Why Hire Amber?
Immigration law is complex, and it is essential that all aspects of a client’s immigration history are analyzed before deciding what path to take and what benefits a client is eligible to receive. Amber will examine every possible immigration option for you and your family to determine if you have a pathway to legal status. She will identify any potential obstacles that will affect your case and explain the risks of filing. She will represent you throughout the entire legal process until there is a decision on your case. You will receive a written contract detailing exactly what Amber has agreed to do and how much you will be charged. She also offers monthly payment plans that make her legal services accessible to all income levels. Amber will listen to you, answer your questions, and advocate for you throughout the immigration process. As one client shared, “she makes you feel like family.”
Amber Heffner
Amber Heffner is passionate about immigration law and providing the highest quality legal services to her clients. She is a central coast native and received her Bachelor of Arts in Peace and Conflict studies from the University of California, Berkeley (1995) and her Juris Doctor from the University of Wisconsin Madison Law School (2003) where she graduated Magna Cum Laude and Order of the Coif. Since 2005, Amber has practiced exclusively in immigration law and founded her own immigration law practice in Los Osos, California in December 2015.
Amber’s areas of interest include family-based immigration and waivers of inadmissibility, fiancé visas, U visas and relief under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), asylum, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), citizenship, and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
Amber is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and regularly provides immigration presentations, workshops and consultations to government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and religious institutions including the Mexican Consulate in Oxnard, Cal Poly Dream Center, the Cal Poly Agricultural Department, Cuesta Community College, California Rural Legal Assistance, SLO Women’s Shelter (now Stand Strong), RISE, Promotores Collaborative, Trinity United Methodist Church, and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church. In 2017, she was honored with an award from Rising Immigrant Scholars through Education for her volunteer work with Cal Poly’s undocumented students. She provides pro bono legal services to unaccompanied minor children through the nonprofit organization KIND (Kids in Need of Defense). Amber is proud to have a reputation as an honest, caring, and thoughtful attorney who provides exceptional legal services to her clients. When not working, she spends time with her husband and two children and hikes the local trails with her Labrador retriever.
Attorney-at-Law
BA, University of California Berkeley
MPP, University of Wisconsin
JD, University of Wisconsin
