Welcome to Shabani & Associates – Providing Immigration Help

An American Dream. A better support, education, job, medical care, & benefits that the U.S provides.

Shabani & Associates, P.C. was The first immigration firm in Birmingham, Alabama with extensive experience in immigration cases; we had the pleasure of helping hundreds of people moving to the United States. Mr. Shabani helps both individuals and businesses in successfully receiving their resident visa; temporary and permanent visas; partner visa; investor and commercial visas; student exchange visa among others.

Our team is dedicated to helping all people, no matter the background, culture or language. Our services include criminal, civil, personal injury and family law with expertise in divorce/custody, insurance, workman compensation and much more. Rest assured knowing that whatever life throws at you, Michael Shabani & Associates may handle.

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The Lottery Visa

Each year, the Diversity Lottery (DV) Program makes 55,000 immigrant visas available through a lottery to people who come from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States. Of such visas, 5,000 are allocated for use under NACARA beginning with DV ’99.

EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program

Gaining American Citizenship through Foreign Investment EB-5 Immigration Investor Program – Read below for information on the EB-5 Program, and how we can help.

E-2 Investor Visa Program

Eligibility The applicant is required to come to the United States to develop and manage the operations of an enterprise in which the applicant has invested or is actively in the process of investing a substantial amount of capital.

L-1 Visa Category

The U.S. / Canada Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) implemented on January 1, 1989 was the first trade agreement under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the predecessor to the World Trade Organization.

The Lottery Visa

EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program

Gaining American Citizenship through Foreign Investment EB-5 Immigration Investor Program – Read below for information on the EB-5 Program, and how we can help.

E-2 Investor Visa Program

L-1 Visa Category

After many years of battling with USCIS, we are now lawful residents of the United States. It has been 18 years since I have seen my ill mother and thankful we can now be together. Thank you.

Anonymous

3 November, 2020

I am a trained paralegal and had difficulty navigating the complex process of interpreting the numerous and often ambiguous letters I kept receiving from the National Visa Center during my daughter-in-law’s immigration process. So, I hired Michael Shabani. I was very pleased with his courteous staff and prompt and professional service to the many inquiries

Facebook

26 February, 2019

Excellent lawyer and very knowledgeable! Mr. Shabani assisted my husband and I with our case from beginning to end. We never felt out of the loop and always were told about the progress of our case. If you want a lawyer who knows what he’s doing and cares about your case then look no further!

Anonymous

14 May, 2018

Great Immigration Lawyer!! Micheal Shabani and his team has helped my family so much with all of our immigration needs. Our case was very difficult and had many different steps but Shabani handled our case with ease!! My family was separated but Shabani reunited us!! There is much more work to do, but the hardest

Samantha

18 April, 2018

Immigration issues I would personally want to thank Mr Shabani for all he has done for me. He took up my case and guided me all through the immigration process. I would recommend anyone with immigration issues to contact Mr Shabani because he’s the best in town and widely known even by the immigration officials.

John

10 April, 2018

Excellent immigration lawyer Mr. Shabani has been the best lawyer that i could ever come across. In such a short term he was able to get me a permanent resident card. Im really thankful and satisfied with Mr. Shabani. I extremely recommend him for any immigration issues.

Daniel

12 March, 2018

Best of the best! I was highly doubtful about my case. But my marriage based petition for green card interview goes smooth. Finally I am permanent resident of USA. Thanks to Mr. Shabani who guide thru us all the way. The credit goes to him. I would highly recommend him for any immigration case. He

Samad

11 May, 2017

Successful representation in highly complex, employment-based petition for permanent residency… My employment-based application for Adjustment of Status (AOS) was highly complex, spanning an entire decade of employment history and involving five different corporations and six different engineering positions. When I lost my job only a few months before becoming eligible for AOS, two other immigration

Michail

11 May, 2017

Great to work with! Shabani and associates is an excellent firm and they demonstrated it by handling our immigration case with professionalism, personalized customer service, quick responses to inquiries and kindness. Mr. Shabani is an experienced immigration attorney always looking to offer the best options possible to his clients on immigration related matters. The staff

Adrian

3 May, 2017

He’s excellent! I had a difficult case Mr. Michael Shabani resolve my case I called and I saw a bunch of lawyers every single of them said no to me and when I call mr. Shabani he’s very patient and take his time with me then tell me yes and fix my problem basically him

Saeed

1 February, 2017

Hello, my name is Horacio Reyna, I recommend Mr. Shabani for immigration process. In a period of 3 months he started my paperwork and I was sent to México. In 5 months I got my resident card and came back legal to the United States. I’m very grateful with God and with the attorney for helping

Horacio Reyna

27 May, 2016

This is one of our success stories. The Angels were granted United States Permanent Residency cards. Both parents were here for several years in illegal status (over 20 years) and were placed in removal proceedings. We had to show that the parents’ deportation would cause an extreme and unusual hardship to the children. The trial

The Angels Family

26 May, 2016

Firstly, I want to appreciate Shabani & Associates for their great help to get my E-2 visa. I enjoyed working with Shabani & Associates. I always wish to be a good businessman and that was the first step to make it real. I opened a business and asked Shabani & Associates to open a case

Hunar Ashrafzade

26 May, 2016

I would like to said thanks a lot to my Mr. Shabanni for everything, for all that help and undestanding… he is a very professional attorney, the best that I found. I hope more people can contact him. PS. Thanks to Mr Shabani I have my residence, this take me only 6 – 7 months… Thank You,

Cinthia Delgado Rivera

25 May, 2016

Mr. Shabani I want to say thank you again for everything you and Sara and your associates have done for our family. From our first day in your office; we were nervous, scared and expecting our second child and you and your staff went to work immediately and put all our fears aside. You were

Jammie Martinez

25 May, 2016

I Audel Mendoza Nava came to Shabani & Associates for my immigration case. I was referred by a previous client of Mr. Shabani. I was referred by a previous client of Mr Shabani. I was scared because I myself didnt had a very good chance to obtain my green card. But with the help of

Audel Mendoza Nava

25 May, 2016

I would like to thank Shabani & Associates for their hard work for the past 3 months on their way to help my wife stay in the United States. Mr. Shabani and his brother Allen Shabani are great lawyers and very honest gentlemen. They worked very hard to make a deportable charge an old CIMT

Kevin Kong

25 May, 2016

Mr. Shabanni, I would like to thank you for assisting me in renewing my permanent resident card. I appreciate the effort you made as it was more difficult than usual to get my card due to having lost all my documents and not having any identification at all when I started processing my application to replace/renew my card. Your

Maria E. Valencia-Torres

25 May, 2016

Hello, Dear Dr. Shabani: We want to thank you for everything that you have done for us. We know you are working very hard in our case and you will always been in our hearts and prayers. Thank you so much, Sincerely,

Reinel Bedoya

25 May, 2016

My name is Micaela Tzoc. I would love to tell you about mi immigration case. This was a case that was definitely lost because they wanted to deport me or for me to sign my voluntary departure. I went to three lawyers and all three of them told me that I had a lost case

Micaela Tzoc

25 May, 2016

Hello I would like to thank Shabani & Associates for helping me obtain a E-2 Visa. Working with your company was enjoyable and I recommend your services. I always wanted to be a great business person, but I knew I needed the proper permits to make me dream come true. When I opened my business,

Hunar Ashrafzade

25 May, 2016

Dear Mr. Shabani, I just wanted to say .Thank you ,to you your associates and staff for all your help with obtaining a green card for my adopted son Gregory. I found you and your associates and staff very helpful every step of the way. Never had any problems with communication ,there was always someone

Christine, Victoria and Gregory Scholl

24 May, 2016

My name is Bianey Flores-Gonzalez, im a humble and peaceful person, but one day some persons made my days into something that I was not expecting. And after that I didn’t know what to do in that moment. After that 5 years past by until a friend spoke to me about a lawyer SHABANl, he

Bianey Flores Gonzalez

23 May, 2016

My best experience with Lawyer. My personal experience with Shabani associates. I have known Mr Shabani for several years and I found him to be a trust worthy, knowledgeable and dedicated attorney who works hard for his clients. I highly recommend him because simply He is the best in immigration law practice. My case was

Bita Hosseini

19 May, 2016

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Our Services

Experience

We are led by Michael M. Shabani

PRACTICING SINCE 1997 —

Decades of direct experience in Immigration Law are used in each case we work on. Our collaborative method of practice, our method of case preparation, handling, and even our communications to clients all are derived from years of experience. We are led by Michael M. Shabani, our current proud member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, who has been practicing immigration law since 1997, fighting for clients before the U.S. Immigration Court, USCIS.

Meet our Team

Michael Moosavi Shabani

Attorney & Counselor at Law

Practice Areas:
Nationwide Immigration Law Practice
Family Law
Criminal Law
Divorce
Accident and Injury

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Chris Godwin

Attorney & Counselor at Law

Practice Areas:
Personal Injury
Insurance
Workers Compensation Claims
Divorce

godwin.shabanilaw@gmail.com

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Sara Shabani

Office Manager

Education:
Master of Education
Bachelor of Science
Fluent in English & Farsi

Sara.shabanilaw@gmail.com
Sandra Valencia

Legal Assistant

Education:
Spanish translator
Fluent in English & Spanish

sandra.shabanilaw@gmail.com