Pashanna Fenwick is a legal professional with over 10 years of experience in business immigration filings, specializing in employment-based visas for the travel technology industry. She has worked as a senior paralegal preparing H-1B, E-3, L-1, TN, I-140, and I-485 applications. Prior to that, she worked as a passport/visa examiner for the British Embassy where she adjudicated passport and visa applications. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Communication and is located in Bethesda, Maryland.

1. Pashanna Fenwick
7131 Arlington Road
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
(301) 547.5555
FenwickPashanna@gmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/fenwick-pashanna-a4798a79
Summary of Qualifications:
Legal Professional with years of progressive experience in all aspects of business immigration filings with
an emphasis on employment based immigrant and non-immigrant matters of visa holders in the Travel
Technology industry.
Professional Experience:
Law Offices ofTina Sharma
Silver Spring, MD
Senior Paralegal
April 2014-Present
1) Prepared employment-based immigration petitions under limited supervision of the attorney,
including: H-1B, E-3, L-1, TN visa applications, PERM,I-140 petitions and I-485 Adjustment of
Status applications.
2) Expertise with immigration case management system and forms program.
3) Constantly monitored and prepared 30 - 50 ongoing and possible cases in average including both
for individual and corporate clients.
4) Interviewed potential clients and prepared H-1B specialty occupation visa; L-1 A intra-company
transferee visa; L-1B specialized knowledge intra-company transferee visas.
5) Processed immigrant visas: EB-1 extraordinary ability; multinational executive and Labor
Certification (RIR).
6) Supervised personnel, evaluated, and assigned tasks to staff, trained paralegal.
7) Prepared affidavits and supporting letters for immigration petitions and responses to RFEs.
8) Administered case management including maintaining attorney's calendar, monitoring deadlines,
updating and reporting cases.
9) Maintained and monitored Immigration Services/Immigration Court rules, USCIS procedures and
filing fees to ensure proper document preparations and filings
10) Trained new legal assistants regarding how to prepare for various petitions and applications.
11) Collaborated with government liaisons, such as senator's offices,to address problems related to
client cases.
12) Advocated and communicated extensively with clients regarding requests for information, case
status and immigration procedures.
13) Led and participated with attorneys in bi-weekly conference calls with assigned clients.
14) Attended AILA Conferences in Washington, DC and Las Vegas Nevada in 2014,2015 and 2016.

2. British Embassy
Washington, DC
Passport/Visa Examiner
April 2011- December 2013 (Redundancy)
1) Examined and adjudicated applications for passports, and authorizing the issuance of them to
qualified American citizens and nationals throughout the consular network.
2) Ensured that all Branch employees are performing their work in accordance with the laws,
regulations, and policies governing the adjudication of passport applications.
3) Reviewed adjudicative decisions made by staff or complex cases.
4) Resolved extremely complex, often unique, citizenship acquisition and loss cases for which there
is little precedent and virtually no previous practice.
5) Performed highly complex and/or confidential office duties for department in word-processing,
data entry, faxing, report generation, scanning and filing of confidential documents;
6) Performed generalmail handling and distribution including sorting, opening, date stamping,
classifying, processing, and routing.
7) Correspond with UK departments and other Global Posts for the relative casework.
8) Assist with end of the year Performance Management Appraisal Program (PMAP).
Education
University of Maryland University College – Adelphi, MD
Bachelor of Arts in Communication
Albert Einstein High school – Kensington, MD
High School Diploma – Graduate
References upon request.