Immigration Lawyer
An immigration lawyer is someone who defends a foreign national who has been placed into removal or deportation proceedings in a United States immigration court. An immigration lawyer also aids foreign nationals in securing immigration benefits in the United States. An immigration lawyer can help clients apply for a fiance visa, marriage visa or other type of green card, an immigration waiver, a non-immigrant visa and citizenship or naturalization. A United States immigration lawyer can practice federal immigration law throughout the United States and often represents clients from around the world.
News: Immigration Lawyer
Apr 10th, 2010
Most days, I love being an immigration lawyer. I’m able to advise people on the best or fastest way to become a green card holder or US citizen. Occassionally, though, I have a rough day where I have to tell somebody that I don’t think I can help them. The end of the conversation usually includes me telling them to volunteer with the immigration reform movement, as that is the only way they will get to...
Feb 27th, 2010
Imagine you’ve just married the love of your life. You’re a United States citizen. He’s from Ireland. You’ve decided that you’d like to make a life in America and contact an immigration lawyer to discuss how to go about getting a green card through marriage for your husband so that he can move to the US.
An immigration lawyer will likely discuss all the ways he can get a green card...
Jan 17th, 2010
In response to the deadly earthquake that recently hit Haiti, immigration TPS has been approved by United States immigration officials for Haitians who were physically present in the US before the day of the earthquake.
What is Temporary Protected Status (TPS)?
When used in the US immigration field, temporary protected status (or TPS) is a temporary immigration status granted by the US government to foreign...
Jan 13th, 2010
US Immigration officials announced on January 13, 2010 that Haitian deportation would be halted in recognition of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated the country of Haiti the day before. For nationals of most countries, US immigration deports or removes them to their home country either upon attempting to enter the US or after deportation proceedings have been concluded. When countries are experiencing...
Aug 18th, 2009
A former Houston immigration lawyer was sentenced this week to time served for his role in a scheme to obtain fraudulent employment-based visas for Chinese immigrants. Apparently immigration from China is big business; the Chinese immigrants were willing to pay up to several hundred thousand dollars a piece for the visas. The immigration attorney spent 14 months in jail prior to his sentencing and has been...