Family Visas (Consular Process): Assisting U.S. citizens and permanent residents in sponsoring family members for visas, including spouses, children, parents, and siblings. This includes petitions for non-immigrant visas (such as K-1 fiancé visas) and immigrant visas (green cards).
Adjustment of Status: Helping individuals who are already in the United States obtain lawful permanent resident status (green cards) through marriage, family sponsorship, or employment.
Citizenship: Guiding individuals through the process of applying for U.S. citizenship through naturalization.
Removal Defense: Representing individuals facing deportation or removal from the United States, including those in detention.
Waivers: Assisting individuals seeking waivers of inadmissibility to overcome past immigration violations or other grounds of exclusion.
Employment Immigration:
Non-Immigrant Visas: Advising businesses and individuals on securing temporary work visas for foreign nationals, such as H-1B visas for specialty occupations, L-1 visas for intracompany transfers, and O-1 visas for individuals with extraordinary ability.
Permanent Residency: Helping businesses and individuals sponsor foreign workers for permanent residency through employment-based green cards.
Labor Certification: Guiding businesses through the complex labor certification process required for sponsoring certain foreign workers.
PERM Processing: Assisting businesses with the PERM application process, which is required for most employment-based green cards.
Compliance: Advising businesses on complying with immigration laws and regulations related to hiring foreign workers.
Other Practice Areas:
Crimmigration: Provide pre-trial and post-trial written legal opinions about the immigration consequences of all federal and California criminal convictions. We can also help individuals seek post-conviction relief.
Asylum and Refugee Law: Representing individuals seeking asylum or refugee status in the United States due to persecution or fear of harm in their home country.
Deportation Defense: Protecting individuals facing removal or deportation from the United States, including those with criminal convictions.
Appeals: Handling appeals of decisions made by immigration judges or other government agencies.
Immigration Litigation: Representing clients in federal court in cases involving immigration law.
Business Immigration: Assisting businesses with immigration issues related to their employees, such as obtaining work visas and complying with immigration regulations.
Investor Visas: Helping individuals seeking to invest in the United States to obtain visas such as the EB-5 visa.
Visa Overstays: Advising individuals who have overstayed their visas on options to remain in the United States legally.
Additional Services:
Consultation: Providing initial consultations to discuss immigration options and strategies. An initial consultation is required for us to evaluate your case.
Legal Document Preparation: Assisting clients with non-immigration documents i.e. preparing pre-nuptial agreements. We are not notarios. We do not prepare documents for you to file. Professional legal ethics require us to fully represent individuals and not just prepare documentation
Representation at Interviews: Representing clients at interviews with immigration officials. Note that we do not represent clients for cases we have not prepared and filed ourselves unless extraneous circumstances exist.
Case Management: Managing all aspects of an immigration case, including communication with clients and government agencies.
Compliance Audits: Conducting audits to ensure businesses are complying with immigration laws and regulations.
I-9 and E-Verify training: Educating businesses on I-9 employment eligibility verification and E-Verify, the electronic system used to verify the employment eligibility of newly hired employees.