About two months ago, a new client came to our office for a consultation regarding his green card application which had been denied by the USCIS. His case had been denied due to a prior order of deportation by the Immigration Court although he was...
An N-400 Application for Naturalization granting a change of name was approved by the Philadelphia Immigration Office. An oath ceremony will take place at the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The naturalization process is an excellent way for a United States...
In April 2007 our client filed an I-485 Adjustment of Status Application to apply for a green card based upon an I-130 Immigrant Petition for Alien Relative filed by a U.S. Citizen spouse. USCIS did not promptly schedule an adjustment interview and our immigration attorneys...
Our Philadelphia Immigration Lawyers filed a FY-2010 H-1B cap Petition for a New Jersey Company sponsoring a foreign national for a change of status from L-2 to H-1B for part-time H-1B employment. The position was an Operations Research Analyst for a financial services company involved...
Our law firm filed a PERM case for a Spa Manager working in California. Prior to filing the PERM application we obtained the prevailing wage for the position, prepared the required notice of filing for the employer to post at the work location, and prepared...
A stepparent who qualifies as a “parent” under INA §101(b)(2), at time of proceedings is a qualifying relative for purposes of establishing exceptional and extremely unusual hardship for cancellation of removal under INA. Matter of Morales, 25 I&N Dec. 186 (BIA 2010)....
The American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act, (AC21) provides that an approved I-140 petition for employment based green card would remain valid even when an alien changes jobs, if: • Employment based Adjustment of Status I-485 has been filed and remained unadjudicated (pending) for...
The Board of Immigration Appeals (the "BIA"), granted our motion to reopen a client's court proceedings based on her eligibility to apply for a green card through her marriage to a U.S. citizen. This client hired us only two days before the filing deadline for...
We filed an I-485 adjustment of status application for a principal alien and derivative spouse on the basis of an approved I-140 National Interest Waiver Petition. The adjustment of status of the principal alien was approved expeditiously but the adjustment of status of the derivative...
Our client filed for adjustment of status on the basis of a bona fide marriage to a United States Citizen. Our client had entered the United States in F-1 student status to attend school but never attended the school designated during the visa interview, instead...
