Attorney profile

Julia Sharifov, Esq.

Of Counsel · Immigration Attorney

Super Lawyers 2020–2026 · Immigration practice since 2003

Business and family immigration counsel for individuals, professionals, companies, and international clients.

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Super Lawyers2020–2026

Immigration lawSince 2003

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Super LawyersSelected 2020–2026

Immigration practicePracticing since 2003

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Super Lawyers

Julia Sharifov

Selected 2020–2026

Experience and approach

Immigration planning across borders and life stages.

Julia Sharifov, Esq., is Of Counsel to Sharifov & Associates, PLLC and the principal of the Law Offices of Julia Sharifov, P.C., with over 23 years of experience practicing immigration law. She focuses on business and family-based immigration matters, representing individuals, professionals, and companies in complex immigration cases throughout the United States and internationally.

Ms. Sharifov is a graduate of New York University and New York Law School. She is admitted to practice law in the State of New York and before the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. She is also a long-standing member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, reflecting her continued involvement in developments in U.S. immigration law and policy.

Her practice includes employment-based visas, business immigration, family-based petitions, adjustment of status, and consular processing. She advises individuals, entrepreneurs, and companies on navigating the U.S. immigration system, compliance requirements, and long-term immigration strategies.

Ms. Sharifov also works closely with the firm’s criminal defense team in matters where immigration status may be affected by a criminal arrest or pending charges. Immigration consequences can arise from even minor criminal cases, and legal strategy should account for those consequences before a plea or resolution.

She represents clients before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. consulates abroad, and other federal immigration agencies. Her services extend to clients within the United States as well as foreign nationals and international businesses seeking to establish or expand their presence in the U.S. market.

Immigration practice

Immigration planning for people, families, and businesses.

Eligibility, filing strategy, required evidence, government processing, and timing depend on the person, employer, relationship, immigration history, and applicable law.

Business & Employment Immigration

Guidance for professionals, entrepreneurs, companies, and international businesses pursuing nonimmigrant visas, employment-based immigrant visas, and long-term U.S. immigration strategies.

Family & Fiancé Petitions

Family-based immigrant visas and fiancé petitions for clients seeking to unite with qualifying family members through the U.S. immigration system.

Status, Consular Processing & Citizenship

Adjustment of status, consular processing, naturalization, and citizenship matters before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and U.S. consulates abroad.

VAWA, Affirmative Asylum & Criminal-Immigration Issues

Representation involving VAWA petitions and affirmative asylum applications with USCIS, together with coordinated planning when an arrest or pending criminal charge may affect immigration status.

Julia Sharifov also advises criminal defense clients on immigration consequences. Learn more about criminal charges and immigration.

Immigration services

U.S. Immigration Visa, Green Card, and Citizenship Services

Julia Sharifov provides case-specific guidance on selected temporary visa, lawful permanent residence, and citizenship matters. Each category has separate eligibility, evidence, filing, visa-availability, consular, and admission rules. Approval of a petition or status application does not guarantee visa issuance or admission to the United States.

Temporary Visas

Guidance for individuals, families, employers, investors, students, and professionals seeking the appropriate temporary U.S. immigration classification.

Family, visitor, student, exchange, and transit visas

Family-related visas: K-1 fiancé(e) and K-2 child visas for qualifying families planning marriage after admission, together with K-3 and K-4 spouse-and-child matters when those classifications remain available.
Visitors, transit, and crewmembers: B-1 business visitor and B-2 visitor matters, C transit classifications, D or C-1/D crewmember visas, and G classifications for eligible international-organization officials, employees, and qualifying dependents or staff.
Students and exchange visitors: F-1 academic or language student, M-1 vocational student, and J-1 exchange visitor matters, including J-2 dependent classifications where permitted by the applicable program.

Employment, business, and professional classifications

Treaty trade and investment: E-1 treaty trader and E-2 treaty investor or qualifying employee matters for eligible treaty-country nationals and businesses.
Professional and company transfers: H-1B specialty occupations, I visas for qualifying foreign-media representatives, and L-1A executive or manager and L-1B specialized-knowledge intracompany transfers.
Extraordinary ability and performance: O-1 extraordinary-ability or achievement matters, related O-2 support and O-3 dependent classifications, and P-1, P-2, or P-3 cases involving qualifying athletes, entertainers, exchanges, or culturally unique programs.
Religious and USMCA professionals: R-1 religious-worker matters and TN classification for eligible Canadian and Mexican professionals with qualifying prearranged U.S. employment under the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement.

Permanent Residence and Citizenship

Focused assistance with family-, employment-, and investor-based green cards, conditional residence, permanent-resident documentation, naturalization, and citizenship through parents.

Family-based green cards

Immediate relatives: Petitions and permanent-residence planning for qualifying spouses, unmarried children under 21, and parents of U.S. citizens, subject to the petitioner’s age and all other requirements.
Family preference categories: F1, F2A, F2B, F3, and F4 matters for qualifying relatives of U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents. These categories are numerically limited and may involve priority-date and Visa Bulletin waiting periods.
Special family pathways: Qualifying Violence Against Women Act self-petitions and widow or widower matters, each of which has separate relationship, timing, evidence, and statutory requirements.

Employment and investor green cards

EB-1 priority workers: Matters involving extraordinary ability, outstanding professors or researchers, and certain multinational managers or executives.
EB-2 and EB-3 pathways: Advanced-degree, exceptional-ability, National Interest Waiver, skilled-worker, professional, and other-worker cases. The need for a job offer, employer petition, labor certification, or self-petition depends on the category.
EB-5 immigrant investors: Investor matters involving qualifying capital, a new commercial enterprise, required job creation, and, where applicable, the additional rules governing regional-center cases.

Conditional residence and green card documents

Marriage-based conditions: Form I-751 joint petitions and qualifying waiver requests to remove conditions from marriage-based permanent residence, with filing strategy based on the applicable facts and deadline.
Investor conditions: Form I-829 matters for qualifying EB-5 conditional permanent residents seeking removal of conditions during the applicable filing period.
Renewal and replacement: Form I-90 matters involving eligible expired, expiring, lost, stolen, damaged, or incorrect permanent resident cards. Conditional residents generally use the applicable removal-of-conditions process rather than Form I-90 solely because a conditional card is expiring.

Naturalization and citizenship through parents

Naturalization: Form N-400 eligibility and evidence review, including the applicable residence, physical-presence, good-moral-character, English, civics, and statutory requirements or exceptions.
Citizenship through a parent: Analysis of citizenship acquired at birth or obtained after birth under the law applicable to the person’s age, residence, parentage, custody, and family history.
Citizenship documentation: Form N-600 or N-600K matters where those procedures are appropriate for documenting citizenship or addressing certain cases involving children residing abroad.

Individual review is required. Visa classifications, permanent-residence pathways, filing procedures, priority dates, evidentiary requirements, and citizenship rules change and are highly fact-specific. This profile describes selected services and does not promise eligibility, approval, visa issuance, admission, or any other outcome.

Professional background

Education, admissions, and affiliations.

Education

J.D., New York Law School, 2002
B.A., Political Science, New York University, 1998

Admissions

New York State and federal courts — admitted 2003

New York State Courts
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

Professional memberships

Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)

Past and Current Affiliations

New York State Bar Association
American Bar Association

Languages

English
Russian

Immigration consultations may be requested in English or Russian.

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Early review can help identify eligibility questions, important deadlines, supporting evidence, and the government process that may apply to your situation.

Ms. Sharifov — direct line516-505-2370 Email Ms. Sharifovsharifovlawfirm@aol.com Sharifov & Associates, PLLC — Hempstead516-505-2300

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