Attorney Profile
JP Sarmiento, Esq.
JP Sarmiento, Esq. is the founder and principal attorney of the Sarmiento Immigration Law Firm. He is an immigrant himself who first entered the U.S. as an F-1 student at the age of 18. His practice is solely on immigration law – focusing on different types of non-immigrant visas; family, marriage, and employment-based green cards; citizenship and naturalization applications; and asylum and deportation defense. Mr. Sarmiento has broad experience in representing foreign nationals from 50 different countries and various small and mid-sized businesses. He has been to over 25 Immigration Courts and Offices throughout the country representing clients for immigration hearings and interviews. Mr. Sarmiento opened his practice with service as his top priority, as evidenced by the firm’s core values – personalized service, honest representation, and quality work.
Mr. Sarmiento is authorized to practice immigration law in all fifty states and is admitted to the Ohio Supreme Court. He is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association. He obtained his law degree from the University of Illinois College of Law, where he received an Excellence in Research and Writing award. Mr. Sarmiento also spent a summer as a judicial intern for Judge Mitchel R. Goldberg at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Finance, summa cum laude and top of his class in that program at the Southern New Hampshire University. Mr. Sarmiento was also a graduate of the Ateneo de Manila High School and was in the Honors Class A Section throughout.
In addition to his practice, Mr. Sarmiento maintains an “Immigration Law Blog” designed for foreigners in need of a clear and simplified explanation of immigration law and related issues.
Attorney Sarmiento has represented clients for hearings in the following Immigration Courts: Cleveland, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Baltimore, Denver, Arlington, Newark, Charlotte, Houston, Detroit, El Paso, Miami, and Oakdale.
He has represented clients and accompanied them in the following USCIS (Immigration) Offices for interviews: Cleveland, New York City, Chicago, Boston, Denver, Atlanta, Columbus, Philadelphia, Charlotte, Charleston, Durham, Garden City NY, Rosedale NY, Orlando, Saint Louis, Detroit, Cincinnati, and Indianapolis.
He has represented clients from the following countries: China, India, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Russia, Japan, Mexico, Philippines, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey, Thailand, United Kingdom, South Korea, Ukraine, Colombia, Tanzania, Sudan, Kenya, Canada, Peru, Venezuela, Uzbekistan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Ghana, Taiwan, Australia, Syria, Romania, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Senegal, Zimbabwe, Dominican Republic, Serbia, Belarus, El Salvador, Sierra Leone, Lebanon, Congo, Liberia, Mauritania, Albania, Jamaica, Mongolia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Azerbaijan.