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I-601 Unlawful Presence Waiver

Green Card

Green Card and R-1 Visa

Green Card and Work Visa

Green Card, Work Visa and Citizenship Client

VISAGREEN CARDCITIZENSHIPDEPORTATION

Religious Worker Visa (R-1) and Green Card

Work Visa, Green Card and Citizenship Client

Work Visa and Green Card

K-1 Visa Woes

CITIZENSHIPGREEN CARDVISADEPORTATION

Work Visa, Green Card and Citizenship Client

DEPORTATIONGREEN CARDVISACITIZENSHIP

Removal Defense Client

Perdón por Presencia Ilegal

Perdón por Presencia Ilegal

Perdón por Presencia Ilegal

Perdón por Presencia Ilegal

Perdón por Presencia Ilegal

Perdón por Presencia Ilegal y Deportación

CORPORATE

• L-1 visa approved for COO after a prior denial. Company revenues increased by 300% that year.
• Green card approved in half the time and without a USCIS Request for Additional Evidence. In comparison, his colleagues who filed with a different law firm all received Requests for Additional Evidence that took more time and money to respond.
• Visa and green card approved for employee of large defense contractor who almost had to leave the U.S. and go back home because the maximum time on his visa was being reached. Company was able to retain this key employee and fulfill its contractual obligations to the U.S. military worth millions of dollars.
• Client saved $250,000 in fines and avoided criminal penalties after we represented the company in an H-1B visa audit with the Department of labor. Multiple H-1B visas approved for company after USCIS denied many visas it filed. Revenues increased by 15% following that year.
• L-1 visa granted in one week and later green card approved for owner/managing director of a company that needed to expand to the U.S. to secure a contract with one of the three largest U.S. retailers. Contract implemented and client’s business grew ten-fold.
• L-1 visa approved for a client after the prior attorney filed, received an RFE, and later denied. Client was able to move operations to the U.S., get a patent and sell the technology to Fortune 500 CIOs.
• Green card approved for assistant professor in the Outstanding professor and researcher category within less than 2 years after PHD completion.

INDIVIDUAL

• O-1 visa and green card approved for a violinist after she received 2 prior USCIS denials. This allowed her to perform in Carnegie Hall, as well as other venues.
• Client received U.S. Citizenship only 60 days after we filed a mandamus against USCIS. Client’s case was delayed by more than 3 years before then.
• Diversity Visa lottery client got approved within 4 weeks for green card despite a very serious time crunch. Visa was filed in August but was approved by the September 30 deadline by diligent follow ups with the USCIS.
• Asylum granted to Iraqi doctor and his family within less than 6 months, avoiding removal proceedings.
• Naturalization granted to applicant with a drug felony conviction after other attorneys advised him he would get denied. His wife received her green card shortly after.
• Green card approved in a very complex case involving identity fraud. Client went to several other attorneys who could not help her.

FAMILY

• Husband and wife were reunited after a year long separation because the consulate mistakenly determined he was inadmissable for a visa. Within 1 month after hiring us, we were able to rectify the mistake and get him his green card and back in the U.S. with his wife.
• Client received U.S. Citizenship only 60 days after we filed a mandamus against USCIS. Client’s case was delayed by more than 3 years before then.
• Wife was able to return from Mexico and receive green card after being stuck there for more than a year because of his prior attorney’s mistake.
• Green card approved after embassy determined client was permanently inadmissible for trying to smuggle her brother without a waiver possibility.
• Green card application reopened where clients had provided the wrong documents to prove eligibility. Case was reopened within a month of filing, set for an interview and approved a couple months after that.
• Waiver of unlawful presence and green card approved for Mexican national whose wife passed away while case was processing.
• Green card approved within 30 days after embassy denied immigrant visa for client. Client since immigrated to the U.S. and reunited with her daughter and grandchildren.

DEPORTATION

• Client received green card after being advised by prior lawyer to take deportation order. Client is now a U.S. citizen and glad he got a second opinion.
• Green card granted to a minister who had previously been denied by USCIS because a notice was lost in the mail and he didn’t file on time.
• Green card approved based on employment after a previous deportation was reopened. Client now happily owns his own business.
• Green card granted in removal proceedings in one year for client whose case had been pending in immigration case for nearly 10 years before our firm got involved.
• Non-LPR Cancellation of Removal granted in removal proceedings to single mother of four with a daughter in gifted program.
• Green card and criminal waiver granted by immigration judge to foreign national who entered on a fiancee visa but didn’t stay married to spouse.

HEALTHCARE

• H-1B visa approved for physician in 3 days after previous attorney made a mistake filing for the wrong entity. Physician avoided getting stuck outside the U.S. and the hospital continued to serve patients.
• Green card based on National Interest Waiver approved for a psychiatrist & researcher. Client was accepted to Harvard University and able to apply for research grants on his own.
• Self-petitioned green card based on National Interest Waiver granted for a researcher invovled in cancer research. Client opened her own company to advance cancer research therapies to help millions of people.
• Medical clinic in rural area was able to get a J-1 visa waiver and H-1B visa for a primary care doctor to work there after the owner of the clinic and only physician died. Clinic continued operations and can treat patients in remote area.
• Green card approved for Canadian doctor to work in a healthcare organization south of Atlanta that did not have a physician. Client is now an attending physician responsible for entire department.
• Green card and J-1 waiver approved based on doctor’s research contributions for childhood cancers. Doctor was able to remain in the U.S. and continue her research. Hospital was able to secure grant funds for research.

INVESTORS

• Investor husband and wife received green card after going through 3 attorneys, 10 years of immigration struggles and multiple USCIS petitions and denials. Their financial investments and 10 U.S. jobs were protected.
• E-2 visa granted to investor/owner of a home furnishing importer after a prior attorney filed a petition that was denied. Client’s business grew from $10 to $15 million.
• Visa and later on green card granted to investor in a real estate development that secured 14 American jobs and $5 Milllion in revenues by year 3 of the business.
• Green card approved for co-founder, CEO and investor in a time crunch when the company was about to be sold to another company in an exit merger.
• Visa and later on green card approved for Japanese investor and co-founder of a company that crossed the $10 milion mark becaue the investor was able to move here.
• Visa and green card approved for investor and co-founder in a pharmaceutical business that was able to obtain a patent, FDA approval and millions in sales a few years later, after his initial visa got denied when he used another attorney.

LARGE DEFENSE CONTRACTORH-1B VISAS GONE WRONGWIDEARC-IT CONSULTING COMPANYHOSPITAL AND DOCTOR

Overview

A hospital in Georgia used a major corporate labor and employment law firm to handle an H-1B visa for one of its physicians, but the attorneys filed the case incorrectly because they did not have the necessary healthcare immigration expertise. When it was time to file for a key physician’s green card, they discovered that the H-1B visa was filed incorrectly and the physician was out of status and working without authorization.

Problem

Hospital was at risk of losing significant revenues and its ability to care for patients. Because he was out of status, a key physician had to stop working and return to his home country as it is no longer lawful for him to live and work here. He faced the loss not only of his salary, but his entire investment in residency and fellowship in the United States. He could not file for a green card, and the hospital was about to lose a significant return on investment it made in this physician throughout the recruitment and onboarding process.

Intervention

We immediately strategized a plan of action to address this gross mistake. We acknowledged the mistake to USCIS and filed an extraordinary circumstances application with request to reinstate the doctor’s status. USCIS approved the case.

Results

The doctor was approved for the correct visa and his status was reinstated retroactively, so he did not have to leave the country. Our swift action and creative solution allowed the physician to remain in the United States while his case was sorted out. His status was quickly reinstated, enabling him to continue his important work in caring for patients. The hospital did not lose revenues and received a return on the investment it made in the physician. The physician also referred 2 of his colleagues to work in the hospital, saving the hospital significant recruitment efforts.

H-1B VISAS GONE WRONGLARGE DEFENSE CONTRACTORWIDEARC-IT CONSULTING COMPANYHOSPITAL AND DOCTOR

Overview

A technology company that relied on many H-1B workers received an H-1B audit from the U.S. Department of Labor. During the same year, all of the H-1B visas that the company filed were denied by USCIS. The company came to us to help with the audit and to obtain approvals for the H-1B visas that were denied.

Problem

Company was at risk to lose a contract worth $500,000 because it was unable to get the visas for key employees approved. The company was also facing $250,000 in fines and criminal penalties in the Department of Labor investigations. The executives of the company were unable to properly run its operations in light of the audit.

Intervention

After the company hired us, we prepared a full response to the Department of Labor audit. We advised the company on strategies to mitigate its damages and mitigate its risks of fines and criminal penalties. At the same time, we filed several appeals and actions on the denied H-1B visas.

Results

We were successful in negotiating a deal with the Department of Labor that resulted in no fines and no criminal penalties to the company and its owners and executives. Multiple H-1B visa applications were later approved, and the company was able to fulfill its contracts and obligations. Company’s revenues increased by 15% following that year.

WIDEARC-IT CONSULTING COMPANYLARGE DEFENSE CONTRACTORH-1B VISAS GONE WRONGHOSPITAL AND DOCTOR

Overview

An IT consulting company came to us after an L-1 visa application for its Chief Operating Officer was denied. The company could not move forward with its operations expansion without its COO.

Problem

Company was at risk of losing a key employee and was unable to properly run its business operations in the United States because its first attorney failed to obtain the L-1 visa status needed for that employee. Company was at risk of losing key contracts because it was unable to recruit and train enough consultants on time without the COO.

Intervention

After the company hired us, we devised a completely different strategy to overcome the prior denial. We rebuilt the case from scratch to ensure we had all of the critical documents in place when we filed the case.

Results

The company received the visa approval in less than a week after we filed the case with USCIS. The COO happily relocated to the United States and continued the business operation expansion by joining up with a larger IT company through a joint venture agreement. This momentous business deal could not have been possible without the COO.

HOSPITAL AND DOCTORLARGE DEFENSE CONTRACTORH-1B VISAS GONE WRONGWIDEARC-IT CONSULTING COMPANY

Overview

A hospital in Georgia used a major corporate labor and employment law firm to handle an H-1B visa for one of its physicians, but the attorneys filed the case incorrectly because they did not have the necessary healthcare immigration expertise. When it was time to file for a key physician’s green card, they discovered that the H-1B visa was filed incorrectly and the physician was out of status and working without authorization.

Problem

Hospital was at risk of losing significant revenues and its ability to care for patients. Because he was out of status, a key physician had to stop working and return to his home country as it is no longer lawful for him to live and work here. He faced the loss not only of his salary, but his entire investment in residency and fellowship in the United States. He could not file for a green card, and the hospital was about to lose a significant return on investment it made in this physician throughout the recruitment and onboarding process.

Intervention

We immediately strategized a plan of action to address this gross mistake. We acknowledged the mistake to USCIS and filed an extraordinary circumstances application with request to reinstate the doctor’s status. USCIS approved the case.

Results

The doctor was approved for the correct visa and his status was reinstated retroactively, so he did not have to leave the country. Our swift action and creative solution allowed the physician to remain in the United States while his case was sorted out. His status was quickly reinstated, enabling him to continue his important work in caring for patients. The hospital did not lose revenues and received a return on the investment it made in the physician. The physician also referred 2 of his colleagues to work in the hospital, saving the hospital significant recruitment efforts.