Areas of Practice

1. Permanent Residence (Green Card)

  Family Based Immigration

• Immediate Relative Petitions (spouses of U.S. citizens; children of U.S. citizens, if the child is unmarried and under 21; and parents of U.S. citizens, if the child has attained the age of 21)
• Wait-listed Relative Petitions (children, over 21, of U.S. citizens; spouse and unmarried children of lawful permanent residents; siblings of U.S. citizens)
• K-1 Visas (fiancé(e) of U.S. citizen)
• K-3 Visas (spouses of U.S. citizens)
• VAWA (self-petition filed by victims of battery or extreme cruelty perpetrated by U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident spouse)

 
  Employment Based Immigration

• EB-1 (foreign nationals of extraordinary ability, outstanding professors and researchers and multinational executives and managers)
• EB-2 (workers with advanced degrees or exceptional ability in the sciences, arts or business)
• EB-3 (skilled workers and professionals)
• EB-4 (special immigrant visas for religious workers)
• EB-5 (investor/employment creation visas)
• DV-1 Visas (“green card lottery”)

2.  Waivers

• Provisional Unlawful Presence Waivers
• Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility
• Permission to Reapply for Admission into the United States After Deportation or Removal
• Nonimmigrant Visa Waivers
• Humanitarian Parole

3.  Other Nonimmigrant Visas

• E-1/E-2 (treaty trader and investor)
• H-1B (professional worker)
• L-1 (intra-company transfer)
• O-1 (extraordinary ability worker)
• R-1 (religious worker)
• P-1 (artists and athletes)
• TN (employment under the North American Free Trade Agreement)

4. Citizenship

• Naturalization Applications
• Appeals

5. Immigration Court Proceedings (Removal Defense)

• Motions to Reopen/Recalendar
• Asylum
• Adjustment of Status
• Waivers
• Criminal matters
• Appeals

6.  Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)

7.  Temporary Protected Status (TPS)

8. Refugee and Asylum Applications