SayraBhullar

Law graduate from Bogotá, now in Fremont, California, working toward a paralegal certificate and a legal career in the United States.

For more than ten years I worked inside legal and administrative files in Colombia. I served notice of administrative acts, checked identities and deadlines, and reviewed pension and Social Security records until the numbers matched. I am looking for paralegal or legal assistant work here while I complete the steps below.

Portrait of Sayra Bhullar
I read and write in Spanish and English and translate between the two.
  1. First

    Credential evaluation

    A course by course evaluation of my Bachelor of Law from La Gran Colombia University, so United States schools and employers can read it against their own standards.

    In progress
  2. Then

    Paralegal certificate

    An ABA approved paralegal program, which is what most firms here look for. It also puts me back inside American legal procedure, citation, and case management.

    Next step
  3. The goal

    Practicing law

    Law school and the bar, with an interest in corporate, data, and construction work. I would rather spend paralegal years finding out which one fits than guess now.

    Long term

Experience

Most of this work was legal notifications and administrative records, where a missed date or an unverified identity undoes the act itself. Open a role to read the detail.

June 2025 to August 2026Sunbury, Ohio

Polo Ralph Lauren

Brand Ambassador

A year on a busy sales floor in Ohio while I settled in the United States.

  • Worked a busy sales floor that required clear communication, reliability, and quick adjustment to new procedures and people.
November 2023 to February 2024New York

Fernandez Insurance Agency Inc.

Administrative Assistant

Client correspondence, Spanish to English translation, and tax filings in a small New York office.

  • Drafted letters, managed correspondence, and translated client documents from Spanish to English.
  • Completed ITIN applications and personal tax forms on the CrossLink platform.
  • Handled incoming calls and email inquiries and provided general office support.
June 2021 to August 2021Bogotá, Colombia

Americas B.P.S.

Back Office Notifications Analyst

Notified administrative acts on pension files and built the process that verified each one.

  • Analyzed responses to pension and parafiscal requests filed with the entity.
  • Built a verification process for notifying administrative acts that confirmed each party status, the notification date, and the validity of the act.
  • Worked daily in the Documentic and Cromasoft case platforms.
January 2021 to June 2021Bogotá, Colombia

IQ Outsourcing

Back Office Notifications Analyst

Reviewed pension and parafiscal requests and confirmed service on every party.

  • Examined pension and parafiscal requests submitted to the organization.
  • Confirmed service of administrative acts on every party and validated notification dates against legal timelines.
April 2019 to September 2019Bogotá, Colombia

BPO UGPP Temporary Union

Back Office Notifications Analyst

Verified identities, deadlines, and the validity of administrative acts before notice went out.

  • Reviewed pension and parafiscal requests and verified the identity and status of each notified party.
  • Checked the validity of administrative acts and produced electronic records for notifications, summonses, and notices.
January 2012 to April 2016Bogotá, Colombia

Central District of the Assemblies of God Church

Administrative Secretary

Ran the legal correspondence and the financial paperwork of a district office.

  • Managed legal correspondence and internal communications that required a response.
  • Handled petty cash, travel reimbursements, receipts, and expenditure vouchers for payroll, projects, and vendors.
May 2010 to December 2012Bogotá, Colombia

Council of the Assemblies of God Church

Debt Purge, Recovery, and Collection Manager

Audited Social Security and pension records and cleared debt the organization did not owe.

  • Identified alleged debts with Pension Fund Administrators and Social Security and cleared delinquent records.
  • Located unregistered payment forms within the required dates, which reduced the alleged debt by more than 60 percent, and reported on the periods paid.

Education

Studied in Bogotá, with one certificate earned here.

  • Bachelor of LawLa Gran Colombia University, Bogotá 2019
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution MechanismsConciliation Center, La Gran Colombia University 2016
  • Google Cybersecurity CertificateCoursera, useful for handling sensitive client files 2024

What I bring

The parts of legal work I have already done for years.

Legal

Legal research, administrative procedure, notifications and service of process, document drafting, filing deadlines, case records.

Languages

Fluent in Spanish and English, including translation of client documents and correspondence.

Software

Excel at an advanced level, Word, CrossLink, Documentic, Cromasoft.

Habits

Checking a record against its source before it goes out. Meeting the date the law sets, not the date that is convenient.

Open to

  • Paralegal
  • Legal assistant

Available across the Bay Area. I usually reply within a day. If you are hiring or you have advice about the credential route, I would like to hear from you.