SYNOPSIS: After being in the U.S. for more than 20 years, a client was taken into ICE/ERO Custody after a police interaction (related to a family disagreement). Despite having 2 US Citizen children, US Lawful Permanent Resident Parents, and no criminal history (aside from his arrest) in the last 10 years, the Court…
SYNOPSIS: After USCIS delayed adjudicating a Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, our office filed suit in the Eastern District of Virginia and sought an agreed order sending this N-400 (Citizenship) Application back to USCIS where it was approved within a week. THE FACTS: A pair of elderly U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident clients sought a decision on a…
Our office recently celebrated the extremely rapid approval of a Form N-400, Application for Naturalization for our client – the spouse of a World Bank Employee who was being deployed overseas. FACTS: A client recently became a US Lawful Permanent Resident (Green card holder) after her US Citizen spouse filed for her. After obtaining her…
THE FACTS: A client had been in the U.S. for many years illegally. She first came to the U.S. in the 1990s and joined her husband’s asylum case. Later, her husband’s NACARA case was approved and he advised her to return to El Salvador and wait for her visa (this was COMPLETELY INCORRECT). The…
THE FACTS: A client wanted to begin putting his experience and expertise to work for himself by starting his own tech company in the U.S. After a consultation, it became clear that the client could qualify for an E-2 Treaty-Investor Visa which would allow him to begin working in the U.S. and run his…
FACTS: A Kickboxing gym in the District of Columbia saw promise in a young athlete. They moved quickly to introduce him to their management department who saw an opportunity. They came to our office to assist them with sponsoring this young kickboxer to compete in the U.S. THE LAW: The P-1 classification applies to you…
THE FACTS: A client obtained his U.S. Lawful Permanent Residence through marriage, and entered the U.S. to begin living with his wife. Unfortunately, the client and his wife separated and the client moved to another state. Because the client had been married less than 2 years at the time he entered the U.S. with…
FACTS: A U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident client was arrested in Virginia for misdemeanor possession of marijuana under Va. Code Ann. Sec. 18.2-250.1. After pleading guilty, and without ever consulting an attorney – client decided to return home for vacation. Upon return to the U.S., he was detained at “secondary inspection” and given a deferred inspection…
FACTS: A client came to our office to assist her husband of many years. The couple had children, good jobs, and had been together for many years. The wife (a U.S. Citizen) wanted to file for her husband (from El Salvador) who had entered with U.S. “EWI” many years before, but had never been caught…
FACTS: A client came to our office to assist him and his husband after being told by multiple lawyers that there was nothing that could be done for his case. After a review of the file and conducting a review through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), we learned that the client (from Honduras) had…
