Issue: Angel entered the United States from Mexico in 1994 as a lawful permanent resident. In 1998, he suffered a traumatic brain injury in a work-related accident. He has been permanently disabled since that time. The traumatic brain injury caused Angel to experience certain personality changes, including behavioral excesses and impulsivity. At one point, these [...]
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Olga*, a Mexican National, came to our office with her U.S. citizen husband, Luis, after they had received a Notice to Appear at the Immigration Court for Olga’s deportation proceedings. Luis* had previously filed an I-130 marriage petition on behalf of his wife as well as an application to adjust her status to lawful permanent [...]
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Viviana*, a Peruvian national, came to our office after receiving a letter from USCIS denying her residency application based upon her marriage to a U.S. citizen. Viviana informed our office that she had not appeared at her second residency interview because she had separated from her husband and her marriage was over. Soon after, she [...]
Congratulations to Andre who finally received permission to travel to the United States after more than 9 years of being found inadmissible. In 2001, US authorities declared Andre to be inadmissible after they learned that he had pled guilty many years ago in Germany to charges of corporate bribery and tax fraud. Since then, US [...]
Congratulations to Steven, our newest permanent resident of the U.S.! After being separated from his U.S. citizen wife and three year old daughter for the past two years, Steven’s immigrant visa and I-601 and I-212 waivers were finally approved last Monday by the U.S. Consulate in Port-au-Prince. Steven will now enter the U.S. as a [...]
Another successful waiver application! This approval came as a great relief as it was an emergency. Our client and his wife had a baby August. Unfortunately, the baby had to be flown to Miami Children’s Medical as he was having prenatal seizures. Our client’s biggest fear had come true as his wife and baby were [...]
One of our clients had the shock of his life when, upon his return to the US from a trip to Jamaica where he went to visit an ailing relative, he was detained by Customs and Border Protection agents and placed in removal proceedings. This client is a lawful permanent resident. He had traveled to [...]
We are pleased to report the approval of two sec. 212(d)(3) waiver applications for our clients. The first client applied for a B1/B2 visa in Honduras. He was found to be inadmisisble because of an old arrest — not a conviction — on a controlled substance charge. The other applied for an E2 visa in [...]