Lakshmi Nayar - Nayar & McIntyre, LLP

Ms. Lakshmi Nayar

www.dfw-immigration.com


Nayar & McIntyre, LLP
PO Box 601614


Dallas, TX 75360
USA
972-445-4114

Nayar & McIntyre, LLP is a full-service immigration law firm located in the Dallas - Fort Worth metroplex dedicated to providing competent, compassionate and affordable legal representation to immigrants and their families. Our lawyers have over 13 years of combined experience in the field of immigration law and have represented thousands of individuals before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection, and the Immigration Court.

 

For many immigrants, the U.S. immigration experience is daunting, overwhelming, and often, distressing. Our goal is to relieve that burden and navigate the complicated immigration maze on our clients’ behalf to protect their rights and secure their legal immigration status in the United States.

 

Nayar & McIntyre, LLP offers a range of legal services to immigrants and their families, including:

 

Family sponsored immigration including Immigrant Visa Petitions, Adjustment of Status, Consular Processing, Removal of Conditional Residency, Fiancée Petitions (K-1), K-3 and K-4 Visas, and V Visas;

 

Deportation and Removal Defense before the Immigration Court and Board of Immigration Appeals, including applications for cancellation of removal, adjustment of status, 212(c), asylum, relief under the Convention Against Torture, TPS de novo relief, voluntary departure, termination of proceedings, waivers for crimes, fraud and unlawful presence, and NACARA;

 

Bond hearings;

 

Naturalization and citizenship, including N-648 disability waivers and N-336 appeals;

 

Asylum;

 

Relief for Victims of Crime, I-360 self-petitions and U visas; 

 

Waivers, including I-601 waivers for criminal activity, fraud, health issues and unlawful presence, I-212 waivers for prior deportations, and nonimmigrant visa waivers;

 

Nonimmigrant Visas, including B1-B2 (visitors), F-1 (students), H1-B (professional workers), P (performers), O (individuals of extraordinary ability), and R (religious workers); 

 

Change and Extension of Status;

 

NACARA;

 

Humanitarian Parole;

 

Temporary Protected Status;

 

Deferred Inspection Representation;

 

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Lakshmi Nayar was born in Kerala, India. At the age of 6, her family migrated to Perth, Western Australia, where she resided until moving to Dallas in 1998. Ms. Nayar graduated from Murdoch University, Western Australia in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Politics and Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) with Honors. In 1999, Ms. Nayar earned her Master of Laws (LL.M) from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

 

During the course of her 8-year career in immigration law, Ms. Nayar has successfully handled a wide array of U.S. immigration and nationality matters. She has extensive experience with deportation defense (including cancellation of removal, 212(c) and 212(h) waivers for crimes, adjustment, de novo TPS claims, and bond hearings), family-based immigration (including adjustment of status and consular processing), waivers (for fraud, crimes, health-related bars and prior deportations), citizenship and naturalization, nonimmigrant visas, asylum, NACARA, and humanitarian relief (including temporary protected status and parole). She also has a special interest in assisting immigrant survivors of domestic violence and other crimes obtain legal status in the United States.

 

Ms. Nayar is admitted to practice in New York and the Northern District Court of Texas. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the National Immigration Project. She is fluent in Malayalam.