A young woman from Honduras came to the United States many years ago with her small child. Attorney Jessica Larson was able to help her obtain asylum based upon domestic violence that she had endured in Honduras. Attorney Jessica later helped her apply for her green card as well as naturalization. In September 2022, this …
From Entering Without Inspection to Becoming a US Citizen
Attorney Stacy was able to assist a client through the I-601A process all the way through Naturalization. The client, originally from Mexico, was approved for the I-130 Petition for Alien Relative with USCIS. Thereafter, Stacy successfully filed the I-601A for the client to process his Immigrant Visa in Mexico. Three years later, the client was …
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Ahead of the Curve
Attorney Stacy filed an I-140 Immigrant Visa Petition and an I-485 Application for Adjustment of Status for a client born in Sri Lanka. The I-140 was filed under premium processing and was adjudicated in a short time. The I-485 was approved in less than two months, significantly ahead of the posted processing times.
I-601 Waiver Success
Attorney Cerena had an adjustment of status case that required an I-601 waiver granted this month. The I-601 waiver can waive many potential grounds of inadmissibility, such as potential misrepresentations. The waiver requires that an individual show that the applicant’s U.S. citizen spouse or parent would suffer extreme hardship if the applicant had to return …
Moral Support
Attorney Cerena helped a client naturalize in October. He had been eligible to naturalize for a long time but was nervous to go through with the process on his own. With Attorney Cerena’s assistance and moral support, he successfully passed his naturalization interview easily and is scheduled to become a U.S. citizen this month.
Military Families
Attorney Stacy Cozart Martin assisted a client with her Naturalization process through the Cleveland Field Office. The client was very patient through her lengthy consular processing which eventually ended in a two-year conditional Green Card. When the time came, Attorney Cozart Martin filed to remove the conditions on her Green Card. This was a challenging …
Multinational Corporation Successful in Obtaining and Using a Blanket L Petition
Attorney Michael Jolic was recently retained by a multinational corporation to process a Blanket L petition. The company had been filing individual L-1A and L-1B petitions for several years and recently had a need to transfer an employee to the United States quickly. Attorney Michael proposed securing a Blanket L petition to expedite future applications …
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Asylum Applications for Honduran Nationals Granted
A husband and wife (and their children) from Honduras came to the United States in 2019. They were placed in removal proceedings, and Attorney Jessica Larson helped them to file asylum applications. They feared return to Honduras due to their political activism. After three individual hearings before the immigration court, the Immigration Judge granted their …
Asylum Application for Afghan National Granted
An Afghan national already here in the United States came to Attorney Jessica Larson for help preparing and filing an asylum application. He feared return to Afghanistan due to his ethnicity and political opinions. Attorney Jessica helped him to file his application with the USCIS asylum office, and to prepare for and attend his interview, …
Success at the Chicago Immigration Court
Attorney Cerena Ibara-Cech recently helped a client win their case before the Chicago Immigration Court. The client entered the United States in 2007 and had been in removal proceedings for over a decade. During that time, she built a life in the United States and had a U.S. citizen child. Attorney Cerena helped win her …
Asylum from Cameroon
Attorney Cerena Ibara-Cech successfully represented a client from Cameroon in his asylum application before the Immigration Court. Cameroon has been in the midst of a serious humanitarian crisis, and this client had been severely beaten and detained by the Cameroonian authorities. With Attorney Cerena’s assistance, the client successfully presented his case to the Immigration Judge …
Parole Status from Ukraine
Attorney Cozart Martin assisted a family in obtaining Employment Authorization Documents after arriving in the US from Ukraine. She met with the family and gathered all the materials needed to submit the applications. After submission, she contacted USCIS to request an expedite of the I-765 applications due to economic hardship. After just two months, the …