Practice Areas

Employment/Investor Visas

  • H-1B – work visas for professional workers.

  • EB-5– Immigrant Visa Through Investment.

  • O–1 - Work Visas For Outstanding Workers.

  • E-1/E-2– Nonimmigrant Investors’ Visa as A Treaty Trader Or Treaty Investor.

  • L-1A/L-1B– Work Visas For Multinational Managers/Executives and Employees with Specialized Knowledge.

  • R-1 – Religious Worker/Minister

  • Registered Nurse

  • Researchers and Outstanding Workers

  • National Interest Waivers

Family Immigration

  • Advance parole

  • Reentry permits

  • Fiancé petitions

  • Same-sex marriage petitions

  • Humanitarian reinstatement

  • VAWA: Violence Against Women Act

  • Family petition by sibling, parent, and child

  • Marriage cases – Adjustment through marriage to US citizen

  • Removal of conditions for conditional permanent residents

Citizenship and Naturalization

  • Naturalization through marriage with a US citizen

  • Application for certificates of citizenship

  • Exemptions from civics and language tests

Waivers

  • Provisional Waiver

  • Waiver of Inadmissibility inadmissibility due to fraud, criminal record, or health.

Deportation/Removal Defense

  • Waivers

  • 212(c) relief

  • Bond hearing

  • Asylum application

  • Voluntary departure

  • Withholding of removal

  • Convention against torture

  • Adjustment before the court

Labor Certification (PERM)

  • Immigrant visa through employment petitions for skilled workers, professionals, advanced degree professionals, professors

Consular Processing

  • Interview/scheduling assistance

  • Child Status Protect Act (CSPA)

  • Waivers

  • Humanitarian Parole

Divorce

  • Filing actions for divorce

Estate Settlement

  • Probate of Wills

  • Estate Administration

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