SIJS Success – Attorney Ibara-Cech helped a client get a greencard as the result of her special immigrant juvenile status. Special immigrant juvenile status is a special designation for minors who have been neglected, abused, or abandoned by one or both of their parents. In order to do this, Attorney Ibara-Cech helped the client terminate …
Successful Naturalization after Long Immigration History
Successful Naturalization after Long Immigration History – Attorney Ibara-Cech helped a longtime client successfully naturalize. This client had been in the United States for many years and placed into removal proceedings due to a mistake on a prior application submitted to immigration. Attorney Ibara-Cech assisted in her removal proceedings as well, which resulted in a …
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Naturalization After Mistakenly Registering to Vote
Two lawful permanent residents (“LPRs”) went to the library and registered to vote after prompting by volunteers who were there registering voters. The LPRs told the volunteers that they were not U.S. citizens, but the volunteers told them they could still register. They completed the form and were registered to vote. Shortly thereafter, they realized …
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Victims of Violent Crimes Have Options
Many individuals who contact MJB Immigration have survived significant violence in their past – not only in their countries of origin but often also while in the United States. There are several immigration benefits that exist to protect individuals who have been the victim of violent crimes in the United States. Attorney Sarah Okuh counseled …
Derivative Claim to U.S. Citizenship
Attorney Sarah Okuh worked with a client who had lived in the United States since the 1970s after entering as a refugee. He was unsure of his current immigration status, and due to the young age at which he came to the United States – as well as the passage of many years – the …
Swift Approval of Green Card for National Interest Waiver Recipient
Attorney Michael Jolic represented a local physician in his quest for permanent residency. The physician has over the course of his career devoted some time to research in the area of heart disease and has several publications and presentations as a result. We identified this client as a good candidate for a National Interest Waiver …
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Reunited Family After Many Years
The US Consulates are finally starting to move through cases. Attorney Cozart Matin represented a child over the age of 21 and arranged for the client to attend an interview in Ecuador. The visa was issued almost immediately. The National Visa Center was swift in gathering and sending the documents to the Embassy for processing. …
Waivers of Interviews Continue
Interview waiver continues! Attorney Cozart Martin had many cases in December and January that the USCIS approved without interview. This included marriage as well as family-based cases. USCIS states that it will continue to waive interviews for many types of cases due to the backlog.
Adjusting Status after Approved Waiver of Inadmissibility
It is often extremely challenging for individuals to find a pathway to lawful status after living in the United States for many years without status. Attorney Okuh was able to help one such client in successfully seeking adjustment of status with a waiver of inadmissibility before the Cleveland Immigration Court. Although this individual had some …
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Innocent Mistake Results in Serious Consequences
A Mexican national came to Attorney Jessica Larson after she had been placed in removal proceedings because she filed the wrong form with USCIS. An innocent mistake unfortunately had serious consequences for this client. Attorney Larson helped the client obtain continuances from the court while waiting for the correct form to be processed. When the …
Emergency NIW to Allow for AC21 H1B Extension
Attorney Michael Jolic was retained by a company seeking to employ a Hospitalist physician. The foreign national employee had less than one year of H1B time remaining towards his six year limit. Unfortunately, his prior immigration attorney failed to file a timely I-140 petition following approval of the PERM. This created a situation where it …
Prosecutorial Discretion Helps Two MJB Immigration Clients
Attorney Ibara-Cech was able to work with Department of Homeland Security attorneys this month to process requests for the Department to exercise their prosecutorial discretion in allowing two clients to have their removal cases reopened and terminated.
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