Contact us today if you need legal assistance with any of the following:

• Citizenship/Naturalization
• Employment Visas
• Family Visas
• Green Cards/Pernament Visas
• Complex Cases/Waivers
• Consular

At The Barnett Law Group our goal is to provide personalized service to all our clients – large corporations, small family businesses, or individuals – taking into account the client’s short-term needs as well as long-term immigration objectives. Whatever your immigration matter, we welcome the opportunity to assist you.

If you or a loved one needs the help of an experienced Houston, Texas Immigration lawyer, call Pamelia Sunna Barnett today at 832-271-1401, or complete the contact form provided on this site to arrange your initial consultation.

Why Choose The Barnett Law Group?

Here is what some of our clients have to say:

Corporate Legal Counsel: Ms. Barnett was able to handle our foreign employees’ immigration issues and to ensure that we maintain compliance with U.S. immigration law. I talked with several attorneys prior to Ms. Barnett and she was the only one who was immediately familiar with the issues we had and to offer correct advice.

Employment-Based Immigrant Client: We wish you everything good that we could wish the very special person who helped us to implement our dreams. Thanks for your kindness, very high professional level and professional level and responsibility. And it is a really big luck in the life to know you!

Consular Client: I recently hired Ms. Pamelia Barnett as my immigration lawyer after a very unsatisfactory experience with the US consular services in Europe. Ms. Barnett rectified the situation in a very professional and expeditious manner. In her approach she went over and above with what you would normally expect from a lawyer in her field. Her services were outstanding and well worth the fees. I can highly recommend Ms. Barnett.

Former USCIS District Director: I am happy that there are quality advocates such as Pamelia Barnett engaged in ensuring immigrant rights are protected.

Medical Education Director Children’s Hospital: Pamelia Barnett is a reliable and trusted immigration attorney.

Professional Profile

If you or a loved one needs the help of an experienced Houston, Texas Immigragion lawyer, call Pamelia Sunna Barnett today at 832-271-1401, or complete the contact form provided on this site to arrange your initial consultation.

The Barnett Law Group, PLLC
7880 San Felipe Street
Suite 115
Houston, Texas 77063 

Phone: 832-271-1401
Hours: M-F, 8:00AM-5:00PM

Pamelia S. Barnett has practiced immigration law for more than 24 years and obtained her law degree from the University of Houston Law Center in 1986 where she served as Head Articles Editor on the Houston International Law Journal, interned with Federal Judge Gabrielle McDonald, and participated in the International Moot Court competition.  She obtained a Master’s Degree as well as a Bachelor’s Degree also from the University of Houston in 1976 and 1971.

Prior to attending law school, Ms. Barnett was a secondary English and History teacher in the Spring Branch School District.  After graduation from the University of Houston Law Center, Ms. Barnett practiced Immigration Law for Catholic Charities of Houston, Oil and Gas law for James P. Barnett, Jr. & Associates, had her own solo practice as an immigration attorney, and served as Of Counsel to Dunbar, Harder and Benson, L.L.P.

Ms. Barnett joined Fong & Associates, L.L.P. in 2004.  In 2009 Pamelia Barnett gained Board Certification in U.S. Immigration & Nationality Law.  And, in 2010, Ms. Barnett opened her own practice, The Barnett Law Group, PLLC, specializing in U.S. Immigration & Nationality Law.

Ms. Barnett’s practice encompasses the full spectrum of immigration issues, with an emphasis on the handling of complex cases.  She has developed a specialty in the area of waivers, both immigrant and non-immigrant.  Ms. Barnett speaks and writes frequently in immigration issues to community and legal groups.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

• University of Houston Law Center, Juris Doctor, 1986
• University of Houston, Master of Arts Degree, 1976.  Thesis:  Richard Wilbur and the Painter’s Eye. ( UH M.D. Anderson Library).
• University of Houston, Bachelor of Arts, 1971

LICENSES

• State: Texas 1986
• Federal:  Southern District of Texas 1990

MEMBERSHIPS

• Professional: State Bar of Texas, Houston Bar Association, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Association of Women Attorneys, Texas Bar Foundation
• Community: Houston Museum of Natural Science, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston Covenant House

OFFICES/APPOINTMENTS

• Liaison: Houston USCIS District Office/American Immigration Lawyers Association – 2001-2003
• Board Member: Houston Lawyer Referral Service – 2008 to 2009
• Committee Member:
  • Houston Bar Association Senior Lawyers Committee
  • Houston Bar Association Speakers Bureau
  • Houston Bar Association Historical Committee
  • Houston Bar Association Continuing Education Committee

SELECTED IMMIGRATION HIGHLIGHTS

• Extraordinary Ability Permanent Residency for Nonprofit Organizer, Rock Guitarist, Materials Engineers, Reservoir Engineers, Seismic Engineers, Cancer Researchers.
• National Interest Waivers for Tae Kwon Do Coach, Girls’ Gymnastics Coach, Petroleum Engineer, Cancer Researchers.
• Political Asylum for Kosovan Albanian-Serb Translator.
• Extraordinary Ability Nonimmigrant Status for International Creative Director of Hair Shows, Naval Architect.
• Nonimmigrant Visa Waivers for International Businessmen with past criminal convictions, visa infractions
• Extreme Hardship Waivers  for Applicants for Permanent Residency with past criminal convictions
• Permanent Residency for Abused Women and Men
• Permanent Residency for thousands of Mexican and Latin American immigrants through Amnesty Program

PUBLICATIONS

• Political Asylum for Salvadoran Refugees – A Continuing Debate, 8 Houston Journal of International Law 1 (1986).
• Anatomy of a Waiver Application, AILA Texas Chapter Winter Conference:  Sun, Sea and CLE, (Dec. 6-7, 2002).
• Roadmap for Tough Immigration Times:  Options for Nonimmigrant Workers, AILA Texas Chapter Winter Conference, (Nov. 5 – 6, 2004).
• Family-Based Immigration:  The Bedrock of U.S. Immigration, Sterling Educational Services, Inc. Immigration Law Update, (Jan. 26, 2005).
• 2007 AILA Fundamentals of Immigration Law Conference:  Nonimmigrant Visas (Oct. 29-30, 2007).
• Navigating Employment Laws for Foreign Nationals, Sterling Educational Services, Inc. Immigration Law Update (Jan. 23, 2008).

SPEECHES

• “Strange New World:  U.S. Immigration Law Since 9-11,” International Connections of Houston (Jan. 17, 2002).
• “U.S. Immigration Law and Policy in the Aftermath of 9/11,” Houston Legal Assistants Association (April 9, 2002).
• “The Two Faces of U.S. Immigration Law Since 9/11,” International Connections of Houston (Nov. 20, 2003).
• “The Top 5 Immigration Myths,”  Houston Bar Association Speakers Bureau, Chancellor Elementary School, Church of the Pentecost (2006).
• “What Every U.S. Employer and Foreign National Employee Needs to Know,” Brown Bag Seminar (2006).
• “U.S. Immigration Options for Foreign Medical Graduates,” Driscoll Children’s Hospital (June 28, 2007).
• “U.S. Immigration Law and Your Foreign National Employees:  What Every Employer and Employee Should Know – The Top 10 Immigration Myths,” Houston Bar Association CLE (Jan. 22, 2011)