Fariba Faiz Law Offices PC is a San Francisco-based immigration law firm focused on U.S. employment-based, business, and investment immigration.
Founded by immigration attorney Fariba Faiz, the firm represents U.S. employers, multinational companies, entrepreneurs, investors, startup founders, executives, professionals, researchers, and individuals of extraordinary ability in complex temporary visa and permanent residence matters.
The practice combines more than 28 years of immigration law experience with direct attorney involvement and individualized case strategy. Clients are represented throughout the United States and internationally.
Fariba Faiz has been recognized for her work in immigration law by The Best Lawyers in America®, Chambers and Partners, and Super Lawyers.
Business and Employment Immigration Practice
The firm advises clients across a broad range of U.S. business immigration matters, including:
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H-1B specialty occupation visas, including cap cases, transfers, extensions, amendments, Requests for Evidence, and founder or beneficiary-owner petitions
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L-1 intracompany transferee visas for multinational executives, managers, and specialized-knowledge employees
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O-1 extraordinary ability visas for accomplished professionals, entrepreneurs, researchers, executives, artists, and other highly qualified individuals
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TN professional visas for eligible Canadian and Mexican professionals
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E-1 treaty trader and E-2 treaty investor visas
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EB-1A extraordinary ability green cards
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EB-1B outstanding professor and researcher petitions
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EB-1C multinational manager and executive petitions
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EB-2 National Interest Waiver petitions
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PERM labor certification and EB-2/EB-3 employer-sponsored permanent residence
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EB-5 immigrant investor matters
The firm also counsels employers on immigration strategy, workforce planning, maintenance of immigration status, government requests for evidence, and the transition from temporary work authorization to permanent residence.
Representation for Employers
Fariba Faiz Law Offices PC advises U.S. companies ranging from emerging businesses and startups to established companies and multinational organizations.
Employer representation may include H-1B, L-1, O-1, TN, E-3, PERM labor certification, employment-based immigrant petitions, immigration strategy for key personnel, and responses to agency inquiries or Requests for Evidence.
The firm works with employers to evaluate both the immediate immigration filing and the longer-term immigration path of the foreign national employee.
This is particularly important where a company is recruiting international talent, sponsoring an employee for permanent residence, transferring personnel to the United States, hiring a founder or beneficiary-owner, or managing employees whose temporary status must be coordinated with future green card sponsorship.
Representation for Entrepreneurs, Founders, and Investors
Immigration planning for entrepreneurs and investors often requires a different analysis from traditional employer-sponsored immigration.
The firm represents foreign entrepreneurs, startup founders, business owners, and investors in matters involving E-2 treaty investor visas, EB-5 immigrant investor petitions, H-1B beneficiary-owner cases, O-1 petitions, EB-1A extraordinary ability petitions, National Interest Waivers, and other immigration strategies suited to individuals building or operating businesses in the United States.
Representation may involve evaluating company ownership, capitalization, business operations, qualifying employment relationships, professional accomplishments, investment structure, and the relationship between temporary immigration status and a longer-term permanent residence strategy.
Representation for Accomplished Professionals and Individuals of Extraordinary Ability
The firm represents executives, researchers, entrepreneurs, professionals, artists, designers, and other accomplished individuals pursuing immigration benefits based on extraordinary ability, exceptional achievement, national interest, or specialized expertise.
These cases frequently require more than collecting documents that correspond to individual regulatory criteria.
For EB-1A and O-1 matters in particular, the evidence must be organized into a coherent record demonstrating the significance of the individual's work, professional standing, impact, recognition, and role within the field.
The firm therefore approaches these petitions as both legal and evidentiary matters, with attention to how the record as a whole will be evaluated by USCIS.
Direct Attorney Involvement
Clients work directly with Fariba Faiz throughout their representation.
Case strategy, legal analysis, and substantive petition development are attorney-directed rather than treated as standardized document-production exercises.
This structure allows the legal strategy to evolve as issues arise, including changes in employment, corporate structure, immigration status, government policy, visa availability, or the evidence available to support a petition.
For complex immigration matters, those details can materially affect the appropriate filing strategy.
Individualized Immigration Strategy
Immigration cases that appear similar on the surface can present materially different legal and practical issues.
The firm therefore evaluates each matter based on its particular facts, including the client's immigration history, professional background, employer or business structure, timing requirements, visa availability, evidentiary record, and long-term objectives.
Where appropriate, the analysis extends beyond the immediate petition.
For example, an H-1B strategy may need to account for future PERM sponsorship. An O-1 petition may form part of a later EB-1A strategy. An E-2 investor may eventually require a permanent residence option. A founder may have several theoretically available classifications but very different evidentiary strengths under each.
The objective is to identify a legally sound strategy that addresses both the immediate immigration need and the broader immigration path.
Experience in Complex Immigration Matters
Business immigration law increasingly involves overlapping issues of immigration status, employment relationships, corporate structure, evidentiary standards, agency adjudication, and long-term immigration planning.
Fariba Faiz Law Offices PC regularly handles matters involving:
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Requests for Evidence and Notices of Intent to Deny
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complex EB-1A and O-1 evidentiary records
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startup and founder immigration
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beneficiary-owner H-1B petitions
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multinational executive and manager transfers
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PERM labor certification
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employer-sponsored permanent residence
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investment-based immigration
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changes of employer or corporate structure
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transitions between temporary visa classifications and permanent residence
The firm's focus is not simply obtaining a filing receipt. It is developing a petition or immigration strategy that can withstand substantive agency review.
About Fariba Faiz
Fariba Faiz is the founder and principal attorney of Fariba Faiz Law Offices PC.
She has practiced immigration law for more than 28 years and has been a member of the California State Bar since 1998. Her practice focuses principally on employment-based, business, extraordinary ability, and investment immigration.
Her clients have included U.S. companies, multinational businesses, entrepreneurs, investors, executives, researchers, professionals, artists, and individuals pursuing permanent residence through employment, achievement, investment, or national interest.
Ms. Faiz has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for Immigration Law, Chambers and Partners, and Super Lawyers.
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A Boutique Approach to Business Immigration
Fariba Faiz Law Offices PC operates as a focused immigration practice rather than a high-volume case-processing operation.
The firm's model emphasizes direct attorney access, substantive legal analysis, individualized case development, and strategic continuity from the initial assessment through adjudication.
For employers, this can mean coordinating immediate visa needs with workforce and permanent residence planning.
For entrepreneurs and investors, it can mean comparing multiple immigration classifications against the realities of ownership, investment, business operations, and long-term objectives.
For individuals pursuing EB-1A, O-1, or National Interest Waiver classifications, it means developing an evidentiary record around the actual legal standard rather than simply accumulating documents.
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Immigration strategy is most effective when the available options are evaluated before filing decisions, employment changes, international travel, or other actions create unnecessary complications.
Fariba Faiz Law Offices PC provides consultations for employers, entrepreneurs, investors, professionals, and individuals seeking advice regarding U.S. business and employment immigration.
