Reaz H. Jafri

Of Counsel | New York


Secretary Nicole Mella

 

Track record

'Immigration Trailblazer'

Named 'Immigration Trailblazer' by The National Law Journal in 2018.

Transfer of US employees to China

Assisted in the transfer of US employees to China for a global entertainment conglomerate.

Immigration program

Consolidated and took lead in managing immigration program for one of America's largest healthcare systems.

Employment visas and green cards

Routinely represents individuals of extraordinary ability in business, sciences and art in obtaining employment visas and green cards.

Renouncing citizens

Advocated on behalf of US citizenship renouncing persons and convinced US Department of State to amend the Foreign Affairs Manual to allow renouncing citizens to retain their US passports while waiting for Department of State to issue the Certificate of Loss Nationality, and thereby permit these persons to continue to be able to travel to the US.

Talks

  • 'Introduction to US, UK and Canadian Private Client Issues in the Middle East,' Informa Connect's Cross-Border Planning Conference - October 26, 2023, co-presenter
  • ‘Global Residency and Citizenship Strategies for UHNW Clients,' The 13th Annual STEP International Tax & Estate Planning Forum - May 7, 2021, co-presenter

  • 'Q&A with Immigration Employment Lawyer,' Stanford Graduate Business School virtual presentation - February 21, 2021, presenter

  • 'International Tax & Planning,' STEP San Francisco - December 17, 2020, presenter

  • ‘Tax Compliance Matters,' ALI-CLE International Trust and Estate Planning 2020 Webcast - December 9, 2020, co-presenter

  • 'Immigration and Second Passports: A conversation on how the pandemics changed one's freedom to come and go,' webinar with Turim MFO - October 28, 2020, panelist

  • 'US Immigration: Latest updates and how it affects your plans,' Webinar with Proxy Financial and Withersworldwide - July 30, 2020

  • 'COVID-19 Update: Economic outlook and the impact of changing travel restrictions and immigration policies,' Webinar with Goldman Sachs and Withersworldwide - May 21, 2020

  • 'Withers talks: art | Art: Are you globally mobile?,' Withers podcast - September 19, 2019, speaker

  • 'Risk Management & Immigration Strategies for the UHNW Families', International Tax Conference (Miami), January 10, 2019

  • 'The intelligent investor's guide to the US', Investment Immigration Summit MENA (Dubai), February 25, 2018

  • 'Pod. Country. Notre Dame. Episode 1: DACA & Immigration,' University of Notre Dame podcast - February 3, 2018

  • 'Becoming resident in the Cayman Islands, elsewhere in the Caribbean and the USA,' STEP Cayman Conference - January 30, 2018

  • 'Emerging Numbers of US Investment Immigration with Mainland Chinese Applicants Being the Majority,' Phoenix TV (Chinese television broadcast) - October 2015, interview

  • Citizenship by Investment & International Residence - October 2015

  • 22nd World Offshore Convention, Havana, Cuba - October 2015

  • 'We're all in this together - why are we not working together?,' Legal Week Private Client Forum Americas 2015, Papagayo, Costa Rica - February 2015

  • 'Assessing Asian HNW migration to the US,' Hubbis.com - June 2013. Click here to watch the Hubbis interview

  • 'The future of offshore financial centers,' Hubbis.com - June 2013. Click here to watch the Hubbis interview

  • 'US Immigration Law Update,' Hong Kong - June 2013

  • 'Wealth Planning Strategies: What You Need to Know,' Shanghai - May 2013

  • 'Wealth Planning Strategies: What You Need to Know,' Beijing - May 2013

  • 'Not Your Average Employee: Hiring, Employing and Firing Domestic Workers,' Greenwich Connecticut - May 2013

  • 'Global Citizens Need Global Solutions - US/UK Immigration, Real Estates and Tax Issues,' __ Withersworldwide, Singapore - January 2013

  • 'Global Citizens Need Global Solutions - US/UK Immigration, Real Estates and Tax Issues,' __ Withersworldwide, Hong Kong - January 2013

  • 'Destination America: Navigating Opportunities,' __ Mazars conference for high-net worth families and Russian-headquartered multinational companies, Moscow, Russia - April 2012

  • 'International Medical Graduates: Immigration Options,' American Psychiatrists Association, New York, New York - March 1999

  • 'International Medical Graduates: Immigration Options,' State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York - January 1999

  • 'International Medical Graduates & Immigration Law,' Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine, New York Chapter, New York Hospital, Queens, New York - September 1996

  • 'Immigration Law & Foreign Medical Graduates,' __ Nassau University Medical Center, Hempstead, New York - August 1994