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Tahmina Watson part of “Coalition for International Entrepreneurship Sends Open Letter Recommending Changes to International Entrepreneur Parole” Institute for Progress, February 2, 2022.
Authority Magazine interview, “Top Lawyers: Tahmina Watson of Watson Immigration Law On The 5 Things You Need To Become A Top Lawyer In Your Specific Field of Law”, January 16, 2022.
The Startup Visa by Tahmina Watson reviewed in Grand Rapids Legal News article, “New edition of ‘Startup Visa’ book strives to help America’s global comeback,” January 12, 2022.
Tahmina Watson honored with the “Outstanding Community Ally Award” 2021 by Washington’s Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA)
Tahmina Watson featured in NASDAQ Entrepreneurial Center’s “Faces of Entrepreneurship: Tahmina Watson, Watson Immigration Law”, September 8, 2021.
Tahmina Watson named one of the Top Immigration Lawyers for Startup Founders and Entrepreneurs by Business Insider, August 23, 2021.
House Committee on the Judiciary Hearing, “Oh, Canada! How Outdated U.S. Immigration Policies Push Top Talent to Other Countries” Tahmina Watson and 2nd edition book The Startup Visa mentioned on the record (1:21).
Tahmina featured in Puget Sound Business Journal article, “With renewed support, federal rule offers lifeline to immigrant entrepreneurs”, by Rick Morgan, May 25, 2021.
Tahmina quoted in KUOW/NPR article, “Tech finally gets a path toward and entrepreneur program. Could Seattle benefit?”, by Esmy Jiminez, May 13, 2021.
Tahmina appears on Channel S UK, ROYAL FAMILY: CONTROVERSY ONGOING | Reality with Mahee, March 18, 2021.
Dr. Julie Pham “Book Review: Legal Heroes in the Trump Era by Tahmina Watson,” January 24, 2021.
Tahmina Watson one of the Business Journal’s Women of Influence honorees of 2020 “Seattle immigration attorney pushes for reform” Puget Sound Business Journal, November 13, 2020
Tahmina recognized by Today’s Honoree Blog, “Author and Immigration Lawyer Tahmina Watson is Today’s Honoree”June 3, 2020.
Tahmina quoted in SHRM, “Trump’s Immigration Ban Limited in Duration, Scope“ April 23, 2020.
Tahmina commented in Premium Financial Daily, “Trump’s Latest Move to Limit Immigration Worries Seattle-area Tech Community – Seattle Times“, April 22, 2020.
Tahmina commented in BusinessMayor, “Trump’s Latest Move to Limit Immigration Worries Seattle-area Tech Community – Seattle Times“, April 22, 2020.
Tahmina featured and quoted in Yes! Magazine, “Lawyers Turn to Activism as Civil Liberties Come Under Attack”, August 8, 2018.
Tahmina quoted in Bellevue Reporter, “South Asian organizations look to take political action and advocacy to the next level”, July 12, 2018.
Tahmina Watson, “Political Action Committee for South Asian and Indian-Americans launched in Washington”, News India Times, July 17, 2018.
Tahmina appeared on King5 News to speak on Lawyer Moms of America, June 29, 2018.
Tahmina quoted in Tacoma Weekly News, “10,000-strong ‘lawyer moms’ unite across U.S. for June 29 protest against separation of immigrant families”, June 19, 2018.
Tahmina featured in Translate Day, “Top 40 Immigration Bloggers in 2018”, April 13, 2018.
Tahmina quoted in CNBC, “Silicon Valley is fighting a brain-drain war with Trump that it may lose”, April 9, 2018.
Tahmina quoted in CNN Money, “Trump administration cracks down H-1B visa abuse”, February 23, 2018.
Tahmina quoted in Geek Wire, “Trump administration cracks down H-1B visa abuse”, February 23, 2018.
Tahmina quoted in International Examiner, “Spouses of temporary foreign workers fear Trump will take away their work authorization”, February 21, 2018.
Tahmina quoted in Los Angeles Daily News & The Mercury News, “H-1B visas: How the Trump administration is ‘freaking people out’”, February 20, 2018.
Tahmina quoted in Geek Wire, “Trump travel ban prevents Techstars Seattle entrepreneur from entering U.S. for startup program” February 19, 2018.
Tahmina quoted in CNN Money, “H-1B reform bill seeks to expand annual quota”, January 25, 2018.
Tahmina quoted in Bloomberg Law: Big Law Business, “Immigration Attorneys on Their Toes in the Age of Trump”, December 19, 2017.
Tahmina quoted in The Seattle Times, “Hillary Clinton talks Chardonnay and collusion at sold-out Seattle event”, December 12, 2017.
Tahmina quoted in GeekWire, “‘Seismic shift’ in H-1B visa program could mean trouble for tech”, December 7, 2017.
Tahmina appeared on King5 News, “‘Startup Visa’ program delayed, impacts startups”, July 12, 2017.
Tahmina appeared on KUOW, “As Trump kills the ‘startup visa,’ will Seattle’s tech industry suffer?”, July 10^th and 11^th2017.
Tahmina quoted in The Seattle Times, “Seattle tech leaders frustrated as Trump administration blocks ‘startup visa’”, July 10, 2017.
Tahmina featured and interviewed by Forbes, “Tahmina Watson’s 7 Travel Tips For U.S.-Based Immigrant Entrepreneurs From Muslim-Majority Countries”, May 2, 2017.
Tahmina mentioned in The Washington Post, “Travelers caught up in Trump’s ban who need help? There’s an app for that”, February 7, 2017.
Tahmina quoted in GeekWire, “Trump poised to kill Obama’s plan to allow foreign entrepreneurs to build startups in the U.S.”, January 31, 2017.
Tahmina interviewed in Washington Technology Industry Association, “Revised Visa Standards Help Foreign Tech Entrepreneurs Build Their Startups”, January, 19, 2017.
Tahmina quoted in CNN Money, “Startup visa alternative will launch in July”, January 17, 2017.
Tahmina quoted in Bloomberg BNA, “NAFTA Rewrite Could Shift Tech Talent to Canada, Mexico”, January 13, 2017.
Tahmina quoted in The Puget Sound Business Journal, “RANKED: Top Washington employers of ‘high-tech’ visa holders”, January 13, 2017.
Tahmina quoted in The Puget Sound Business Journal, “Trump’s proposed cuts to high tech visa program would hurt Seattle-area companies, attorney says”, January 12, 2017.
Tahmina interviewed in BBC – Bengali Services, “বিবিসির শত নারী: সফল অভিবাসন আইনজীবী তাহমিনা ওয়াটসন”, December 11, 2016.
Tahmina interviewed on Ekkator TV, “Bangladeshi Global Summit”, December 10, 2016.
Tahmina quoted in CNN, “Trump’s crackdown on ‘visa abuse’: Experts weigh in”, November 23, 2016.
Tahmina interviewed on The Huffington Post, “GlobePreneurs Win: Start-up Visa is the Key to U.S. Economic Prosperity”, September 30, 2016.
Tahmina quoted in GeekWire, “Despite flaws, Obama’s ‘startup visa’ is a step in the right direction, entrepreneurs and immigration experts say”, September 29, 2016.
Tahmina quoted in The Bloomberg Businessweek, “How Tech Startup Founders Are Hacking Immigration”, February 10, 2016.
Tahmina commented in CNN Money, “Immigrants protest with flowers after green card mixup”, October 5, 2015.
Tahmina interviewed for JQK Law Firm, “The Immigration Lawyers’ Podcast with John Kohsravi, Episode 4: Interview with Tahmina Watson, Esq. ‘The Startup Visa’ Immigration Attorney and Author”, September 30, 2018.
Tahmina interviewed by Forbes, “Square Pegs: Entrepreneurs Don’t Fit Within U.S. Visa Categories“, June 23, 2015.
Tahmina quoted in Upstart Business Journal, “Dreams delayed: The indentured servitude of high-tech immigrants”, June 14, 2015.
Tahmina interviewed by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,“Tech workers’ spouses ready, eager to work under new immigration rules“, April 19, 2015.
Tahmina quoted on NPR, “When Tech Workers Arrive On Visa, What About Their Spouses?”, February 25, 2015.
Tahmina quoted on CNN Money, “Four immigration fixes that could turbo-charge tech”, November 20, 2014.
Tahmina quoted on CNN Money, “I created 7 jobs and the U.S. tried to deport me”, August 21, 2014.
Tahmina quoted in The Guardian, “For foreign tech entrepreneurs, getting a visa to work in the US is a struggle”, 14 September, 2014.
Tahmina quoted in Puget Sound Business Journal discussing “Why April 1st isn’t a joke in the world of H1bs”, April 1, 2014.
Tahmina discusses immigration reform on KOMO television news on “Immigration Reform: STEM visa program a broken system”, February 7, 2014.
Tahmina quoted in article “As Startup Visa Bill Languishes, Entrepreneurs Leave the U.S” by Entrepreneur Magazine, September 10, 2013.
Tahmina quoted and referenced in study “America Still Needs a True Entrepreneurship Visa”, Competitive Enterprise Institute, August 28, 2013.
Tahmina’s Letter to the Editor, “Immigration reform will help nation”, The Columbian, August 17, 2013.
Tahmina discusses the Startup Visa Act on King5 News, “Foreign-born entrepreneurs want ‘startup-visas’ in immigration reform”, August 19, 2013.
Tahmina mentioned in Bloomberg Businessweek, “E-Verify and Visas: An Immigration Reform Watchlist for Small Employers”, July 1, 2013.
Tahmina quoted in Society for Human Resource Management, “Senate Passes Immigration Reform”, June 27, 2013.
Tahmina quoted in Isaac Brock Society, “US Immigration Attorney Understands How and Why People Renounce Citizenship”, June 16, 2013.
Tahmina quoted in India Abroad, “Hope Dims for H4”, May 17, 2013. (See page A5).
Tahmina quoted in Society for Human Resource Management, “Senate Bill Revamps Employment-Based Green Card”, May 6, 2013.
Tahmina quoted in The Seattle Times, “Foreign Workers’ Spouse Often Stuck in Limbo”, May 6, 2013. This article was reprinted in The Yakima Herald.
Tahmina mentioned in AILA VOICE, An Immigration Dialogue, March-April 2013 and Washington Women Lawyers Spring 2013 Newsletter,“Plugging the Leaky Pipeline, WWL Discusses Networking and Mentoring”.
Tahmina mentioned in The Puget Sound Business Journal, “Plugging the Leaky Pipeline”, March 15-21, 2013.
Tahmina quoted in The Leading Immigration Publisher, “Green Cards and US Citizenship for Unauthorized Immigrants – Some Clarifications”, February 21, 2013.
Tahmina mentioned in Yahoo! News, The Boston Globe, and The San Francisco Chronicle, “Seattle Immigration Attorney Tahmina Watson Discusses the Startup Act”, December 6, 2012.
Tahmina quoted in The Seattle Times, “Entrepreneurial spirit knows no borders”, August 30, 2012.
Tahmina quoted in NW Asian Weekly, August 18, 2011.
Tahmina quoted in The Examiner, “Seattle Immigration Attorney Tahmina Watson Secures Visa for U.K. Soccer Star Adam Nowland”, April 21, 2011. Also mentioned in Celeb Mommies, and Yahoo! News, April 22, 2011.
Tahmina on appeared on Q13 News, “Women And The Law: Kagan Nomination Prompts New Questions”, May 18, 2010.
Tahmina quoted in The Wall Street Journal, “Homeward Bound”, November 9, 2009.
Tahmina quoted in Little India Magazine, “Return to India”, June 17, 2009.
Tahmina featured in “Women Lawyers Thriving In Their Own Firms” by Jane Faulkner, certified professional coach, owner of Embodied Living, June 10, 2009.
Tahmina quoted in The Seattle Times, February 15, 2009.
Tahmina quoted by Jane Faulkner, Seattle past-practicing attorney and certified professional coach, owner of Embodied Living, February 12, 2009.

Tahmina Watson part of “Coalition for International Entrepreneurship Sends Open Letter Recommending Changes to International Entrepreneur Parole” Institute for Progress, February 2, 2022.

Authority Magazine interview, “Top Lawyers: Tahmina Watson of Watson Immigration Law On The 5 Things You Need To Become A Top Lawyer In Your Specific Field of Law”, January 16, 2022.

The Startup Visa by Tahmina Watson reviewed in Grand Rapids Legal News article, “New edition of ‘Startup Visa’ book strives to help America’s global comeback,” January 12, 2022.

Tahmina Watson honored with the “Outstanding Community Ally Award” 2021 by Washington’s Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA)

Tahmina Watson featured in NASDAQ Entrepreneurial Center’s “Faces of Entrepreneurship: Tahmina Watson, Watson Immigration Law”, September 8, 2021.

Tahmina Watson named one of the Top Immigration Lawyers for Startup Founders and Entrepreneurs by Business Insider, August 23, 2021.

House Committee on the Judiciary Hearing, “Oh, Canada! How Outdated U.S. Immigration Policies Push Top Talent to Other Countries” Tahmina Watson and 2nd edition book The Startup Visa mentioned on the record (1:21).

Tahmina featured in Puget Sound Business Journal article, “With renewed support, federal rule offers lifeline to immigrant entrepreneurs”, by Rick Morgan, May 25, 2021.

Tahmina quoted in KUOW/NPR article, “Tech finally gets a path toward and entrepreneur program. Could Seattle benefit?”, by Esmy Jiminez, May 13, 2021.

Tahmina appears on Channel S UK, ROYAL FAMILY: CONTROVERSY ONGOING | Reality with Mahee, March 18, 2021.

Dr. Julie Pham “Book Review: Legal Heroes in the Trump Era by Tahmina Watson,” January 24, 2021.

Tahmina Watson one of the Business Journal’s Women of Influence honorees of 2020 “Seattle immigration attorney pushes for reform” Puget Sound Business Journal, November 13, 2020

Tahmina recognized by Today’s Honoree Blog, “Author and Immigration Lawyer Tahmina Watson is Today’s Honoree”June 3, 2020.

Tahmina quoted in SHRM, “Trump’s Immigration Ban Limited in Duration, Scope“ April 23, 2020.

Tahmina commented in Premium Financial Daily, “Trump’s Latest Move to Limit Immigration Worries Seattle-area Tech Community – Seattle Times“, April 22, 2020.

Tahmina commented in BusinessMayor, “Trump’s Latest Move to Limit Immigration Worries Seattle-area Tech Community – Seattle Times“, April 22, 2020.

Tahmina featured and quoted in Yes! Magazine, “Lawyers Turn to Activism as Civil Liberties Come Under Attack”, August 8, 2018.

Tahmina quoted in Bellevue Reporter, “South Asian organizations look to take political action and advocacy to the next level”, July 12, 2018.

Tahmina Watson, “Political Action Committee for South Asian and Indian-Americans launched in Washington”, News India Times, July 17, 2018.

Tahmina appeared on King5 News to speak on Lawyer Moms of America, June 29, 2018.

Tahmina quoted in Tacoma Weekly News, “10,000-strong ‘lawyer moms’ unite across U.S. for June 29 protest against separation of immigrant families”, June 19, 2018.

Tahmina featured in Translate Day, “Top 40 Immigration Bloggers in 2018”, April 13, 2018.

Tahmina quoted in CNBC, “Silicon Valley is fighting a brain-drain war with Trump that it may lose”, April 9, 2018.

Tahmina quoted in CNN Money, “Trump administration cracks down H-1B visa abuse”, February 23, 2018.

Tahmina quoted in Geek Wire, “Trump administration cracks down H-1B visa abuse”, February 23, 2018.

Tahmina quoted in International Examiner, “Spouses of temporary foreign workers fear Trump will take away their work authorization”, February 21, 2018.

Tahmina quoted in Los Angeles Daily News & The Mercury News, “H-1B visas: How the Trump administration is ‘freaking people out’”, February 20, 2018.

Tahmina quoted in Geek Wire, “Trump travel ban prevents Techstars Seattle entrepreneur from entering U.S. for startup program” February 19, 2018.

Tahmina quoted in CNN Money, “H-1B reform bill seeks to expand annual quota”, January 25, 2018.

Tahmina quoted in Bloomberg Law: Big Law Business, “Immigration Attorneys on Their Toes in the Age of Trump”, December 19, 2017.

Tahmina quoted in The Seattle Times, “Hillary Clinton talks Chardonnay and collusion at sold-out Seattle event”, December 12, 2017.

Tahmina quoted in GeekWire, “‘Seismic shift’ in H-1B visa program could mean trouble for tech”, December 7, 2017.

Tahmina appeared on King5 News, “‘Startup Visa’ program delayed, impacts startups”, July 12, 2017.

Tahmina appeared on KUOW, “As Trump kills the ‘startup visa,’ will Seattle’s tech industry suffer?”, July 10th and 11th 2017.

Tahmina quoted in The Seattle Times, “Seattle tech leaders frustrated as Trump administration blocks ‘startup visa’”, July 10, 2017.

Tahmina featured and interviewed by Forbes, “Tahmina Watson’s 7 Travel Tips For U.S.-Based Immigrant Entrepreneurs From Muslim-Majority Countries”, May 2, 2017.

Tahmina mentioned in The Washington Post, “Travelers caught up in Trump’s ban who need help? There’s an app for that”, February 7, 2017.

Tahmina quoted in GeekWire, “Trump poised to kill Obama’s plan to allow foreign entrepreneurs to build startups in the U.S.”, January 31, 2017.

Tahmina interviewed in Washington Technology Industry Association, “Revised Visa Standards Help Foreign Tech Entrepreneurs Build Their Startups”, January, 19, 2017.

Tahmina quoted in CNN Money, “Startup visa alternative will launch in July”, January 17, 2017.

Tahmina quoted in Bloomberg BNA, “NAFTA Rewrite Could Shift Tech Talent to Canada, Mexico”, January 13, 2017.

Tahmina quoted in The Puget Sound Business Journal, “RANKED: Top Washington employers of ‘high-tech’ visa holders”, January 13, 2017.

Tahmina quoted in The Puget Sound Business Journal, “Trump’s proposed cuts to high tech visa program would hurt Seattle-area companies, attorney says”, January 12, 2017.

Tahmina interviewed in BBC – Bengali Services, “বিবিসির শত নারী: সফল অভিবাসন আইনজীবী তাহমিনা ওয়াটসন”, December 11, 2016.

Tahmina interviewed on Ekkator TV, “Bangladeshi Global Summit”, December 10, 2016.

Tahmina quoted in CNN, “Trump’s crackdown on ‘visa abuse’: Experts weigh in”, November 23, 2016.

Tahmina interviewed on The Huffington Post, “GlobePreneurs Win: Start-up Visa is the Key to U.S. Economic Prosperity”, September 30, 2016.

Tahmina quoted in GeekWire, “Despite flaws, Obama’s ‘startup visa’ is a step in the right direction, entrepreneurs and immigration experts say”, September 29, 2016.

Tahmina quoted in The Bloomberg Businessweek, “How Tech Startup Founders Are Hacking Immigration”, February 10, 2016.

Tahmina commented in CNN Money, “Immigrants protest with flowers after green card mixup”, October 5, 2015.

Tahmina interviewed for JQK Law Firm, “The Immigration Lawyers’ Podcast with John Kohsravi, Episode 4: Interview with Tahmina Watson, Esq. ‘The Startup Visa’ Immigration Attorney and Author”, September 30, 2018.

Tahmina interviewed by Forbes, “Square Pegs: Entrepreneurs Don’t Fit Within U.S. Visa Categories“, June 23, 2015.

Tahmina quoted in Upstart Business Journal, “Dreams delayed: The indentured servitude of high-tech immigrants”, June 14, 2015.

Tahmina interviewed by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,“Tech workers’ spouses ready, eager to work under new immigration rules“, April 19, 2015.

Tahmina quoted on NPR, “When Tech Workers Arrive On Visa, What About Their Spouses?”, February 25, 2015.

Tahmina quoted on CNN Money, “Four immigration fixes that could turbo-charge tech”, November 20, 2014.

Tahmina quoted on CNN Money, “I created 7 jobs and the U.S. tried to deport me”, August 21, 2014.

Tahmina quoted in The Guardian, “For foreign tech entrepreneurs, getting a visa to work in the US is a struggle”, 14 September, 2014.

Tahmina quoted in Puget Sound Business Journal discussing “Why April 1st isn’t a joke in the world of H1bs”, April 1, 2014.

Tahmina discusses immigration reform on KOMO television news on “Immigration Reform: STEM visa program a broken system”, February 7, 2014.

Tahmina quoted in article “As Startup Visa Bill Languishes, Entrepreneurs Leave the U.S” by Entrepreneur Magazine, September 10, 2013.

Tahmina quoted and referenced in study “America Still Needs a True Entrepreneurship Visa”, Competitive Enterprise Institute, August 28, 2013.

Tahmina’s Letter to the Editor, “Immigration reform will help nation”, The Columbian, August 17, 2013.

Tahmina discusses the Startup Visa Act on King5 News, “Foreign-born entrepreneurs want ‘startup-visas’ in immigration reform”, August 19, 2013.

Tahmina mentioned in Bloomberg Businessweek, “E-Verify and Visas: An Immigration Reform Watchlist for Small Employers”, July 1, 2013.

Tahmina quoted in Society for Human Resource Management, “Senate Passes Immigration Reform”, June 27, 2013.

Tahmina quoted in Isaac Brock Society, “US Immigration Attorney Understands How and Why People Renounce Citizenship”, June 16, 2013.

Tahmina quoted in India Abroad, “Hope Dims for H4”, May 17, 2013. (See page A5).

Tahmina quoted in Society for Human Resource Management, “Senate Bill Revamps Employment-Based Green Card”, May 6, 2013.

Tahmina quoted in The Seattle Times, “Foreign Workers’ Spouse Often Stuck in Limbo”, May 6, 2013. This article was reprinted in The Yakima Herald.

Tahmina mentioned in AILA VOICE, An Immigration Dialogue, March-April 2013 and Washington Women Lawyers Spring 2013 Newsletter,“Plugging the Leaky Pipeline, WWL Discusses Networking and Mentoring”.

Tahmina mentioned in The Puget Sound Business Journal, “Plugging the Leaky Pipeline”, March 15-21, 2013.

Tahmina quoted in The Leading Immigration Publisher, “Green Cards and US Citizenship for Unauthorized Immigrants – Some Clarifications”, February 21, 2013.

Tahmina mentioned in Yahoo! News, The Boston Globe, and The San Francisco Chronicle, “Seattle Immigration Attorney Tahmina Watson Discusses the Startup Act”, December 6, 2012.

Tahmina quoted in The Seattle Times, “Entrepreneurial spirit knows no borders”, August 30, 2012.

Tahmina quoted in NW Asian Weekly, August 18, 2011.

Tahmina quoted in The Examiner, “Seattle Immigration Attorney Tahmina Watson Secures Visa for U.K. Soccer Star Adam Nowland”, April 21, 2011. Also mentioned in Celeb Mommies, and Yahoo! News, April 22, 2011.

Tahmina on appeared on Q13 News, “Women And The Law: Kagan Nomination Prompts New Questions”, May 18, 2010.

Tahmina quoted in The Wall Street Journal, “Homeward Bound”, November 9, 2009.

Tahmina quoted in Little India Magazine, “Return to India”, June 17, 2009.

Tahmina appeared on KUOW, “As Trump kills the ‘startup visa,’ will Seattle’s tech industry suffer?”, July 10^th and 11^th2017.