear Mr. Patel:
I hope you know the great news … our
case got approved!!! Thank you sooo much!!!
I don’t know how to thank you. I am
so happy. You don’t imagine how many
problems you have saved me from. Thank you
so much!!!
… I do what to thank you at least
over the phone until I happen to be in NYC
[New York City] to thank you in person.
…”
8-23-2001
[Executive
Director of an Internationally Renowned
Dance Company wrote:]
[O-1 Petition as Extraordinary Ability Dancer]
“Dear Mr. Patel:
On behalf of the Pascal Rivoult Dance Theatre,
I want to thank you for your willingness
to provide … legal services to our
company. …. We are extraordinarily
appreciative of your generous spirit and
hope that you may be able to see the company
sometime in the near future. …. Thank
you once again on behalf of …. and
the Board of Directors for your help.”
1-23-2001
[EB-1-1 Self-Petition—Scientist—Yongfeng
Xi] “Guess what? The case has been
approved! … Thank you sooooooooooooooooooooo
much!”
10-19-2000
[EB-1-1
Scientist—Sergei Y. Yakovenko—wrote:]
“I would like to thank you personally
for the efforts. I am really happy to see
that our work was not senseless.”
3-8-2000
[General
Manager—Susan Lassen—of Prismark
Partners LLC, wrote:
“Dear Mr. Patel:
We are delighted that Mark has just received
his labor certificate … Without your
help he would not have been able to remain
in the US and we are extremely grateful
to you.”
Earlier on May 17, 1999, Susan Lassen wrote,
in connection with an O-1 Petition:
“We cannot thank you enough for your
skill and expertise in presenting Mark’s
O-1 nonimmigrant visa so successfully. …
You gave us very clear instructions, the
courage to pursue the application, …
and your experience in the language and
the presentation of the case. We do indeed
have much to celebrate here at Prismark.
Thank you again very much indeed for all
your hard work on behalf of Mark and his
family.”
11-2-1999
[O-1
Petition as Extraordinary Ability Research
Scientist—K. Ganesan—Borden
Foods]
“I want to commend on the excellent
service rendered by your firm, especially
Mr. Patel in getting me an O-1 visa approved
on time. I had only 5 weeks before my H-1B
expired and was pleasantly surprised to
receive my O-1 approval right on time. This
gave me an opportunity to continue work
without loss of pay and made things much
easier with my financial situation. This
would not have been possible without the
dedicated work of Mr. Patel. His suggestions
on the recommendation letters, and the final
draft clearly were the reasons for the approval
of my petition. … Again thanks for
… the admirable job done by your associates.
10-25-1999
[EB-1-1
Attorney—Doron Lipshitz—Cleary
Gootlieb Steen & Hamilton]
“I am writing to express my thanks
and appreciation foe the wonderful work
that P.J. Patel … did in connection
with Cleary Gootlieb’s application
on my behalf for an immigrant visa. The
application was successful thanks to the
great efforts, dedication and excellent
legal advise by … P.J. …., for
which I am grateful.”
7-19-1999
[EB-1-2
Petition—Research Scientist of Bristol-Myers
Squibb—Ling Chen—wrote:]
“I’d like to express my thanks
… to Mr. Patel, … who helped
me succeed … Mr. Patel contacted me
in April, 1998 and he sent me the guideline
… It took me ten months to prepare
and finalize these documentation. In these
10 months time, I didn’t remember
how many times I sent those drafts to Mr.
Patel for correction, however, I did remember
each time I got his correction back on time.
I noticed for several times that the corrections
were made on Saturday and Sundays too. I
was so grateful to these help rendered from
Mr. Patel, not to mention so many times
I talked to him on the phone for his valuable
advice.”
5-18-1999
[A
Bristol-Myers Squibb officer—David
A. Fritzsche—wrote:]
“… You are the greatest! I am
sure we couldn’t have done this without
you.
