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Discover more about our extensive range of professional legal services our full service immigration practice offers.
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Marriage/Fiance(e)
Marrying a U.S. citizen or resident can be a more complicated process than you think. Under the current presidential administration, strict interpretations of existing laws have created problems in what seem to be even the most straightforward immigration cases.
Our team has vast experience in marriage-based green cards and fiance(e) visa petitions. We have successfully represented individuals in hundreds of marriage cases and I-751 removal of conditions. We attend dozens of interviews monthly with our clients and know exactly what it takes to make the process go smoothly and ensure approval.
Partner, Sasha Westerman-Keuning, specializes in gay marriage cases for the LGBTQ community and is considered an expert in LGBTQ immigration law, We are one of top law firms nationally in the representation of same-sex couples before USCIS. She regularly speaks on the topic of gay marriage on panels, conferences, and in the media. As the former chair of the LGBTQ Committee for the local chapter of the American Immigration Laweyrs Association, she has trained USCIS officers at local offices on sensitivity issues when handling LGBTQ cases.
Additionally, our law firm has extensive experience with the following marriage issues:
- significant age gaps (25+ years);
- prior marriage fraud accusations;
- cultural/religious differences;
- prior deportation proceedings;
- waivers of inadmissibility; polyamorous relationships;
- past immigration applications;
- tourist entries/immigrant intent issues;
- VAWA/Domestic Violence;
- Public Charge/Financial Affidavit of Support Issues;
- HIV/AIDS;
- Changing Gender Markers for Trans Individuals;
- Prior/Pending Asylum Applications;
- Past Heterosexual Marriages;
- I-751 Divorce and Abuse Waivers;
- Illegal Entry into the U.S., among others.
Employment-Based
Our office represents individual and corporate clients in employment-based and investor non-immigrant and immigrant visa petitions. Under the current administration's policies of "Hire American, Buy American," it is more important than ever to have a qualified immigration attorney assist in your work visa petitions. Our attorneys have handled countless employment-based visa petitions in the following categories:
Non-Immigrant (Temporary) Visas:
- O-1 Extraordinary Ability Visas in the Arts, Athletics, Business, and Science.
- H-1B Visas for Professional Workers with Bachelor's and Master's Degrees.
- L-1 Visas for Multinational Executives and Managers.
- E-2 Treaty Investors.
- E-1 Treaty Traders.
- P Visas for Professional Athletes and Internationally Recognized Artists and Groups.
- R-1 Visas for Religious Workers such as Rabbis, Priests, Imams, Religious School Teachers.
- H-3 Trainee Visas.
- I Visas for Members of the Foreign Press.
- Q Visas for Cultural Exchange.
- TN Visas for Professionals from Mexico and Canada
- E-3 Visas for Australian Professionals.
Immigrant Green Card Petitions:
- EB-11 Extraordinary Ability for Athletes, Artists, Entertainers, Scientists and Businesspersons.
- EB-13 Multinational Executive and Managers.
- Labor Certification (PERM) process for EB-2 and EB-3 categories.
- National Interest Waivers (NIW).
- Religious Worker Green Cards.
EB-5 Investors
The EB-5 program is a specialized green card petition in which a foreign investor invests $500,000 or $1 million in a U.S. business to create a minimum of 10 jobs. We represent EB-5 investors in both direct EB-5 investments or indirect Regional Center projects. We work with the Top Regional Centers in the United States.
Our EB-5 department is headed by Partner, Irina Rostova, a Top-25 EB-5 attorney nationally and the Chair of the New Markets Committee for IIUSA (Invest In America). Irina regularly speaks at conferences and panels in the United States and abroad on EB-5 topics such as lawful source of funds issues and developing markets. Partner, Sasha Westerman-Keuning, was a lead litigation associate in the seminal EB-5 class action case Chang vs. United States and brings unique insight to EB-5 cases.
Our EB-5 department focuses exclusively on the preparation and filing of I-526 and I-829 petitions for EB-5 investors. Our law firm files and supervises hundreds of EB-5 petitions per year, making us one of the Top EB-5 law firms in the United States. We offer step-by-step advice and guidance through the EB-5 process from project selection and contract interpretation to preparation and filing the green card petition. We also assist investors in ancillary immigration matters post-investment such as obtaining Re-Entry Permits and ensuring compliance with all residency requirements.
In addition to immigration services for investors, our law firm is unique in the fact that we offer specialized EB-5 legal and compliance services for Regional Centers as well as strategic consultations on structuring development projects for EB-5. Our "EB-5 In a Box" service provides regional centers with all the practical advice needed to successfully comply with all EB-5 regulations and laws.
Family-Based & U.S. Citizenship
Our law firm regularly represents clients in family-based green card petitions for reunification in the United States as well as any waivers of inadmissibility or necessary deportation waivers which must accompany the underlying petitions. U.S. citizens are able to sponsor the following family members for green card status:
- Immediate Relatives: Spouses of U.S. citizens; Parents of U.S. citizen children over 21 years old; and minor children under 21 years and unmarried of U.S. citizens.
- Preference Categories: Adult Married Children of U.S. citizens; Adult Unmarried Children of U.S. citizens; and brothers and sisters of U.S. citizens.
Our office also handles all types of applications for U.S. citizenship and handles even the most complicated naturalization cases, including issues with: criminal records; IRS tax problems; child support payments; spending too much time outside the U.S.; prior waiver or deportation proceedings; and false claims to U.S. citizenship.
Deportations and Bonds
Our attorneys regularly represent foreign citizens in deportation proceedings before the Immigration Court. We have successfully won dozens of deportation cases with the following types of relief:
- Cancellation of Removal for Non-Lawful Permanent Residents and Permanent Residents;
- 212(h) waivers of inadmissibility;
- 212(c) waivers of inadmissibility;
- 237(a)(1)(h) fraud waivers;
- Adjustment of Status in Court;
- Motions to Terminate;
- Asylum, Withholding of Removal and CAT claims.
We also provide appellate services for denials of deportation proceedings. Our office files appeals before the Board of Immigration Appeals and the 11th Circuit of Appeals. We are also competent in the filing of mandamus actions in federal district court.
Asylum
As obtaining asylum status in the United States becomes increasingly difficult under the current immigration climate, it is vitally important to have a qualified immigration lawyer at your side.
Our attorneys regularly prepare and file affirmative asylum applications before the USCIS asylum office. We ensure consistency in your application and asylum narrative to avoid future allegations of adverse credibility findings.
We also frequently appear in Immigration Court to represent asylum-seekers in their cases before the immigration judge. Lastly, we handle appeals of denial of asylum cases to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) and 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.
