Our Results

Successfully halted deportation and preserved permanent residency through 237(a)(1)(H) waiver before San Francisco Immigration Court for legal resident from Mexico charged with fraudulent acquisition of permanent residency by use of forged I-797 immigrant visa petition approval notice.

Successfully reacquired asylum before San Francisco Immigration Court for Iranian Christian convert from Islam whose initial asylum status based on domestic violence and political opinion was revoked by USCIS for fraud.

Successfully obtained INA s. 236 bond and release before the San Francisco Immigration Court for 19 year-old undocumented immigrant from Mexico notwithstanding alleged juvenile adjudication for felony carjacking and alleged street gang membership.

Successfully defended from deportation permanent resident from Mexico with multiple theft offenses before the San Francisco Immigration Court notwithstanding question of prior msistatements on notario prepared 245A legalization application.

Successfully obtained U.S. citizenship through naturalization before USCIS San Jose for dentist and legal permanent resident from Iran convicted within five-year good moral character period of Cal. Penal Code § 550(a)(6) Medi-Cal healthcare benefits fraud.

Successfully obtained $3000 bond before the Eloy, Arizona Immigration Court over ICE Chief Counsel’s INA Sec. 236(c) mandatory detention objection for detained permanent resident and father of three from Mexico convicted of felony gross vehicular manslaughter with 5 year state prison sentence, two vandalism convictions, and two domestic violence convictions.

Successfully obtained asylum before the USCIS San Francisco Asylum Office for post-operative transgendered gay woman and rape victim from Mexico, notwithstanding client's filing of asylum application over ten years beyond the one-year asylum filing deadline.

Successfully obtained permanent residency before USCIS San Jose for citizen of Brazil with previous three-year unlawful presence bar and currently facing trial for vehicular manslaughter, who had married her widowed 80 year-old US citizen petitioner spouse after she had previously worked as the home caregiver for the Petitioner's deceased wife.

Successfully obtained asylum based on religious persecution before the USCIS San Francisco Asylum Office for Pakistani Christian engineer whose family in Pakistan was falsely accused and jailed for blasphemy against Islam and dispossessed of its land.

Successfully obtained asylum before the San Francisco Immigration Court for independent journalist from Uzbekistan after prior denial before the USCIS San Francisco Asylum office for lack of credibility.

Successfully defended against removal before the San Francisco Immigration Court 58 year-old grandfather from Mexico charged with conviction for drug trafficking by obtaining post-conviction judicial statement clarifying a plea under Young v. Holder for "offer to sell" methamphetamine in place of "sale" of methamphetamine to obtain LPR cancellation of removal.

Successfully obtained U.S. citizenship by naturalization before USCIS San Jose for permanent resident from W. Samoa notwithstanding prior convictions for corporal injury and battery to spouse and three prior DUI convictions.

Successfully obtained U.S. citizenship by naturalization before USCIS San Jose for permanent resident from El Salvador notwithstanding three prior arrests for domestic violence and conviction for fighting in public.

Successfully defended from deportation detained permanent resident father of two from Mexico accused of child molestation in the family court and charged before the San Francisco Immigration Court with convictions for spousal battery, terrorist threats to cause death or great bodily injury, and receiving stolen property.

Successfully obtained I-751 grant and removal of condition on marriage-based permanent residency for citizen of Vietnam arrested and charged with disorderly conduct - prostitution during two-year conditional residency period.

Successfully obtained permanent residency and INA sec. 212(i) immigration fraud waiver before USCIS San Jose for Ghanian father of autistic child who had lived in the U.S. for nearly two decades under false identity.

Successfully dismissed all charges before the San Francisco Immigration Court for permanent resident and father of two from the Philippines charged with multiple convictions for failure to register as sex offender and for annoying or molesting a child.

Successfully reopened 20 year-old strong-arm robbery conviction before San Francisco Superior Court and reduced 365 day sentence to 364 days to avoid aggravated felony bar to naturalization, and successfully obtained US citizenship for carpet installer and father of two from P.R. China.

Successfully obtained permanent residency and INA sec. 212(h) crime involving moral turpitude waiver before USCIS San Jose for Malaysian immigrant charged with prior Nevada felony conviction for cheating at gambling.

Successfully obtained unlawful presence andI-212 waivers before the U.S. consular post in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, for Mexican national who unlawfully re-entered after voluntary departure order, and whose subsequent removal after re-entry was erroneously executed for failure to timely depart under the original voluntary departure order.

Successfully obtained asylum before USCIS San Francisco Asylum Office for Afghan Hazara women's rights activist targeted by the Taliban.

Successfully defended from deportation and preserved legal permanent residency before the San Francisco Immigration Court for Baha'i refugee from Iran with multiple theft and credit card fraud convictions.

Successfully obtained U.S. citizenship by INA s. 321(a) Minasyan acquisition before USCIS San Jose for national of Vietnam awaiting deportation for aggravated felony burglary conviction who as a minor had been in custody of naturalized mother while separated from client's mentally ill LPR father.

Successfully defended from deportation and obtained legal permanent residency before the San Francisco Immigration Court V-1 visa overstay from Mexico who had erroneously filed original adjustment application under LPR husband's I-130 petition after expiration of NIV status. Our office naturalized husband and upgraded the F2A family visa petition to IR immediate relative to avoid consular visa processing and permit stateside adjustment of status in removal proceedings under INA 245(a), (c).

Successfully defended from deportation before the San Francisco Immigration Court legal permanent resident grandmother from Mexico with five theft convictions through re-adjustment of status and 212(h) waiver.

Successfully reopened 2004 in absentia removal proceedings before Los Angeles Immigration Court with testimony of handwriting expert for adjustment of status applicant from Mexico victimized by notario fraud in submission of a forged signed asylum application.

Successfully obtained immigration bond and avoided INA sec. 236(c) mandatory detention before the Eloy, Arizona Immigration Court, for undocumented laborer from Mexico convicted of transportation/sale of controlled substance, DUI, and resisting arrest, by establishing ICE's failure to identify predicate controlled substance in record of conviction that client pleaded to in consultation with our law firm.

Successfully obtained Victim of Crime "U Visa" for undocumented mother from Mexico with prior deportation order and unlawful re-entry by fraud who was victim of domestic violence in San Jose, California.

Successfully obtained U.S. citizenship before USCIS San Jose for permanent resident from Mexico notwithstanding prior offenses for Cal. Penal Code sec. 647 (solicitation prostitution).

Successfully obtained Victim of Crime "U Visa" for undocumented father of two from Mexico with prior deportation order who was victim of armed assault and robbery in San Jose, California.

Successfully obtained prosecutorial discretion and administrative closure of deportation case before the San Francisco Immigration Court for legal permanent resident from Peru charged with abandonment of permanent residency after four-year absence from the United States.

Successfully obtained Victim of Crime "U Visa" for undocumented immigrant from Mexico facing deportation who was victim of assault with a deadly weapon and robbery in San Francisco, California.

Successfully obtained permanent residency through marriage to U.S. citizen before USCIS San Francisco for Saudi woman under fraud investigation for previous marriage with prior VAWA denial based on failure to establish bona fide first marriage.

Successfully suppressed all ICE evidence of alienage and obtained termination of removal proceedings before the San Francisco Immigration Court based on egregious DHS constitutional rights violations in connection with unlawful ICE home arrest raid.

Successfully obtained prosecutorial discretion and administrative closure of deportation case before the San Francisco Immigration Court for mother of two from Mexico arrested for DUI.

Successfully obtained Victim of Crime "U Visa" for undocumented homeless woman from Mexico who was victim of kidnapping and sexual assault.

Successfully defeated ICE motion to reconsider at Board of Immigration Appeals in case of legal resident from El Salvador convicted of residential burglary.

Successfully obtained Victim of Crime "U Visa" for undocumented family from Argentina whose daughter was victim of sexual assault in San Jose, California.

Successfully obtained Victim of Crime "U Visa" for undocumented immigrant from Peru with cancer who, represented by other law firm, was under final order of removal from Board of Immigration Appeals and mandate by federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Successfully obtained permanent residency before USCIS San Jose for mother of three from Mexico unlawfully present in the U.S. since 1988.

Successfully obtained permanent residency before USCIS Fresno for husband of U.S. citizen from Mexico with prior convictions for cocaine possession and receiving stolen property whose previous adjustment of status application was wrongly denied by USCIS.

Successfully obtained U.S. citizenship before USCIS San Jose for permanent resident from Iran notwithstanding prior offenses for Cal. Penal Code 417 (exhibit deadly weapon or firearm) and Cal. Penal Code 243.4 (sexual battery).

Successfully obtained Victim of Crime "U Visa" for undocumented mother of two from Mexico as victim of domestic violence and stalking.

Successfully fought deportation before San Francisco Immigration Court for returning immigrant chef from Mexico with history of drug and alcohol abuse facing deportation for multiple convictions including cocaine trafficking and theft.

Successfully obtained U.S. citizenship before USCIS San Jose for refugee from Cambodia notwithstanding prior offenses for Cal. Penal Code 245(a)(1) assault with a deadly weapon, Cal. Penal Code 496 receiving stolen property, and Cal. Penal Code 71(1) threatening public officials.

Successfully fought deportation before San Francisco Immigration Court for student overstay from Pakistan by obtaining crime victim "U Visa" based on violent assault.

Successfully fought deportation before San Francisco Immigration Court for returning immigrant farmworker from Mexico with history of cocaine and alcohol abuse facing deportation for multiple convictions including theft, DUI hit and run, and public fighting.

Successfully obtained U.S. citizenship before USCIS Fresno for permanent resident and mother of two from Nicaragua with previous conviction for felony grand theft and no eligibility for relief from deportation.

Successfully appealed deportation order before the Board of Immigration Appeals and obtained dismissal of all aggravated felony and crime involving moral turpitude charges, for 22 year old citizen of El Salvador detained at El Centro, California (SPC) and charged with felony home burglary.

Successfully reacquired asylum before San Francisco Immigration Court for Iranian Christian convert whose asylum status was peviously revoked for fraud.

Successfully fought deportation before San Francisco Immigration Court for returning disabled immigrant from Mexico facing deportation for aggravated felony sexual abuse of a minor charge for alleged Cal. Penal Code s. 261.5 unlawful sexual intercourse conviction with a minor age 14.

Successfully obtained I-601 unlawful presence waiver before United States Consulate Ciudad Juarez, Mexico for undocumented immigrant from Mexico married to U.S. citizen graduate of UC Santa Cruz.

Successfully defended against deportation and obtained legal permanent residency before the San Francisco Immigration Court for undocumented family from Mexico with young son suffering from leukemia and non-Hodgkins lymphoma.

Successfully obtained U.S. citizenship before USCIS San Francisco for engineer from India arrested and charged with solicitation of a prostitute just one month before naturalization interview.

Successfully defended legal resident from Mexico and mother of two U.S. citizen children detained and facing deportation at the Eloy, Arizona Immigration Court for methamphetamine possession and probation violation.

Successfully obtained permanent residency and I-601 fraud waiver before USCIS San Jose for citizen of Mexico who filed falsified I-130 approval notice listing forged priority date.

Successfully obtained asylum before USCIS San Francisco Asylum Office for Iraqi Shi'ite democracy organizer who had resettled in Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

Successfully obtained I-751 Waiver of joint petition to remove condition on lawful permanent residency without interview before USCIS for divorced student from People's Republic of China.

Successfully fought deportation before the San Francisco Immigration Court and obtained Victim of Crime " U Visa" for mother and child from Poland who suffered domestic violence in the United States.

Successfully reopened immigrant visa denial and obtained I-601 unlawful presence waiver before United States Consulate Ciudad Juarez, Mexico for Mexican national spouse of U.S. citizen with over ten years unlawful presence.

Successfully obtained Victim of Crime "U Visa" for undocumented mother of three from Mexico as victim of domestic violence and child abduction.

Successfully obtained U.S. citizenship before USCIS San Jose for immigrant from Mexico notwithstanding prior Cal. Penal Code § 273D(A) conviction for inflicting corporal injury on child.

Successfully obtained Victim of Crime "U Visa" for undocumented father of two from Mexico as victim of armed Christmas Day home invasion notwithstanding client's active criminal warrant status for prior theft offenses.

Successfully obtained U.S. citizenship before USCIS San Francisco for five-decade long legal permanent resident from Mexico notwithstanding multiple prior controlled substance possession offenses and federal charges for draft resistance during the Vietnam War.

Successfully obtained immigrant visa and I-601 unlawful presence waiver at United States Consulate Ciudad Juarez, Mexico for Mexican national spouse of U.S. citizen facing Request for Evidence (RFE) and denial of previously filed I-601 application for failure to adequately document extreme hardship.

Successfully fought deportation before the San Francisco Immigration Court and obtained permanent residency under NACARA Section 203 for family from Guatemala after successfully remanding and obtaining reconsideration of prior denial by USCIS San Francisco Asylum Office of family's ABC registration determination.

Successfully obtained permanent residency under Child Status Protection Act before USCIS San Jose for undocumented immigrant from Mexico convicted of accessory after the fact to rape.

Successfully obtained immigrant visa and permanent residency before the United States Consulate Guangzhou, China for Chinese national spouse of U.S. Vietnam War Veteran previously denied on charge of sham marriage.

Successfully obtained immigrant visa and I-601 unlawful presence waiver before United States Consulate Ciudad Juarez, Mexico for Mexican national spouse of U.S. Army Veteran.

Successfully obtained permanent residency and I-601 fraud waiver before USCIS San Jose for citizen of Russia previously charged with asylum fraud.

Successfully obtained asylum before USCIS San Francisco Asylum Office for television journalist from Latin America facing multiple death threats for her reports on government corruption and anti-democratic policies.

Successfully obtained U.S. citizenship before USCIS for lawful permanent resident notwithstanding multiple prior marijuana and prostitution offenses.

Successfully obtained U.S. passport, fought deportation and obtained immigration fraud waiver before the San Francisco Immigration Court for permanent resident minor from Philippines invalidly issued green card after his petitioner parent had been deported.

Successfully fought deportation before the San Francisco Immigration Court for detained immigrant from El Salvador facing deportation for aggravated felony sexual abuse of a minor charges and crime of child abuse immigration charges for alleged Cal. Penal Code s. 273.5 unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor conviction.

Successfully obtained certification under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and deferred action protection before USCIS for jailed undocumented single mother from Mexico facing federal charges for drug trafficking.

Successfully obtained U.S. citizenship before USCIS San Jose for immigrant from Mexico notwithstanding prior California Penal Code s. 496 felony conviction for receiving stolen property.

Successfully obtained "U Visa" before USCIS for single mother and domestic violence survivor from Mexico who assisted in prosecution of her attacker.

Successfully obtained permanent residency before USCIS under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) for mother of young child from Mexico with prior arrest for battery.

Successfully fought deportation before the San Francisco Immigration Court for detained immigrant from the Philippines facing removal for two domestic violence convictions and two crimes involving moral turpitude.

Successfully fought deportation before the San Francisco Immigration Court for immigrant from Mexico facing deportation for aggravated felony sexual abuse of a minor charges and crime of child abuse immigration charges for alleged Cal. Penal Code s. 273.5 unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor conviction.

Successfully obtained permanent residency before USCIS under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) for mother of young child from Byelorus.

Successfully overturned naturalization denial on N-336 appeal before USCIS San Jose for permanent resident from Iceland with multiple extended absences from U.S.

Successfully fought deportation before the San Francisco Immigration Court for detained father of two from Vietnam facing removal for felony accessory after the fact murder and felony embezzlement convictions.

Successfully fought deportation before the San Francisco Immigration Court for mother of three from Mexico facing removal for felony immigration document fraud conviction.

Successfully defended legal resident from Mexico detained and facing deportation at Florence Immigration Court, Arizona for felony controlled substance offense and probation violation.

Successfully obtained U.S. citizenship before USCIS San Jose for immigrant from Bolivia notwithstanding prior federal felony drug trafficking conviction.

Obtained citizenship before USCIS San Jose for national of Bolivia notwithstanding failure to disclose prior criminal history on immigrant visa application.

Successfully obtained naturalization before USCIS San Jose for citizen of Iran with prior felony embezzlement conviction.

Successfully obtained humanitarian I-130 reinstatement of revoked relative petition before USCIS San Jose after death of petitioner for immigrant from Iran.

Successfully obtained naturalization and N-648 disability waiver before USCIS San Jose for mentally challenged citizen of Portugal with multiple felony theft convictions and history of homelessness.

Successfully fought deportation and obtained asylum before San Francisco Immigration Court for Pakistani Christian convert notwithstanding initial denial for filing beyond one-year asylum filing deadline.

Successfully fought deportation before the Tacoma Immigration Court, Washington, and obtained dismissal of all counts for detained permanent resident from Mexico charged with controlled substance trafficking conviction.

Successfully obtained permanent residency under Child Status Protection Act before USCIS Los Angeles for citizen of the United Kingdom with multiple Visa Waiver Status violations.

Successfully obtained humanitarian asylum before USCIS San Francisco Asylum Office for former Salvadoran Army soldier tortured by Marxist guerillas nearly 20 years ago.

Successfully fought deportation and obtained refugee protection before San Francisco Immigration Court for university student from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan facing persecution for religious beliefs.

Successfully fought deportation before San Francisco Immigration Court for undocumented Catholic community leader from Mexico with young daughter suffering from rare congenital disorder.

Successfully fought deportation before San Francisco Immigration Court for legal permanent resident father of five charged with federal felony cocaine trafficking conviction and immigration visa fraud.

Successfully obtained political asylum before USCIS San Francisco Asylum Office for Korean Christian labor dissident from China.

Obtained US citizenship and N-648 disability waiver of English language and U.S. history requirement for permanent resident from Mexico denied citizenship by USCIS San Jose on two previous applications with other lawyers.

Obtained Permanent Residency before San Francisco Immigration Court for detained undocumented father of baby girl from Mexico facing deportation for charged methamphetamine conviction.

Successfully fought deportation before San Francisco Immigration Court for father of four from Jamaica who had fled sentencing for charged felony federal drug conviction.

Successfully fought deportation before the San Francisco Immigration Court for U.S. permanent resident from Mexico charged with prior felony heroin conviction.

Successfully fought deportation before San Francisco Immigration Court for U.S. permanent resident from Mexico charged with felony theft conviction and substance abuse history.

Successfully fought Government's challenge to labor certification application for Filipino live-in elder homecare workers.

Successfully fought deportation before San Francisco Immigration Court for U.S. permanent resident from Mexico and father of three charged with violation of a domestic violence protection order.

Successfully fought deportation before San Francisco Immigration Court for business owner and undocumented father of four from Mexico arrested in narcotics sweep.

Successfully reopened deportation case and obtained permanent residency before San Francisco Immigration Court based on an approved labor petition for chef of well known Bay Area restaurant.