We represented a client in removal proceedings who had been deemed inadmissible under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). “Inadmissibility” refers to a person’s ineligibility to receive a visa or to enter the United States. The INA specifies many grounds of inadmissibility under Section 212....
Our client came to us after escaping from a country whose government persecuted him because of his religion. One night, when our client and his family were celebrating a holiday, the police came. The police broke objects in the house while others confiscated religious items...
Our firm provided immigration representation to an individual who had originally entered the United States using a visitor visa. He overstayed his visa and was placed into removal proceedings but he had no knowledge of the removal proceedings as the Notice to Appear was mailed...
Getson & Schatz, P.C. provided immigration representation to a client whose spouse petitioned for her to obtain a green-card through their marriage. The couple married in 2005. The spouse received conditional residency status for 2 years. Although their marriage was entered in good faith, the...
Our client is a native of Barbados who married a United States citizen in 2003. They have 3 United States citizen children. Our client had utilized the services of a non-lawyer to file her initial green card application. The green card application was not prepared...
Our immigration attorneys were able to obtain a bond for a lawful permanent resident who was placed into removal proceedings for the violation of a protection order. Our client had been detained by the Department of Homeland security and held at York County Prison....
On June 6, 1993, the Golden Venture, a cargo ship carrying 282 immigrants being smuggled from China, crashed at Rockaway, New York, near New York City. The passengers paid about $5,000 each to their smugglers and promised to work off an additional $30,000 when they...
Any immigrant with a deportation order from an Immigration Court could be arrested and deported even if married to a U.S. citizen. Under certain circumstances, an Immigration Court may reopen such a case, but motions to reopen are often denied. Further, certain people with deportation...
Our firm has represented many Chinese Christians in their applications for asylum due to persecution from the Chinese government for their practice of religion. Most of our clients come from poor villages in China. Our most recent victory in Immigration Court came when a Philadelphia...
Our client and his spouse were both placed in removal proceedings for having overstayed their B-2 status. Our client had an approved labor certification application filed prior to April 30, 2001 which grandfathered him and his derivative spouse under Section 245(i). An I-140 Petition had...
