Fariba Faiz

Fariba Faiz is the founder of the Law Offices of Fariba Faiz, based out of San Francisco, California. The Law Offices of Fariba Faiz serve clients both in-state and globally, and focuses on immigration to Northern California, including the San Francisco area, Sacramento, and Silicon Valley.

Attorney Faiz is an experienced immigration attorney with a proven track record of successfully petitioning in the realm of investment immigration (E-1/E-2, L-1 visas as well as direct EB-5 and regional center based EB-5 projects), family-based immigration, and employment-based immigration. Ms. Faiz  works with multinational firms to transfer their executive and management-level staff and their families to the United States. Attorney Faiz also represents these individuals in immigration matters before USCIS, U.S. consulates abroad, and the U.S. Department of Labor.

Attorney Faiz and her network of trusted advisors also provide consultation to potential investors to agents on other matters, such as foreign direct investment and compliance with the U.S. Patriot Act and its regulations on foreign investments and blocked transactions proscribed by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, site location analysis and transfer of foreign employees, California economic development incentives, California permit and regulatory process, in-bound investment missions, and project financing through the U.S. EXIM Bank for small- and medium-sized ventures.

Attorney Faiz is admitted to practice law in the State of California, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, the U.S. Federal Court of the Northern District of California, and the Supreme Court of California. She is also an active member of the American Bar Association’s advisor group and the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Attorney Faiz presents continuing legal education courses for the San Francisco Bar Association and Sterling Education Seminars, as well as for events organized by groups such as Innovation Norway-Silicon Valley and San Francisco, the Opinno Tech Start-Up Incubator programs, and the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce.

Attorney Faiz graduated from Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles, and a bachelor’s degree from University of California at Berkeley.

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Fariba, recognized by Best Lawyers in America, is the founder of the Law Offices of Fariba Faiz, based out of San Francisco, California. Attorney Faiz is an experienced immigration attorney with a proven track record of successfully petitioning in the realm of investment immigration (E-1/E-2 visas and direct and regional center EB-5 projects), family-based immigration, and employment-based immigration. Fariba works with multinational firms and their employees and immigrant investors in partnership to transfer, intra-company, foreign personnel and their families to the United States. We partner with employers and employees in various industries including information technology, pharmaceuticals, biotech, finance and banking sector, hospitals and healthcare providers, architectural design firms, and educational institutions.

Fariba also represents a private client practice representing individuals in immigration matters before USCIS, U.S. consulates abroad, and the U.S. Department of Labor.

Fariba and her network of trusted advisors also provide consultations to potential investors and their agents on matters such as foreign direct investment; I-9 compliance. The Patriot Act and its regulations on foreign investments and blocked transactions proscribed by the Office of Foreign Assets Control; site location analysis and transfer of foreign employees; in-bound investment missions; International Tax Planning; Export Credit Agency (ECA) Project & Trade Financing; and Transfer Pricing, and consultations to employers on benefits.

Ms. Faiz is a graduate of Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles and completed her Bachelor's Degree at University of California at Berkeley.

Ms. Faiz has been a member of the California State Bar since 1998. She is admitted to practice before the United States Federal Court of the Northern District of California, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit as well as the Supreme Court of California. She is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and previously served on the American Bar Association's Advisory Group. Ms.  Faiz has presented continuing legal education courses for Sterling Education Seminars as well as the San Francisco Bar Association and events organized by groups such as the Iranian Trade Association, and the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, Innovation Norway, Opinno and similar start-up tech incubators.