Shahana Farishta

Shahana Farishta focuses her practice on business immigration, representing health care systems, academic medical centers, and institutional employers in complex workforce immigration matters. She advises hospitals and large corporate clients on immigration strategy, including high-volume H-1B and PERM labor certification programs, physician immigration, and compliance planning. Her practice spans both immigrant and nonimmigrant visa categories, with particular depth in the regulatory challenges medical institutions face when sponsoring foreign national physicians and other professionals.

Shahana counsels clients across the full spectrum of employment-based immigration, including H-1B petitions, O-1 extraordinary ability cases, TN classifications, EB-1 and EB-2 petitions, National Interest Waivers, J-1 waivers, and E-3 matters. Her extraordinary ability practice extends beyond scientists and researchers to artists, entertainers, and athletes, reflecting the breadth of O-1 and EB-1 criteria across creative, cultural, and sports-related fields. She has guided institutional clients through the immigration implications of mergers and acquisitions, including successor-in-interest analysis, post-transaction compliance strategy, and workforce impact assessments across multiple visa categories. She also has experience with H-2B seasonal worker programs, advising hospitality and resort employers on workforce planning, lottery risk, and recruitment obligations.