Dedicated Immigration Representation, Helping Clients Across Ohio
Foreign nationals in removal proceedings are confronted with the very real possibility of deportation from the United States. During the course of removal proceedings, the foreign national may request relief in the form of adjustment of status, waiver of inadmissibility, cancellation of removal, asylum, or some combination of the same. If the foreign national is unable to prove he is…
My receptionist transfers a frantic call from the wife of a potential client. The wife tells me the police arrested her husband the night before for drunk driving. In Ohio, he was charged with Operating a Vehicle Impaired (“OVI”). In other states, it may be Driving Under the Influence (“DUI”) or something similar. She tells me the criminal court set…
If you have applied for a green card and an immigration official has found you inadmissible, you may be eligible to file for a waiver. Basically, in filing for a waiver, you are asking for USCIS to forgive the grounds of inadmissibility and grant the green card anyway. However, immigration officials will grant a waiver only if you can show…
A divorce can be a devastating life event to say the least. But, for a green card holder, divorce may introduce new challenges to their status in the US. In particular, if an immigrant received his green card through marriage, divorce may pose a serious risk to his permanent resident status. Indeed, immigration laws make it clear that only legitimate…
Frequently, a potential client, who is a U.S. citizen, asks if their spouse from [insert country of choice] can enter on a visitor visa and then adjust status. Well, the answer to that question, like many others in the law, is “it depends.” Immigrant Intent at the Consulate In order to answer that question, let’s first examine the nature of…
Can I apply for asylum based on being lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer? Yes. In asylum law, a person must demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution based on one of the five protected categories. Of the five protected categories, “membership in a particular social group” is the subject of much litigation. However, since 1994, U.S. immigration law has widely…
Foreign nationals, who obtained their green card through their U.S. Citizen spouse, enter the United States as conditional residents. The conditional residence period lasts for two years. Before the end of the two-year period, the foreign national and the citizen spouse typically must apply together to have the conditions on residence removed. (However, there is a procedure to remove conditions on the…
