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Asylum Lawyers in New York, NY

255 firms · 24,815 client reviews · 9 languages · updated August 30, 2026

255 firms in the New York index list Asylum & Refugee Status as a practice area, holding 24,815 published client reviews. 26 offer a free first consultation and 0 have current bar standing verified by our research team. Protection for people who fear persecution in their home country.

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Lhachoepa Law Offices

Exceptional
4.9(115 reviews)Jackson Heights, NY

Immigration law firm in Jackson Heights, NY. Hindi spoken in the office.

  • Free consultation
  • Hindi

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · Citizenship

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Pozo Goldstein, LLP

Exceptional
4.6(107 reviews)New York, NY

Immigration law firm in New York, NY, handling federal delay and mandamus cases.

  • Free consultation
  • Virtual consults
  • Files federal delay lawsuits
  • Spanish, Mandarin +3

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · Citizenship

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Sophia Solovyova, ESQ.

Strong
4.9(156 reviews)New York, NY

Immigration law firm in New York, NY, handling federal delay and mandamus cases.

  • Virtual consults
  • Files federal delay lawsuits
  • Spanish, Russian

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · Citizenship

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Khashmati Law, P.C.

Strong
4.9(226 reviews)Maspeth, NY

Immigration law firm in Maspeth, NY. Spanish and Russian spoken in the office.

  • Spanish, Russian

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · Marriage & K-1

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Tourzani & Long, LLC

Strong
5.0(288 reviews)North Bergen, NJ

Immigration law firm in North Bergen, NJ, handling federal delay and mandamus cases.

  • Files federal delay lawsuits

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · Marriage & K-1

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Oltarsh & Associates, P.C.

Strong
4.6(146 reviews)New York, NY

Immigration law firm in New York, NY, handling federal delay and mandamus cases.

  • Free consultation
  • Files federal delay lawsuits

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · Marriage & K-1

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Smotritsky Law Group, PLLC

Strong
4.4(129 reviews)New York, NY

Immigration law firm in New York, NY. Spanish and Russian spoken in the office.

  • Free consultation
  • Payment plans
  • Spanish, Russian

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · Marriage & K-1

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Ayuda Me Legal

Strong
4.0(4 reviews)New York, NY

Immigration law firm in New York, NY. Spanish spoken in the office.

  • Free consultation
  • Spanish

Asylum · Family Green Cards · Citizenship · Employment Visas

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Lightman Law Firm

Strong
4.7(224 reviews)New York, NY

Immigration law firm in New York, NY. Spanish and Russian and French spoken in the office.

  • Spanish, Russian +1

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · Marriage & K-1

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Usher Law Group

Strong
4.9(179 reviews)Brooklyn, NY

Immigration law firm in Brooklyn, NY. Spanish and Russian spoken in the office.

  • Spanish, Russian

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · Citizenship

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Santana Law Group

Strong
4.6(366 reviews)Union City, NJ

Immigration law firm in Union City, NJ. Spanish and Portuguese spoken in the office.

  • Spanish, Portuguese

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · Citizenship

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SACH LAW FIRM

Strong
4.7(456 reviews)South Richmond Hill, NY

Immigration law firm in South Richmond Hill, NY.

  • Free consultation

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · U, T & VAWA

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JEELANI LAW FIRM, PLC

Strong
4.4(101 reviews)New York, NY

Immigration law firm in New York, NY, handling federal delay and mandamus cases.

  • Files federal delay lawsuits

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · Marriage & K-1

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Kaza Law, PLLC

Strong
5.0(114 reviews)New York, NY

Immigration law firm in New York, NY. Spanish and Mandarin and Russian spoken in the office.

  • Spanish, Mandarin +1

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · Marriage & K-1

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Perl Law

Established
5.0(79 reviews)New York, NY

Immigration law firm in New York, NY. Spanish spoken in the office.

  • Spanish

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · Citizenship

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Juarez Law P.C.

Established
4.9(37 reviews)Jackson Heights, NY

Immigration law firm in Jackson Heights, NY. Spanish spoken in the office.

  • Spanish

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · Citizenship

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PKH LAW GROUP

Established
4.6(173 reviews)Richmond Hill, NY

Immigration law firm in Richmond Hill, NY. Spanish and Hindi and Russian and French spoken in the office.

  • Spanish, Hindi +2

Asylum · Family Green Cards

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Yazdi Law

Established
5.0(44 reviews)New York, NY

Immigration law firm in New York, NY. Hindi spoken in the office.

  • Hindi

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · Citizenship

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Reana Garcia Law Group

Established
4.8(18 reviews)Rutherford, NJ

Immigration law firm in Rutherford, NJ, handling federal delay and mandamus cases.

  • Files federal delay lawsuits

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · Marriage & K-1

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Barre Law

Established
4.5(102 reviews)New York, NY

Immigration law firm in New York, NY, handling federal delay and mandamus cases.

  • Files federal delay lawsuits
  • Spanish, Arabic +2

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · Citizenship

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Sethi & Mazaheri, LLC

Established
4.8(40 reviews)Jersey City, NJ

Immigration law firm in Jersey City, NJ. Spanish and Hindi and Portuguese and French spoken in the office.

  • Spanish, Hindi +2

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · Marriage & K-1

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Fooksman Law Firm PC

Established
5.0(350 reviews)New York, NY

Immigration law firm in New York, NY, handling federal delay and mandamus cases.

  • Files federal delay lawsuits

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · Marriage & K-1

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Muhammad Azeem Ahmad Esq.

Established
5.0(24 reviews)Brooklyn, NY

Immigration law firm in Brooklyn, NY. Spanish and Arabic and Hindi and Russian spoken in the office.

  • Spanish, Arabic +2

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · Citizenship

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Laird Law PLLC

Established
5.0(2 reviews)New York, NY

Immigration law firm in New York, NY, handling federal delay and mandamus cases.

  • Files federal delay lawsuits
  • Spanish, Mandarin +1

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · Citizenship

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Rezende Law, P.C.

Established
4.7(3 reviews)New York, NY

Immigration law firm in New York, NY. Spanish and Portuguese spoken in the office.

  • Spanish, Portuguese

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · Employment Visas

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Bardavid Law

Established
4.6(56 reviews)New York, NY

Immigration law firm in New York, NY, handling federal delay and mandamus cases.

  • Files federal delay lawsuits
  • Spanish, Mandarin +4

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · Mandamus

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Karikari & associates

Established
3.9(19 reviews)New York, NY

Immigration law firm in New York, NY. Spanish and Mandarin and French spoken in the office.

  • Payment plans
  • Spanish, Mandarin +1

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · Citizenship

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Monir Mehran Law Firm

Established
4.9(24 reviews)Forest Hills, NY

Immigration law firm in Forest Hills, NY, handling federal delay and mandamus cases.

  • Files federal delay lawsuits

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · Marriage & K-1

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Li & Wakida LLP

Established
4.2(5 reviews)New York, NY

Immigration law firm in New York, NY. Mandarin spoken in the office.

  • Mandarin

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · Citizenship

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Kulik Law Firm, P.C.

Developing profile
4.3(31 reviews)New York, NY

Immigration law firm in New York, NY. Spanish and Mandarin and Russian spoken in the office.

  • Spanish, Mandarin +1

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · Citizenship

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Sethi & Mazaheri, LLC

Developing profile
3.8(13 reviews)New York, NY

Immigration law firm in New York, NY. Spanish and Hindi and Portuguese and French spoken in the office.

  • Spanish, Hindi +2

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · Citizenship

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The Siman Law Firm PLLC

Developing profile
4.8(51 reviews)New York, NY

Immigration law firm in New York, NY, handling federal delay and mandamus cases.

  • Files federal delay lawsuits

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · Citizenship

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Norris McLaughlin, P.A.

Developing profile
5.0(1 reviews)New York, NY

Immigration law firm in New York, NY. Spanish and Arabic and Portuguese and French spoken in the office.

  • Spanish, Arabic +2

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · Citizenship

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Kapoor Law Firm

Developing profile
5.0(8 reviews)New York, NY

Immigration law firm in New York, NY. Spanish and Portuguese spoken in the office.

  • Spanish, Portuguese

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · Citizenship

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Valentini Law Offices

Developing profile
5.0(3 reviews)New York, NY

Immigration law firm in New York, NY. Spanish and Russian spoken in the office.

  • Spanish, Russian

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · Marriage & K-1

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David M. Pyun, Esq.

Developing profile
1.0(1 reviews)Bayside, NY

Immigration law firm in Bayside, NY. Spanish and Korean spoken in the office.

  • Spanish, Korean

Removal Defense · Asylum · Family Green Cards · Citizenship

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HIV Law Project

Not yet scored
New York, NY

Immigration law firm in New York, NY. Spanish and Mandarin and French spoken in the office.

  • Spanish, Mandarin +1

Removal Defense · Asylum · Citizenship · U, T & VAWA

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Lehach Filippa, LLP

Not yet scored
New York, NY

Immigration law firm in New York, NY. Spanish and Mandarin and Arabic and Korean spoken in the office.

  • Spanish, Mandarin +2

Asylum · Family Green Cards · Citizenship · Employment Visas

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Highest rated

By published client rating in New York

  1. 1Gozel Law Firm PC5.0
  2. 2Khunkhun Law5.0
  3. 3Fooksman Law Firm PC5.0
  4. 4Tourzani & Long, LLC5.0
  5. 5Law Office of Peri B Edelman5.0

Most reviewed

By published client review volume

  1. 1Gehi & Associates1,081
  2. 2Gehi & Associates977
  3. 3The Law Firm of Moumita Rahman, PLLC911
  4. 4Monteza Law Firm, P.C.785
  5. 5SACH LAW FIRM456

Most languages spoken

In-house language capability

  1. 1Law Office of Vlad Lishilenko - Immigration Attorney7 langs
  2. 2Bardavid Law6 langs
  3. 3Pozo Goldstein, LLP5 langs
  4. 4Frenkel, Hershkowitz & Shafran, LLP4 langs
  5. 5PKH LAW GROUP4 langs

Free consultation immigration lawyers in New York

26 of the 255 firms indexed in New York offer a free first consultation.

A free consultation is not free representation: it is an intake call to review your case and quote a fee. Ask what the consultation covers and what the full case will cost before you retain anyone.

New York immigration lawyer FAQ

How do I find an immigration lawyer near me in New York?

Start with this page: it lists 255 immigration firms with an office in New York, NY, sortable by Index band, client reviews, and language, with each firm's address and phone number. Because immigration is federal practice, a lawyer licensed in any US state can represent you, so you will also see nearby firms that take New York cases remotely. Confirm bar standing and ask who will actually handle your file before you retain anyone.

How much does an immigration lawyer cost in New York?

Flat fees are the norm in New York: family petitions typically run in the low thousands, while contested removal cases and federal litigation are quoted per stage. 6 of the 255 firms indexed here publish payment-plan availability, and 26 offer a free initial consultation, so you can compare quotes before retaining anyone.

How do I check that a New York immigration lawyer is licensed?

Every listing marked "Bar verified" was checked against the relevant state bar's public records, including the attorney's bar number and disciplinary history. 0 of 255 firms on this page carry that status. You can repeat the check yourself on the NY state bar website — immigration is federal practice, so a lawyer licensed in any US state may represent you in New York.

Do these firms speak languages other than English?

Yes. Across this page firms provide service in 9 languages, including Arabic, French, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Korean, Mandarin. Use the language filter to see only firms that confirm in-house capability rather than a phone interpreter line.

What is the Index Score on each New York listing?

The Index Score is our own internal rating built from five equally weighted components: experience, credentials, client feedback, responsiveness, and profile completeness. We publish it as a band — Exceptional, Strong, Established, or Developing profile — plus the firm’s rank among scored firms in this metro, not as a point total. It is not an advertisement or a paid placement: firms cannot buy a higher band, and the components are published on every firm profile.

Can a New York firm help if my case is stuck at USCIS?

27 firms on this page file mandamus and Administrative Procedure Act suits in federal district court to force a decision on delayed applications. Filter by "Files federal delay lawsuits" to shortlist them, then ask in the consultation how many such cases they have taken to filing.

Practice areas in New York

Nearby & statewide

Where this data comes from

Listings are compiled from public business listings and firm websites. Attorney counts, languages, and consultation policies reflect what each firm publishes about itself. Bar verification and credential checks are in progress and are not yet complete for every listing.

Firms can claim a listing and expand their profile with fees, staff, and process detail at no cost. Claiming does not change the Index Score.

The Index Score is built from five equally weighted components: experience, credentials, client feedback, responsiveness, and profile completeness. We publish it as a band plus a metro rank, not as a number.

Read the full methodologyClaim a listingupdated August 30, 2026