Immigration Law Services

Family Immigration
Immigrant visas or green cards allow foreign nationals to live and work permanently in the United States. Immediate relatives are spouses, children and parents of U.S. Citizens (USC), and they do not need to wait in line for their Lawful Permanent Residence (LPR) status. Preference category relatives have to wait until an immigrant visa is available.  Preference relatives are the following: 1) Married, adult children of USC; 2) Spouses and minor children of LPR; 3) Adult children of LPR; 4) Married children of USC; 5) Brothers and sisters of USC.

Permanent Residency (Green Card)
We represent clients in obtaining immigrant and non-immigrant visas through U.S. Consulates abroad. We help clients apply for Inadmissibility Waivers and I-601A Application for Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver.   We also represent clients in adjustment of status applications.

Employment-based Immigration
Another way to obtain a green card is through employment.  Immigrant visas are available for the following: 1) Individuals with extraordinary ability, outstanding professors and researchers, multinational managers or executives; 2) Professionals with advanced degrees or exceptional ability; 3) Skilled workers or professionals with college degrees; 4) Special immigrants such as religious workers; and 5) Immigrant investors.

Asylum

Survivors of Domestic Violence or Partner Abuse:

Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
A survivor who shows that he/she lived with the Citizen or LPR spouse, was battered or subject to extreme cruelty during their marriage, and that he/she is of “good moral character” may be eligible for a green card through self-petition.

U Visa
A victim of certain violent crime, who is not married to the perpetrator, who has assisted in the investigation and/or prosecution of the criminal activity may be eligible for a U Visa and an employment authorization document (or work permit). Three years in U Visa status will qualify you for Green Card status.

Investor and Business Visas
We represent individuals in applications for B-1 and B-2 visas for visitors, E-1/E-2 visas for traders and investors, and EB-5 visas for Immigrant Investors, which can lead to Lawful Permanent Residence (LPR) status.

Temporary Work Visas
We consult and represent businesses in applications for H-1B visas for professional workers, H-2B visas for temporary non-agricultural workers, O-1 visas for individuals with extraordinary ability, R-1 visas for religious workers.

Citizenship and Naturalization

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA): If you entered the U.S. before your sixteenth birthday, lived continuously in the U.S. since June 15, 2007, have been present in the U.S. since June 15, 2012, not have lawful immigration status on June 15, 2012, have graduated or received a certificate of completion from high school or “be in school” on the date of the application or be honorably discharged from the Coast Guard or U.S. armed forces, and have not been convicted of certain crimes, you may be eligible for Deferred Action and an employment authorization document (or work permit).

Removal Defense
We represent individuals in removal/deportation proceedings before the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), where they may be eligible for either Cancellation of Removal for LPRs (green card holders) or Cancellation of Removal for non-LPRs (non-green card holders).  If you have lived continuously in the U.S. for at least 10 years, have been a person of good moral character, and establish that removal would result in “exceptional and extremely unusual hardship” for your parent, spouse or child who is a U.S. Citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident, you may be eligible for Cancellation of Removal for non-LPRs.