Issue:
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 [...]
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) [...]
In August, 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 convictions, our clients were able to apply for relief pursuant to former section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Winning a 212(c) waiver case requires convincing an [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]