Immigration Counsel · Westwood, California
Your Immigration Attorney in Westwood, CA
Walk Westwood Boulevard and you pass, in a few blocks, both of this neighborhood's immigration worlds: UCLA's labs and hospitals, staffed by scholars and physicians from every research nation on earth, and Tehrangeles' bookstores and kabob houses — the cultural capital of the Iranian diaspora. We serve both. For the university community: J-1 waivers, cap-exempt H-1Bs, O-1A petitions, EB-1B and NIW green cards built on publication records. For the Persian community: family petitions through third-country posts, asylum where facts support it, and naturalizations two generations deep.
Hasan Legal PC represents Westwood clients remotely and by appointment across greater Los Angeles — Farsi interpreter support available — with the same evidentiary discipline whether the file cites Nature papers or family history in Tehran.
From Student Visa to Career: Westwood's Campuses
UCLA brings international students, researchers, and faculty to Westwood every year, and their immigration questions rarely end at the F-1 or J-1 visa. We advise on OPT and STEM OPT timing, cap-gap coverage, cap-exempt H-1B roles through university-affiliated employers, J-1 home-residency waivers, and the transition to O-1, EB-1, or EB-2 NIW status for scholars whose records support it — planning that works best when it starts well before graduation.
Why Westwood Generates the Cases It Does
Westwood is UCLA's neighborhood — one of the world's great research universities and health systems — and the historic heart of Persian Los Angeles along Westwood Boulevard.
That mix — UCLA and UCLA Health, and the higher education and research, medicine, and technology work that surrounds them — shapes the immigration matters Westwood clients bring us: EB-1B Outstanding Professors, O-1A Extraordinary Ability, EB-2 NIW, and H-1B Cap Exempt lead the caseload.
The Communities We Serve in Westwood
Westwood's immigration story belongs to its people — UCLA's vast international academic community and Tehrangeles — the heart of Persian Los Angeles along Westwood Boulevard. We work with certified interpreters where needed, offer evening video consultations that respect work and family schedules, and treat every case file with the privacy these matters deserve. We serve clients across Westwood and greater Los Angeles remotely and by appointment as we expand our Southern California presence — immigration practice is federal, so your case is filed and argued the same way wherever counsel sits.
Work Visas & Green Cards in Westwood
Westwood's higher education and research, medicine, and technology employers recruit globally, and we handle the immigration work that follows: H-1B petitions, amendments, and transfers; L-1A and L-1B intracompany moves; PERM-based EB-2 and EB-3 sponsorship; and — for professionals whose records outgrow employer sponsorship — self-petitioned EB-1A and EB-2 NIW green cards built to the evidentiary standard USCIS applies after Matter of Dhanasar. We coordinate with employer counsel and HR so personal filings reinforce, rather than conflict with, company-sponsored cases.
Immigration Services We Provide in Westwood
A focused look at the matters Westwood clients bring us most often. We handle the full range of U.S. immigration work — these are simply where local demand tends to concentrate.
Family Petitions (I-130)
Petition for parents, children, spouses, and siblings.
Learn more →Asylum
Protection for those persecuted in their home country.
Learn more →EB-1A Extraordinary Ability
For those at the top of their field in sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics.
Learn more →O-1B Arts & Entertainment
For extraordinary ability in arts, motion picture, or TV industry.
Learn more →H-1B Specialty Occupation
For professionals in specialty occupations requiring a degree.
Learn more →EB-1B Outstanding Professors
For internationally recognized researchers and professors.
Learn more →O-1A Extraordinary Ability
For extraordinary ability in sciences, education, business, or athletics.
Learn more →EB-2 NIW
National Interest Waiver for advanced degree professionals.
Learn more →H-1B Cap Exempt
Universities, research organizations, and nonprofits.
Learn more →Don't see your case type? Browse the complete list of services and every visa category we handle, or request a free evaluation.
Where Westwood Immigration Cases Are Handled
Knowing which government offices touch your case matters. Here is where Westwood immigration matters are typically handled — the offices we appear before and file with on behalf of clients across greater Los Angeles.
- USCIS Field Office
- USCIS Los Angeles Field Office300 North Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
- Biometrics (ASC)
- the USCIS Application Support Center serving Los Angeles County
- Immigration Court
- the Los Angeles Immigration CourtEOIR operates several courtrooms in downtown Los Angeles and Van Nuys
- Federal Court
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (Los Angeles)
Westwood Immigration FAQs
Common questions from Westwood clients about how immigration cases work locally.
I'm a UCLA resident physician on J-1 — what's my realistic path to staying?
For most clinical J-1s it's a waiver — Conrad 30 through a state health department or an HHS/VA route — followed by three years of H-1B service, with the green card (often a physician NIW) planned from the start so the service years count toward something permanent.
Are asylum claims from Iran still being granted?
Claims grounded in political opinion, religious conversion, gender-based persecution, and similar facts continue to be granted where the record is strong. Each case is individual; we evaluate honestly, corroborate carefully, and prepare clients thoroughly for the asylum office or court.
Do you handle family green cards and naturalization for Westwood residents?
Yes — marriage-based green cards, I-130 petitions for parents, spouses, children, and siblings, K-1 fiancé visas, I-751 removal of conditions, and N-400 naturalization are a core part of our Westwood caseload, filed with the documentation care USCIS now demands.
Which federal court would hear a lawsuit if USCIS unlawfully delays or denies my Westwood case?
A challenge to an unlawful delay or denial for a Westwood resident is generally brought in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (Los Angeles). We assess whether an APA or mandamus claim is the right tool before filing.