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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 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.

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.

 
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