Clifford Sakata, Immigration Attorney at Kazmi & Sakata, Bio 858-874-0711

Clifford Sakata, Immigration Attorney
4909 MURPHY CANYON ROAD, #400, San Diego, CA 92123

Biography:	Studied internationally at International Christian University, Tokyo Japan and Thammasat University, Bangkok Thailand. Mr. Sakata speaks Japanese fluently and has many years of experience dealing with Japanese corporations and individuals. Mr. Sakata is admitted to the New Mexico and Hawaii State Bars and is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the American Bar Association. Mr. Sakata has worked for the Japanese government in Nanao city, Ishikawa prefecture as an International Relations Coordinator and served as a Board Member of the Nanao-Monterey Friendship Association. He has interned with the U.S. State Department Office of Foreign Missions in Los Angeles, California. In addition, he has worked for the Legal Department of Taiyo Yuden Corporation in Gunma, Japan and the San Diego Superior Court. Mr. Sakata has received Honor’s recognition for his participation in the University of San Diego Immigration Legal Clinic where he assisted low-income individuals with their immigration issues. He also joined the legal staff of the U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review as a Judicial Law Intern. In that capacity, he worked closely with Immigration Judges in San Diego, California, assisting them with extensive legal research of current immigration law and drafted final written decisions for removal and exclusion proceedings. Mr. Sakata entered private practice by joining a San Diego immigration firm as an Associate Attorney. He maintained an active immigration practice involving family, business, and professional visas, labor certifications, immigrant visas, consular representation, and citizenship matters for foreign executives, managers, and professionals.
College:	University of California, Los Angeles, (B.A., 1995)
Law School:	University of San Diego School of Law (J.D., 2003)
Membership:	American Immigration Lawyers Association and the American Bar Association, San Diego Yokohama Sister City Society and is involved with the JET Alumni Association of Southern California and the San Diego Moose Lodge. He is also a California Real Estate Broker and a California Notary Public.
Admitted:	New Mexico and Hawaii
Military:	n.a.
Practice Area:	TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT IMMIGRATION H1-B-Specialty Occupations TN-NAFTA Visa E-1 & E-2-Treaty Traders and Investors F-1 & M-1 Students L-1-Intracompany Transfers J-1-Cultural Trainees O-1-Extraordinary Ability P-1-Athletes and Entertainers R-1-Religious Workers PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT IMMIGRATION Employer Sponsored Permanent Petitions-EB-1, EB-2 & EB-3 National Interest Waivers and Aliens of Extraordinary Ability Special Immigrants and Religious Workers FAMILY IMMIGRATION Family Petitions-Marriage to U.S. Citizen and Permanent Residents Adjustments of Status & Consulate Processing Fiancé(e) (K-1) and K-3 visas NATURALIZATION