Ameya S. Pendse is an Attorney-at-Law licensed to practice in the States of in New Jersey, New York and the District of Columbia. He practices U.S. Immigration & Nationality Law, as well as U.S. Franchise Law. Ameya regularly deals with a variety of family-based immigration issues such as Adjustment of Status (Green Card applications), sponsoring relatives, and Citizenship applications. Having lived and studied in the United States, Canada, and Israel, Ameya understands the importance of having legal status in the country of your residence. During law school, Ameya clerked with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and has also clerked with both boutique and large immigration law firms in New York City and New Jersey. He was also the Founder and President of the Immigration Law Students Association at Seton Hall Law School and also participated in the Law School's Immigrant's Rights Legal Clinic. In addition to being an attorney in the United States, Ameya is also a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant (RCIC), authorized by the Government of Canada, through the Immigration Council of Canada Regulatory Council (ICCRC) to represent clients throughout the Canadian Immigration process. During his Master of Laws degree at Tel Aviv University, Ameya specialized in Business Law with a specific focus in international franchising. His Master's dissertation, Achieving Uniform Franchise Disclosure Documents: A Regional Solution, analyzed the United States Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) in a comparative context with various other disclosure regimes around the world. Ameya now regularly represents clients throughout the franchise process, including FDD review and negotiation and has successfully negotiated changes of FDD terms with both international and multinational franchisors. He has represented clients seeking single-unit, multi-unit, area-development, and master-franchise opportunities.