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Immigration

Immigration is a complex area of law that is ever-changing and often quite overwhelming and frustrating.  Careful attention to detail in handling all matters related to your case, including your answers to questions on immigration applications, can make the difference between legal status and deportation.  Having a skilled and knowledgeable attorney that keeps up to date with current immigration laws is essential to ensuring that you and your family stay together.

There are two different branches of the Immigration process that handles relief for immigrants.  The first branch is the United States Immigration and Citizenship Services (USCIS).  USCIS handles a wide range of applications ranging from family petitions to business visas.  The second branch of Immigration is the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR), which is known as Immigration Court.  EOIR handles all deportation proceedings that can lead to a deportation order.  In order to properly ensure that you and your family will not be torn apart, our office makes certain your applications are properly marked, that any criminal offenses do not affect your chances for a favorable outcome, and that we present sufficient evidence, coupled with intelligent legal arguments, to enable an Immigration judge or officer to rule in your favor.

Our office handles many different areas of immigration such as family petitions through adjustment or consular processing, labor certifications, business visas, waivers, U-visas for those that have been victims of crimes, and victims against women's act (VAWA) petitions.  In addition, our attorneys have experience in deportation defense cases, where we represent our clients in immigration court for their asylum, withholding, Convention Against Torture (CAT) cases, cancellation of removal for non-residents, cancellation of deportation of residents, and contesting any allegations immigration has against you.  Immigration law changes often and those changes can affect whether you can qualify for relief now or at any time in the future.  It is important to consult with one of our attorneys to ensure you can take action now to obtain the relief you seek. 

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• Family/Fiance Petitions

  • Adjustment of Status in accordance with INA 245(a) - Legal Admission into the US

  • Adjustment of Status in accordance with INA 245(i) - Petitions filed before April 30, 2001

  • Consular Processing

  • Removal of conditions on Permanent Resident Card

    • Joint Filings

    • Filings when marriage was entered into good faith, but is now terminated

  • Fiance Non-immigrant Visas

  • Relative Petitions (parents, siblings, children over and under 21)

• Waivers

  • Provisional Waivers

  • Unlawful Presence (ULP)

  • Fraud or Misrepresentation

  • Criminal – Crimes of Moral Turpitude (CIMT)

  • Prior Deportations/Removals

  • Assisted Another to Enter the US Illegally (Alien Smuggling)

• Deportation Defense while in ICE Custody or Immigration Court

  • Bond requests

  • Request for Stay of Deportation

  • Defensive Asylum

  • Cancellation of Removal – legal residents and nonresidents

  • Prosecutorial discretion

  • Motions to Reopen or Reconsider

  • Appeals

• Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)

• Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)

• Asylum & TPS

• Naturalization/Citizenship

• Victims of a Crime or Spousal Abuse

  • VAWA - Battered spouse or child of US Citizen or Legal Permanent Resident

  • U-Visa - Victims and their family who assisted in the investigation of certain crimes

  • T-Visa - Human Trafficking Victim

• Investigation

  • Immigration USCIS National Records Center Freedom of Information act (FOIA)

  • Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) FOIA

  • Immigration Court – Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA

  • FBI Reports

  • California Department of Justice Reports (CDOJ)