Fatine Bousfiha, Attorney
Fatine assists clients in all aspects of family-based immigration, including family-based visa petitions, fiancee visas, marriage-based adjustment of status, and the necessary waivers to overcome inadmissibility issues that may arise during the application process. Fatine also focuses her practice on assisting non-citizen victims of domestic violence to obtain orders of protection from family court and file for VAWA petitions. Fatine also works with asylum clients seeking to remain in the United States due to fear of persecution if they were to return to their home country.
Before establishing Bousfiha Law, Fatine practiced immigration law as an attorney with a boutique New York-based immigration law firm. She also served as a senior paralegal and office manager in a Brooklyn-based immigration firm for five years.
During law school, Fatine participated in a one-year clinic at John Jay Legal Service- Immigration Justice clinic where she represented detained immigration clients during bond hearings and represented asylum clients during their individual hearings. Fatine also participated in a one-year clinic at New York Legal Assistance Group Matrimonial and Domestic Violence Unit where she assisted victims of domestic violence in obtaining orders of protection and filing for VAWA relief.
Fatine speaks English, Arabic, and French.