The story of “Tommy and Tomina”… One of the questions that every immigration lawyer gets asked is “How long is it going to take for my family member to get his green card?” And, in typical lawyer fashion, my response is “Well, it depends.” This answer sometimes gets met with…
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No Visa Policy for Philippine citizens?
All that glitters is not gold So don’t believe what you’ve been told — Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Last Tuesday as I was leaving court, I reached for my phone to find that it was blowing up (as the kids say these days). Apparently, there was an internet article that…
Brothers And Sisters, File Your Petitions Now!
If you are a United States citizen with overseas siblings that want to immigrate, file those petitions NOW! Members of Congress are contemplating some major immigration reform. According to the New York Times, one of the things that a bipartisan group of Senators is proposing to eliminate are visas available…
Criminal Defense Attorney working with Immigration Attorney
This morning, the Immigration Judge granted a motion to terminate the removal proceedings against one of my clients. How did we pull it off? My client is a lawful permanent resident. At the time his family contacted me, he was in state custody with multiple criminal charges pending. I told his…