Vanessa Sanchez

Vanessa Sanchez is an immigration attorney in Bakersfield, California, who focuses on family-based and humanitarian matters. She helps clients with family petitions, consular processing, immigration waivers, U visas, and petitions under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Her work serves people seeking to reunite with relatives or pursue protection through the immigration system. She has devoted her professional career to serving immigrant communities and understands the personal stakes behind these cases.

Vanessa earned a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice and a master’s degree in Public Administration from California State University, Long Beach. She then earned a Juris Doctor from Southwestern Law School and passed the California Bar examination in 2013. While in law school, she interned at the Immigration Center for Women and Children. That experience became part of a legal career focused on helping people navigate U.S. immigration law.

After law school, Vanessa worked as an associate attorney in private practice, handling family-based and employment-based immigration matters. Her current work includes cases that involve several steps, such as family petitions, consular processing, and waiver applications. She also handles humanitarian matters involving U visas and VAWA petitions. This range of experience helps her guide clients through the requirements and decisions involved in their immigration cases.

Vanessa Sanchez is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the Immigrant Justice Collaborative. The collaborative brings together volunteer Bakersfield attorneys to inform Kern County residents about their rights. She is also an annual sponsor of the Children’s First Literacy Gala. Raised in Bakersfield, she has built her career around helping immigrants and their families understand their options and take the next steps in their cases.

Law Office Affiliations

• Founder, Sanchez Immigration Law
• Member, California State Bar
• Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)

Licensed State

• California

Education

• Southwestern Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• California State University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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