Publications - Watson Immigration Law

Tahmina Watson, “Ukraine: Why TPS Alone Is Not Enough“, Above The Law, March 15, 2022.
Tahmina Watson, “3 Ways Immigration Law Can Help During Ukrainian Crisis“, Above The Law, March 1, 2022.
Tahmina Watson, “New USCIS Mission Statement Gives Hope“, Above The Law, February 15, 2022.
Tahmina Watson and Fiona McEntee, “Let’s Make International Entrepreneur Great (Or Even Feasible): An Open Letter To The Biden Administration”, AILA Think Immigration, February 3, 2022.
Tahmina Watson, “The Immigration Journey Of An Entrepreneur”, Above the Law, February 1, 2022.
Tahmina Watson, “How Birding Made Me A Better Lawyer”, Above the Law, January 4, 2022.
Tahmina Watson, “Self-Care: The Ultimate Advocacy Tool”, Think Immigration AILA, December 22, 2021.
Tahmina Watson, “Desperate Afghan Nationals Face Humanitarian Parole Denials”, Above the Law, December 21, 2021.
Tahmina Watson, “Work Authorization Victory For Spouses Of Visa Holders”, Above the Law, December 7, 2021.
Tahmina Watson, “Proposed New Immigration Measure Will Benefit The Economy”, Above the Law, November 23, 2021.
Tahmina Watson, “U.S. Lifts COVID-19 Bans, Reopens To International Travel”, Above the Law, November 9, 2021.
Tahmina Watson, “Hong Kong Residents Get U.S. Immigration Reprieve”, Above the Law, October 26, 2021.
Tahmina Watson, “Do I Really Need An Immigration Attorney?”, Above the Law, October 12, 2021.
Tahmina Watson, “The Muslim Ban, COVID-19 Delays, And A Story About How Love Conquers All”, Above the Law, September 28, 2021.
Tahmina Watson, “Shining The Spotlight On Immigration Law”, Above the Law, September 14, 2021.
Tahmina Watson, “3 Ways to Be a Better Advocate For a Startup Visa”, Entrepreneur Magazine, September 5, 2021.
Tahmina Watson, “Afghanistan, Immigration, Lawyers In The U.S., And 3 Things You Can Do”, Above the Law, August 31, 2021.
Tahmina Watson, “Time To Step Up Your Advocacy On Immigration”, Above the Law, August 17, 2021.
Tahmina Watson, “A DACA Saga”, Above the Law, August 3, 2021.
Tahmina Watson, “5 Things Investors Need to Know About the International Entrepreneur Program”, Entrepreneur Magazine, July 26, 2021.
Tahmina Watson, “A Startup Visa: Now or Never?” Above the Law, July 20, 2021.
Tahmina Watson, “We Need A Low-Skilled Work Visa To Help Reboot The Economy”, Above the Law, July 6, 2021.
Tahmina Watson, “Administration’s Plan To Expedite Immigrant Hearings Opens The Door To Address Right To Counsel In Immigration”, Above the Law, June 22, 2021.
Tahmina Watson, “International Entrepreneurs Now Have an Immigration Pathway to the U.S.”, Entrepreneur Magazine, June 9, 2021.
Tahmina Watson, “Time for Immigration Reform”, Above the Law, June 8, 2021.
Tahmina Watson, “The Administration Needs a Blanket COVID-19 Policy For Returning Green Card Holders”, Above the Law, May 25, 2021.
Tahmina Watson, “Biden Revives The International Entrepreneur Rule”, Above the Law, May 11, 2021
Tahmina Watson, “How And Why We Should Recapture Unused Visas To Reduce The Green Card Backlog”, Above The Law, April 27, 2021.
Tahmina Watson, “When Immigration Laws Affect The Practice of Spirituality”, Above The Law, April 13, 2021.
Stuart Anderson and Tahmina Watson, “To encourage the next Zoom or Moderna, Congress should create a startup visa”, The Washington Examiner, April 03, 2021.
Tahmina Watson, “Two Immediate Ways to Reduce Immigration Processing Backlogs”, Above The Law, March 30, 2021.
Tahmina Watson, “Banned Or Not Banned, That Is The Question”, Above The Law, March 16, 2021.
Tahmina Watson, “Opinion: Roadblocks to US visas will hinder our recovery”, Puget Sound Business Journal, March 8, 2021.
Tahmina Watson, “Harry & Meghan: Royal Titles And U.S. Immigration Law”, Above The Law, March 2, 2021.
Tahmina Watson, “Tahmina Talks Immigration”, Above The Law, March 1, 2021.
Tahmina Watson, “A New Win-Win Model For Access to Counsel on Immigration”, Think Immigration, February 10, 2021.
Tahmina Watson, “Why Bangladeshi Americans Should Vote for the Biden-Harris Ticket”, South Asians for Biden, October 29, 2020.
Tahmina Watson, “How Lawyer Moms Mobilized for Immigrant Justice”, yes! Magazine, October 21, 2020.
Tahmina Watson, “Opinion: H1B visa program will undergo significant changes in 2020”, Puget Sound Business Journal, March 15, 2020.
Tahmina Watson, “Being A Mother Makes Me A Better Immigration Lawyer”, ScaryMommy, March 11, 2020.
Tahmina Watson, “Immigrants must be part of rebuilding the US”, NADJA News, March, 11, 2020
Tahmina Watson, “H-1B Public Charge”, Puget Sound Business Journal, February 28, 2020.
Tahmina Watson, “Opinion: New visa rule will sting Washington state’s economy”, Puget Sound Business Journal, July 23, 2019.
Tahmina Watson, “Dear Activist: The Healing of Handwritten Letters of Thanks”, yes! Magazine, December 7, 2018.
Tahmina Watson, “Introducing WIDEN: Washington Immigrant Defense Network”, King County Bar Association, September 1, 2018.
Tahmina Watson, “Tahmina Talks Immigration: Student visa enforcement ramps up”, Seattle Globalist, August 28, 2018.
Tahmina Watson, “Visa Travel To The U.S. Is About To Get Much Harder”, King County Bar Assoc., June 1, 2018.
Tahmina Watson, “Tourists, Beware: Trump Administration Wants Your Social Media Handles Before You Travel”, Yes! Magazine, April 25, 2018.
Tahmina Watson, “The Fast-Changing Landscape of H-1B Visas”, King County Bar Assoc., April 1, 2018
Tahmina Watson, “A Blueprint For A National Legal Defense Fund”, Huffington Post, January 8, 2018.
Tahmina Watson, “Immigrant Entrepreneurs Find New Hope in IER, but the Clock is Ticking”, Washington Technology Industry Association, January 18, 2018.
Tahmina Watson, “Indian American and South Asian Women Step Up in New Political Era”, India West News, November 6, 2017.
Tahmina Watson, “Say it with me: It is not illegal to seek asylum, it’s time to tackle the 3/10 year bar!”, AILA Leadership Blog, May 2, 2017.
Tahmina Watson, “A PRACTITIONER’S CALL FOR EMPLOYMENT IMMIGRATION REFORM”, Niskanen Center, January 13, 2017.
Tahmina Watson, “Guest Post: U.S. Immigration Services issues new standards to make it easier for foreign entrepreneurs to get green cards”, Geek Wire, January 11, 2017.
Tahmina Watson, “New ruling signals more green cards for entrepreneurs and startups”, The Seattle Globalist
Tahmina Watson, “Walls vs bridges: Why I’m voting for immigration reform this November”, The Seattle Globalist, October 18, 2016.
Tahmina Watson, “Making sense of the proposed Startup Visa alternative”, The Seattle Globalist, August 30, 3016.
Tahmina Watson, “The Start-up Visa”, March 6, 2015.- This is Tahmina’s book! Available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
Tahmina Watson, “Apply for citizenship! America needs your vote in November“, Seattle Globalist, January 28, 2016.
Tahmina Watson, “Why America needs a startup visa“, The Next Web, October 7, 2015.
Tahmina Watson, “A Failed Hail Mary”, AILA Leadership Blog, May 29, 2015.
Tahmina Watson, “What President Obama’s immigration announcement means for tech companies and entrepreneurs“, GeekWire, November 25, 2014.
Tahmina Watson, “An easy fix for Obama to ease immigration backlog“, Seattle Globalist, Nov 17, 2014.
Tahmina Watson, “End of unemployment benefits: Immigration reform and the economy“, The Seattle Times, January 5, 2014.
Tahmina Watson, “Eliminating F3/Married Children and F4/Sibling Category in Immigration Reform?“, The Leading Immigration Publisher, March 21, 2013.
Tahmina Watson, “What Undocumented People Will Have To Do To Get Citizenship Through Comprehensive Immigration Reform“, The Leading Immigration Publisher, February 20, 2013.
Tahmina Watson, “Plight of Renouncing U.S. Citizenship Within the U.S.“, American Immigration Lawyers Association, New Members Division E-News, January 2013.
Tahmina contributes a chapter to “Visa Solutions for International Students, Scholars, and Sponsors-What You Need to Know”, Published by West Thomson, October 2012.
Tahmina Watson, Zocalo Public Square Digital Magazine, April 3, 2012.
Tahmina Watson, “Immigration in 2011- That’s a wrap! Immigration hopes for 2012?” Seattle South Asian, February 2012, Michigan South Asian, February 2012, Austin South Asian, February 2012 and Boston South Asian, February 2012.
Tahmina Watson, “I Walked Out A Patriot“, Voice by American Immigration Lawyers Association, September 2011.
Tahmina Watson, “Immigration Law Update: EB2 for Entrepreneurs-National Interest Waivers (NIW)”, Seattle South Asian, Austin South Asian, and Michigan South Asian, September 2011.
Tahmina Watson, “Pitfalls of Esta“, BritishExpats.com, August 2011.
Tahmina Watson, “Humbled and proud to become a citizen of the United States“, The Seattle Times, July 1, 2011.
Tahmina Watson, “Pitfalls of Esta“, Seattle South Asian Community, February 2011. Also published in Boston South Asian, Austin South Asian, Philadelphia South Asian, and Michigan South Asian, February 2011.
Tahmina Watson, “AILA: I Couldn’t Practice Immigration Law Without It!”, Voice: The New Digital Magazine from AILA, September 1, 2010.
Tahmina Watson, “Getting a divorce from a country with no divorce law”, One Philippines, August 16-30, 2010.
Tahmina Watson, “The American Immigration Lawyers Association – Washington Chapter: Dedicated To Helping Our Community”, De Novo, Official Publication of the Washington State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, October 2009.
Tahmina Watson, “Maintaining Status When Laid Off”, Austin South Asian Community Newspaper, July 2009
Tahmina Watson, “Maintaining Status When Laid Off”, Seattle South Asian Community Newspaper, July 2009.
Tahmina Watson, “R-1: Religious Visa”, Seattle South Asian Community Newspaper, April 2009.
Tahmina Watson, “Getting married abroad? How to bring your spouse to the US”, Seattle South Asian Community Newspaper, March 2009.
Tahmina Watson, “Are you eligible to become a US citizen?”, Seattle South Asian Monthly Community Newspaper, February 2009.
Tahmina Watson, “Are you eligible to become a US citizen?”, seattleindian.com, February 2009.
Tahmina Watson, “Pakistan: Subverting the Rule of Law,” The Voice of King County Washington Women Lawyers, May-June-July, 2008.
Tahmina Watson, Co-Editor, The Voice of King County Washington Women Lawyers, July-August, 2007.

Tahmina Watson, “Ukraine: Why TPS Alone Is Not Enough“, Above The Law, March 15, 2022.

Tahmina Watson, “3 Ways Immigration Law Can Help During Ukrainian Crisis“, Above The Law, March 1, 2022.

Tahmina Watson, “New USCIS Mission Statement Gives Hope“, Above The Law, February 15, 2022.

Tahmina Watson and Fiona McEntee, “Let’s Make International Entrepreneur Great (Or Even Feasible): An Open Letter To The Biden Administration”, AILA Think Immigration, February 3, 2022.

Tahmina Watson, “The Immigration Journey Of An Entrepreneur”, Above the Law, February 1, 2022.

Tahmina Watson, “How Birding Made Me A Better Lawyer”, Above the Law, January 4, 2022.

Tahmina Watson, “Self-Care: The Ultimate Advocacy Tool”, Think Immigration AILA, December 22, 2021.

Tahmina Watson, “Desperate Afghan Nationals Face Humanitarian Parole Denials”, Above the Law, December 21, 2021.

Tahmina Watson, “Work Authorization Victory For Spouses Of Visa Holders”, Above the Law, December 7, 2021.

Tahmina Watson, “Proposed New Immigration Measure Will Benefit The Economy”, Above the Law, November 23, 2021.

Tahmina Watson, “U.S. Lifts COVID-19 Bans, Reopens To International Travel”, Above the Law, November 9, 2021.

Tahmina Watson, “Hong Kong Residents Get U.S. Immigration Reprieve”, Above the Law, October 26, 2021.

Tahmina Watson, “Do I Really Need An Immigration Attorney?”, Above the Law, October 12, 2021.

Tahmina Watson, “The Muslim Ban, COVID-19 Delays, And A Story About How Love Conquers All”, Above the Law, September 28, 2021.

Tahmina Watson, “Shining The Spotlight On Immigration Law”, Above the Law, September 14, 2021.

Tahmina Watson, “3 Ways to Be a Better Advocate For a Startup Visa”, Entrepreneur Magazine, September 5, 2021.

Tahmina Watson, “Afghanistan, Immigration, Lawyers In The U.S., And 3 Things You Can Do”, Above the Law, August 31, 2021.

Tahmina Watson, “Time To Step Up Your Advocacy On Immigration”, Above the Law, August 17, 2021.

Tahmina Watson, “A DACA Saga”, Above the Law, August 3, 2021.

Tahmina Watson, “5 Things Investors Need to Know About the International Entrepreneur Program”, Entrepreneur Magazine, July 26, 2021.

Tahmina Watson, “A Startup Visa: Now or Never?” Above the Law, July 20, 2021.

Tahmina Watson, “We Need A Low-Skilled Work Visa To Help Reboot The Economy”, Above the Law, July 6, 2021.

Tahmina Watson, “Administration’s Plan To Expedite Immigrant Hearings Opens The Door To Address Right To Counsel In Immigration”, Above the Law, June 22, 2021.

Tahmina Watson, “International Entrepreneurs Now Have an Immigration Pathway to the U.S.”, Entrepreneur Magazine, June 9, 2021.

Tahmina Watson, “Time for Immigration Reform”, Above the Law, June 8, 2021.

Tahmina Watson, “The Administration Needs a Blanket COVID-19 Policy For Returning Green Card Holders”, Above the Law, May 25, 2021.

Tahmina Watson, “Biden Revives The International Entrepreneur Rule”, Above the Law, May 11, 2021

Tahmina Watson, “How And Why We Should Recapture Unused Visas To Reduce The Green Card Backlog”, Above The Law, April 27, 2021.

Tahmina Watson, “When Immigration Laws Affect The Practice of Spirituality”, Above The Law, April 13, 2021.

Stuart Anderson and Tahmina Watson, “To encourage the next Zoom or Moderna, Congress should create a startup visa”, The Washington Examiner, April 03, 2021.

Tahmina Watson, “Two Immediate Ways to Reduce Immigration Processing Backlogs”, Above The Law, March 30, 2021.

Tahmina Watson, “Banned Or Not Banned, That Is The Question”, Above The Law, March 16, 2021.

Tahmina Watson, “Opinion: Roadblocks to US visas will hinder our recovery”, Puget Sound Business Journal, March 8, 2021.

Tahmina Watson, “Harry & Meghan: Royal Titles And U.S. Immigration Law”, Above The Law, March 2, 2021.

Tahmina Watson, “Tahmina Talks Immigration”, Above The Law, March 1, 2021.

Tahmina Watson, “A New Win-Win Model For Access to Counsel on Immigration”, Think Immigration, February 10, 2021.

Tahmina Watson, “Why Bangladeshi Americans Should Vote for the Biden-Harris Ticket”, South Asians for Biden, October 29, 2020.

Tahmina Watson, “How Lawyer Moms Mobilized for Immigrant Justice”, yes! Magazine, October 21, 2020.

Tahmina Watson, “Opinion: H1B visa program will undergo significant changes in 2020”, Puget Sound Business Journal, March 15, 2020.

Tahmina Watson, “Being A Mother Makes Me A Better Immigration Lawyer”, ScaryMommy, March 11, 2020.

Tahmina Watson, “Immigrants must be part of rebuilding the US”, NADJA News, March, 11, 2020

Tahmina Watson, “H-1B Public Charge”, Puget Sound Business Journal, February 28, 2020.

Tahmina Watson, “Opinion: New visa rule will sting Washington state’s economy”, Puget Sound Business Journal, July 23, 2019.

Tahmina Watson, “Dear Activist: The Healing of Handwritten Letters of Thanks”, yes! Magazine, December 7, 2018.

Tahmina Watson, “Introducing WIDEN: Washington Immigrant Defense Network”, King County Bar Association, September 1, 2018.

Tahmina Watson, “Tahmina Talks Immigration: Student visa enforcement ramps up”, Seattle Globalist, August 28, 2018.

Tahmina Watson, “Visa Travel To The U.S. Is About To Get Much Harder”, King County Bar Assoc., June 1, 2018.

Tahmina Watson, “Tourists, Beware: Trump Administration Wants Your Social Media Handles Before You Travel”, Yes! Magazine, April 25, 2018.

Tahmina Watson, “The Fast-Changing Landscape of H-1B Visas”, King County Bar Assoc., April 1, 2018

Tahmina Watson, “A Blueprint For A National Legal Defense Fund”, Huffington Post, January 8, 2018.

Tahmina Watson, “Immigrant Entrepreneurs Find New Hope in IER, but the Clock is Ticking”, Washington Technology Industry Association, January 18, 2018.

Tahmina Watson, “Indian American and South Asian Women Step Up in New Political Era”, India West News, November 6, 2017.

Tahmina Watson, “Say it with me: It is not illegal to seek asylum, it’s time to tackle the 3/10 year bar!”, AILA Leadership Blog, May 2, 2017.

Tahmina Watson, “A PRACTITIONER’S CALL FOR EMPLOYMENT IMMIGRATION REFORM”, Niskanen Center, January 13, 2017.

Tahmina Watson, “Guest Post: U.S. Immigration Services issues new standards to make it easier for foreign entrepreneurs to get green cards”, Geek Wire, January 11, 2017.

Tahmina Watson, “New ruling signals more green cards for entrepreneurs and startups”, The Seattle Globalist

Tahmina Watson, “Walls vs bridges: Why I’m voting for immigration reform this November”, The Seattle Globalist, October 18, 2016.

Tahmina Watson, “Making sense of the proposed Startup Visa alternative”, The Seattle Globalist, August 30, 3016.

Tahmina Watson, “The Start-up Visa”, March 6, 2015.- This is Tahmina’s book! Available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

Tahmina Watson, “Apply for citizenship! America needs your vote in November“, Seattle Globalist, January 28, 2016.

Tahmina Watson, “Why America needs a startup visa“, The Next Web, October 7, 2015.

Tahmina Watson, “A Failed Hail Mary”, AILA Leadership Blog, May 29, 2015.

Tahmina Watson, “What President Obama’s immigration announcement means for tech companies and entrepreneurs“, GeekWire, November 25, 2014.

Tahmina Watson, “An easy fix for Obama to ease immigration backlog“, Seattle Globalist, Nov 17, 2014.

Tahmina Watson, “End of unemployment benefits: Immigration reform and the economy“, The Seattle Times, January 5, 2014.

Tahmina Watson, “Eliminating F3/Married Children and F4/Sibling Category in Immigration Reform?“, The Leading Immigration Publisher, March 21, 2013.

Tahmina Watson, “What Undocumented People Will Have To Do To Get Citizenship Through Comprehensive Immigration Reform“, The Leading Immigration Publisher, February 20, 2013.

Tahmina Watson, “Plight of Renouncing U.S. Citizenship Within the U.S.“, American Immigration Lawyers Association, New Members Division E-News, January 2013.

Tahmina contributes a chapter to “Visa Solutions for International Students, Scholars, and Sponsors-What You Need to Know”, Published by West Thomson, October 2012.

Tahmina Watson, Zocalo Public Square Digital Magazine, April 3, 2012.

Tahmina Watson, “Immigration in 2011- That’s a wrap! Immigration hopes for 2012?” Seattle South Asian, February 2012, Michigan South Asian, February 2012, Austin South Asian, February 2012 and Boston South Asian, February 2012.

Tahmina Watson, “I Walked Out A Patriot“, Voice by American Immigration Lawyers Association, September 2011.

Tahmina Watson, “Immigration Law Update: EB2 for Entrepreneurs-National Interest Waivers (NIW)”, Seattle South Asian, Austin South Asian, and Michigan South Asian, September 2011.

Tahmina Watson, “Pitfalls of Esta“, BritishExpats.com, August 2011.

Tahmina Watson, “Humbled and proud to become a citizen of the United States“, The Seattle Times, July 1, 2011.

Tahmina Watson, “Pitfalls of Esta“, Seattle South Asian Community, February 2011. Also published in Boston South Asian, Austin South Asian, Philadelphia South Asian, and Michigan South Asian, February 2011.

Tahmina Watson, “AILA: I Couldn’t Practice Immigration Law Without It!”, Voice: The New Digital Magazine from AILA, September 1, 2010.

Tahmina Watson, “Getting a divorce from a country with no divorce law”, One Philippines, August 16-30, 2010.

Tahmina Watson, “The American Immigration Lawyers Association – Washington Chapter: Dedicated To Helping Our Community”, De Novo, Official Publication of the Washington State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, October 2009.

Tahmina Watson, “Maintaining Status When Laid Off”, Austin South Asian Community Newspaper, July 2009