Oscar J. Barbosa Email & Phone Number

Arlington, Va, Us

Assisting international companies and professionals navigate immigration law in the U.S. Providing advice for businesses, families and individuals, including removal proceedings, and administrative applications before USCIS. Available via Skype, teams, and whatsapp diasporalaw.com

New Jersey

Worked as an immigration attorney advising clients, about family petitions, asylum, business immigration and removal proceedings. Also represented immigration clients in New Jersey courts in areas of Family and Criminal law. Dedicated substantial time to pro-bono and public service, informing regional organizations, and the community about developments in immigration law, perspectives for immigration reform and Deferred Action drives.

Fairfax, Va

Coordinated endorsement process for local candidates and channeled union resources to local elections for Loudoun County elected officials and State House and Senate races. Developed plans for membership involvement, and coalition building in the region. Recruited, trained and mobilized citizens in the campaign and election process.

The Usa.

Organized hundreds of Home Care, and Childcare providers in California, Oregon, Massachusetts and Connecticut to assert collective bargaining rights and demand contract compliance. Exercised a service oriented attention to the community and union members to perceive social trends and develop interpersonal relations. Practiced active listening and learning to identify, recruit, and train members to lead events. Applied time management skills to develop turf plans, records/tracks conversations, assessments, and assignments.Persuaded, activated and assessed members' leadership potential. Maintained and updated campaign lists, charted locations and regional maps. Applied learning strategies to solve complex problems.Organizing Campaigns:KidsFirst - MA/CT (Mar 21 - Sept)UNH - PATS - NH (June); Dignity Oregon - OR (May)ULTCW - Central Coast, CA (Jan 10 - Mar 20)

Providing outreach efforts to ensure funding for language access programs across DC agencies. Building alliances with the DC Council, staff and agencies to raise awareness. Review financial allocations and budgetary history to ensure government support.

Aid the Language Access group with research and writing in regards to the implementation of the DC Language Access Act. Review Legal Aid records to locate clients with limited English proficiency and identify individuals who encounter language access barriers in their efforts to secure DC government services. Assist the attorneys in educating the clients about their rights pursuant to the DC Language Access Act, along with informal means of resolution and file complaints with the DC Office of Human Rights.

Translated brochures, client letters, web-pages, forms and power-point presentations from English into Spanish and ensured timely delivery for distribution.

Conducted research and provided documentation of current issues pertaining to trade and integration in Latin America, including: regional trade agreements, border-level integration efforts, regional aid-for-trade, and the initiative for regional infrastructure and integration. Updated the international trade dispute database of the organization for online access.

Participated in the European Law in Action Programme assisting volunteers in legal pro-bono work. Researched case law and treaties to draft legal memos requested by clients and solicitors. Translated legal briefs and memoranda from English to Spanish.

Worked in Portuguese and Spanish in the UNHCR field office. Processed programs of repatriation, family reunification and resettlement for Refugees. Obtained information relevant to provision of refugee services by reviewing cases, visa or passport application history, and verifying information as necessary provided by refugee agency partners and applicants. Processed requests for information from UNHCR Headquarters, Brazilian government, and family members, including reviewing and reconciling refugee applications, passport issuance, report of birth, and other controlled records between native country of refugees and the government of Brazil. Managing Sensitive and/or Classified Information. Reviewing and archiving determinations by the Brazilian Justice Ministry's National Committee for Refugees’ decisions about refugee status, while considering international humanitarian law, the UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and forging regulations, precedent, and relevant agreements. Prepared written materials in multiple languages, such as memos, forms and status reports, as requested by the field office, partners and refugee community. Translated Field Situation Reports, articles and other documents. Explored durable solutions for refugees in need of access to housing, education, medical attention, social security and legal services.Assisted the preparation, organization, and carried out a ten day mission to the Amazonian region, frontier with Colombia, Bolivia and Peru. Traveled across Brazil learning of the geographical and demographical differences across the nation.

Assisted the development and implementation of three teacher programs in Japan, Costa Rica and Saudi Arabia. Sought teacher associations through internet searches for outreach efforts. Responded by phone and email to program inquiries to prospective participants. Designed web pages for publication about the program participants.

Jd, 2009

Activities and Societies: SUCOL Student Senate; Latin American Law Student Association; Impunity Watch; Moot Court Honor Society.

International Development

Ma, International Relations (Asia - Latin America)

Asian Studies Program - Japanese

School Of Liberal Arts, Bachelor Of Arts, Political Science

Activities and Societies: Latin American Student Association, President

Education record