When an immigrant applies for asylum and loses in Immigration Court, he has two appeals. The first appeal is to the Board of Immigration Appeals. If the immigrant loses that appeal, he is allowed to appeal his case to the federal court. As we have...
Our immigration lawyers recently aided a foreign national with extraordinary ability in the sciences obtain an EB-1A petition approval, thereby giving our client the opportunity to continue his research in the United States that will undoubtedly aid health care in the United States. The EB-1A visa...
Getson & Schatz aided a European multi-national corporation transfer one of its employees with specialized knowledge about the Company's processes and procedures from a European subsidiary to its U.S. subsidiary by obtaining an L-1B visa for this foreign worker. L visas, or intracompany transferee visas, are available...
Our Philadelphia immigration lawyers secured a grant of cancellation of removal for one of our clients in Immigration Court in Philadelphia, PA. Our client, a national of Ghana, came to Getson & Schatz after being placed into removal proceedings following the rejection of two prior I-130...
Our Philadelphia immigration lawyers requested and received prosecutorial discretion for the father of a young son with Down Syndrome. As described in ICE Director John Morton’s 2011 memorandum “Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion Consistent with the Civil Immigration Enforcement Priorities of the Agency for the Apprehension, Detention, and...
Our Philadelphia Immigration Lawyers have been working on “601 waiver” cases for many years, and have had cases granted for immigrants from many different countries. We have recently have I-601 waiver cases granted for clients from China, Mexico, Turkey, and Albania. Last week, we received an approval for...
Getson & Schatz represented a preparatory school in the process of sponsoring an individual for an H-1B visa status for the position of Science Teacher. The client was a citizen of the Philippines who had previously been in the United States in J1 Status and...
Our Philadelphia immigration law firm represented a foreign national from Iran who was in F-1 OPT status and self-filed an EB-2 National Interest Waiver (NIW) Petition. The client was a researcher who was conducting research to understand the dynamics of molecules and how energy transfer...
Our Philadelphia immigration lawyers represented a German-born woman of Nigerian descent in her application for asylum due to her fear of having female genital mutilation (FGM) imposed upon her against her will if forced to return to Nigeria. Normally, women of her culture undergo FGM...
Foreign nationals who marry U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents while in removal proceedings must show by clear and convincing evidence that the marriage was entered into in good faith. INA § 245(e)(3). We represented an individual in removal proceedings before the Philadelphia, PA EOIR...
