Roberto came to the United States from Venezuela when he was five years old on a tourist visa with his family. He grew up in Orlando, Florida like any other little boy, with one exception: Roberto had no legal immigration status. When Roberto was 25 years old, he was arrested for driving without a license [...]
In Absentia Deportation Order Re-Opened and Case Terminated for Residency Application
Maria first came to the United States from Peru in 1991, fleeing persecution at the hands of the notorious Peruvian guerrilla group, the Shining Path. Both of her sisters also fled Peru around the same time, fearing for their lives at the hands of rebel [...]
Tito’s mother brought him to the United States from Canada in 1973 when he was 9 years old following the death of his father. Since then, Tito has been living in the United States for more than 38 years without any lawful immigration status. Tito is married to a U.S. citizen, has three U.S. citizen children, [...]
We are please to report that the Department of Labor has greatly improved processing times for some applications for alien labor certification. We recently filed an application on behalf of a company seeking to hire and operations research analyst. The application was approved in less than 6 weeks. Past applications have been lingering for years. [...]
In the month of September we successfully defended two lawful permanent residents who were in removal proceedings because of old criminal convictions. Because both of the cases involved pre-1996 criminal convictions, our clients were able to apply for relief pursuant to former section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, otherwise known as a 212(c) [...]