Immigration Law
Immigrants
We offer full service in Immigration Law. Since 9/11 the Immigration and Naturalization Agency (INA) has been integrated into the Department of Homeland Security. Any process, when you are dealing with the government, is cumbersome and time-consuming and this is not different. There are many rules and regulations which have to be followed precisely, step by step, and meeting deadline requirements. Often, it is laborious. If English is not your first language—and I know what I am talking about, many years ago I went through the same process—it is sometimes very difficult to make sense of the many different ways a solution can be approached or, even more so, must be approached.
US law classifies all noncitizens as either immigrants or nonimmigrants.
1. Nonimmigrant Visas for Temporary Stay
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Business visitors
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Students
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Temporary workers
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and many more
2. Immigrant Visas for Permanent Stay
There are three main programs:
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Family reunification
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Employment
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Diversity
Each of these categories is numerically limited, depending on the number given for worldwide admission and/or depending on the home country of the applicant—they are given for every fiscal year.
3. Removal and Deportation Notices
We can help with Deportation Notices which you may have received for the following reasons:
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Economics
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Crime
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Health
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Morality
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Politics
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National Security
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Unlawful presence in the US
Lawful admitted noncitizens—even Permanent Residents—can also be deported for conduct or circumstances not concerned with the immigration system itself; a criminal conviction is the most common example.
4. Criminal Offenses
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Illegal entry
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Unlawful presence
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Transporting, smuggling, or harboring noncitizens unlawfully in the US
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Fraud, including marriage fraud.
5. Sanctions
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) punishes employers and detain others for knowingly employing noncitizens who are not authorized to work, for hiring persons without observing specified paperwork requirements (even if the employees turn out to be authorized to work), or for discriminating on the basis of national origin or, in certain cases, citizenship status.
6. Bars and Waivers
Depending on your particular situation there may be some way to achieve your goal for admission into the United States, although in most cases a very lengthy and cumbersome process.
If you are the wife of an abusive husband who is either an US citizen or a LPR (legal permanent resident) there may be a way to achieve permanent residence in the US under VAWA (Violence Against Women’Äôs Act), provided you have proof.
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