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Understanding Immigration Law
Immigration law governs how individuals enter live and work in the United States.
Common Immigration Cases
- Family visas
- Employment visas
- Green cards
- Citizenship
- Deportation defense
When to Contact an Immigration Lawyer
Legal advice is helpful when applying for visas or facing removal proceedings.
Immigration Process
- Application preparation
- Government filing
- Interview or hearing
Costs
Costs vary depending on the immigration case type.
FAQs
What does an immigration lawyer do?
They help clients navigate immigration laws and applications.
How long do immigration cases take?
Processing times vary by visa type.
Can lawyers help with deportation?
Yes attorneys can defend clients in immigration court.
What is a green card?
Permanent resident status in the United States.
Do I need a lawyer?
Legal guidance helps avoid application mistakes.
5468 Immigration Lawyers Found
Boisselier Law Group PLLC is a boutique law firm that provides result-focused immigration counsel for individuals, families and business entities.. Our practice is client-centered. We strive for excellence and client satisfaction.. We are located in northwest Austin, Texas.
Michael Ponder graduated from Tulane University in 1998 with a B.A. in Spanish. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Southern University Law Center in 2003 with a Juris Doctorate. He worked in the area of insurance defense litigation for two years before starting his immigration practice in 2005. He has had the pleasure of helping hundreds of new Americans get residency, citizenship, visas and many different forms of lawful immigration status in the U.S. Besides his work with clients, Mr. Ponder also does volunteer work for refugees and victims of crime through American Gateways and Casa Marianella.
Are you in need of an Austin immigration attorney, yet wondering where you can even begin to search for the right attorney? Look no further than The Díaz Firm, PLLC. This law office exists to support individuals just like you, and you can rest assured in the help and support you can receive when you come here. Attorney Tony Díaz, Esq. received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree at the University of Texas in El Paso. From there, he went on to earn his Juris Doctorate at The University of Texas School of Law. He has been admitted to the Western and Southern Districts for the United States District Court for the State of Texas. He has been admitted to the United States Court of Military Appeals. Furthermore, he has been admitted to the State Bar of Texas. You can receive the help you need when you contact this firm today.. Attorney, Tony Díaz is a native Texan and a graduate of the University of Texas at El Paso where he was bestowed a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and the University of Texas at Austin - School of Law where he was bestowed a Doctor of Jurisprudence Degree. Mr. Díaz also holds a Certificate in Mediation from the University of Texas at Austin - School of Laws – Center for Public Policy Dispute Resolution. Mr. Díaz has been in private law practice in Austin, Texas for some 33 years, practicing in Immigration and Nationality Law, State and Federal Civil Trial Law and Criminal Defense. Mr. Díaz has argued cases before many of the appellate courts throughout the State. Mr. Díaz has appeared in Federal Court in numerous venues and has been licensed in the U. S. Court of Military Appeals, and the U.S. Western and Southern Districts of Texas.. Mr. Díaz has tried numerous civil and criminal cases to juries throughout the State of Texas with favorable results for his clients. In addition to working with clients locally in Austin, Mr. Díaz has assisted clients throughout Texas and has practiced in other states pro hac vice. Mr. Díaz is a Puerto Rican- American, and is therefore fluent in English and Spanish. Mr. Díaz has served on the Board of Directors for charitable and citizens organizations and has worked as a community leader in Austin since his arrival to the University of Texas School of Law School in 1983. Mr. Díaz volunteers his time for organizations like American Gateways, LaFUENTE Learning Center and the League of United Latin American Citizens and The University of Texas School of Law Moot Court Competitions as a judge.. Mr. Díaz and his wife Nena M. Marín de Díaz, Ph.D., a native of Venezuela, enjoy fishing, sailing, snorkeling and traveling. Mr. Diaz has lived throughout the United States and Puerto Rico and in Japan, Germany, and France and has visited Venezuela and Mexico.. Education. Doctor of Jurisprudence, The University of Texas School of Law, 1986. Bachelor of Business Administration, University of Texas El Paso, 1982. Certificate in Mediation, University of Texas at Austin – School of Law – Center for Public Policy Dispute Resolution, 2014. Professional License and Court Admissions:. · State Bar of Texas. · United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. · United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. · United States Court of Military Appeals. Published Cases:. · 218 S.W.3d 81; Doe v. Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church (Tex. 2007). · 943 S.W.2d 938; Jeffrey Reynald KEIM, Appellant, v. Kathleen C. ANDERSON, Appellee. (Tex. App.). · 855 S.W.2d 191; Reyes v. Texas All Risk General Agency, Inc. (Tex. App.). · 835 S.W.2d 804; Rosales v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. (Tex. App.). 827 S.W.2d 19; Diaz v. The Attorney General of the State of Texas (Tex. App.)
Ashley Morris was admitted to the Texas bar in 2006. She obtained her law degree from the University of Texas at Austin, graduated Order of the Coif. She received her undergraduate degree from Columbia University in New York City. She clerked for the U.S. Federal District Court, Southern District of Texas from 2006 to 2007. She also worked in education and development in Guatemala, Peru, and Ecuador. She takes pro bono cases for American Gateways, the Bernardo Kohler Center, the CARA pro bono project, and RAICES, and volunteered at clinics organized by Texas Here to Stay, University of Texas Law School, Equal Justice Center, and the University Leadership Initiative. She was honored to fight for families detained in Artesia, New Mexico, and Dilley and Karnes, Texas.
I immigrated to the US along with my parents and sister from South Korea. I have been both an entrepreneur and an attorney and use my extensive experience in running a global business with clients in Asia, Europe and the United States as CEO to counsel my clients on business immigration matters. Understanding the goals, challenges and pitfalls of doing business in the US and globally, helps me connect to my clients as I advise them on both corporate and personal immigration matters.. I am also a big civic booster and serve on numerous boards and commissions as an appointee or volunteer. I believe firmly in giving back to the community and being personally involved in making our community a better and more welcoming place for all.
Lead attorney, Griselda Ponce is compassionate and a true advocate for immigrants both in front of Judges in Immigration Court and before Immigration Officials when processing visas. She has built a reputation for winning complex immigration matters and never shying away from a legal challenge. Attorney Ponce finds it important to thoroughly research a legal case and produce convincing legal arguments with supporting exhibits through every phase of the case to ensure her cases have the best possible opportunity at success. At Ponce Law Firm, P.C., she leads her legal team of competent and diligent staff in an atmosphere that focuses on the client's needs with a goal of keeping families together and accomplishing the client's legal goal. Attorney Ponce is from south Texas, graduated with a r in Social Work from the University of Texas at Austin and a 2003 Juris Doctorate from St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas. Her career has focused on immigration law since her early years as a student attorney in 2000 and since then, has released thousands from immigration detention, won comlex asylum cases, successfully litigated Immigration appeals before the Board of Immigration Review through the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals and is pleased to have helped thousands achieve their legal goals! Call Attorney Ponce to get a thorough review of your case and a road mad to legal residency or naturalization.
I received my law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 2007 and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 2002.. I grew up in Brazil, Spain and The Netherlands. I am fluent in Portuguese and Spanish, and proficient in French and Dutch. Prior to attending law school, I was an Assistant Brand Manager at Procter & Gamble.. Before founding Berner Law, I worked as an associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in New York City, and at Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. in Austin, Texas. During this time, I obtained extensive experience working with international clients and U.S. clients on international matters and disputes.. I have long been interested in immigration matters. During law school, I clerked at the Federal Defenders of San Diego, focusing primarily on the representation of undocumented immigrants. At Cleary Gottlieb, I was twice awarded Sanctuary for Families’ Above and Beyond Award, which recognized his pro bono advocacy on behalf of asylum and T-visa applicants.. Presently, I serve on the board of directors of the Workers Defense Project, a non-profit organization that seeks to improve the working conditions of low-wage workers, primarily in the immigrant community.
I am a Filipino attorney in Austin, Texas. My practice includes Family law and Estate Planning (Wills/Probate).
I have been Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since December 1997. Formerly, I was the Chair of the Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico Chapter of the American Immgiration Lawyers Association.. I also was the Chair of the Advisory and the Chair of the Examinations Committees for Immigration and Nationality Law at the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.. I am a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation. And I am an Honors graduate of the Univeristy of Texas at Austin, School of Law and hold a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from Arizona State University.. I have been recognized by the American Immigration Lawyers Association with its President's Award "For Tremendous Advocacy on Behalf of Immigrants and Your Outstanding Contributions to the Association.” June 21, 1997
Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch practices immigration law because she works with wonderful clients who are experiencing significant and emotional life changes. Kate enjoys celebrating with her clients when they achieve their immigration goals, such as obtaining citizenship or the right to live and work in the US, and she also has great compassion for how hard and stressful it can be to face losing immigration status or being separated from loved ones.. Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch is a native of Austin, Texas, who found law after working in the technology sector. Kate yearned for meaning in her work and chose law school hoping to find a way to incorporate service in her career. While at the University of Texas School of Law, she joined the Immigration Clinic. Her first assignment as a student attorney was to conduct an intake with a family of Iraqi citizens who were being detained at the T. Don Hutto Detention Center in Taylor, Texas, as they sought asylum in the United States after suffering severe persecution in their home country. Her clients were distraught to be in a prison with their infant daughter who had not been permitted to go outside in days. At the conclusion of her meeting with the parents, the baby’s desperate mother asked Kate if she would sneak the baby out of the prison. It was this moment when she decided on a career fighting for justice for immigrants.. Kate Lincoln-goldfinch was the recipient of an Equal Justice Works Fellowship, sponsored by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in 2008. She completed her fellowship at American Gateways (formerly the Political Asylum Project of Austin), a non-profit organization devoted to securing justice for low-income immigrants in the Central Texas area. Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch fellowship project served the detainees at the T. Don Hutto Detention Center during which she provided representation and rights presentations to the immigrant women and families detained there. She also served as the pro bono coordinator for American Gateways.. After her fellowship, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch entered private immigration practice. Her practice encompasses a variety of immigration cases including temporary visas, adjustments of status, naturalization, and consular processing, as well as removal defense, VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and crime victims’ visas. Her firm offers high quality legal representation in an accessible and empathetic environment.. In 2010, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch received the Contribution to Minority Community Award from the Travis County Women Lawyers’ Association. Since the unfortunate resurgence of family detention in 2014, Kate has been active in providing and recruiting pro bono representation for the detained women and children at the Karnes Detention Center and she serves on the Advisory Committee for the Karnes Pro Bono Project. She has been engaged as a speaker at various forums in the field of immigration law. She is a fluent Spanish speaker. Her most important accomplishment of all is her family: her precious daughter Nora and her husband Josh.
The Law Office of Mihaela Allison is a full service bilingual (English/Spanish) immigration law firm that has successfully defended clients from deportation in the greater Houston, Texas area. Mihaela Allison provides professional, personalized and specialized representation for her clients before the Office of Immigration Review and USCIS. Miheala Allison will thoroughly explain her strategy for you throughout the process until your case is brought to a conclusion. She will also answer questions that arise along the way. Mihaela Allison cares about her clients and will do whatever it takes to make sure you and your family's rights are protected. Mihaela Allison will give you confidence in your immigration journey. Call today.. 2717 Commercial Center Blvd. Suite E200 Katy. Texas. 77494. p: Call Today. SE HABLA ESPANOL
I was born and raised in Colombia where I became an attorney. I moved to the United States in the year 2000 and after studying at the University of Houston, I became a lawyer here as well. My passion is immigration. I love working with people from all over the world. I enjoy educating the community about immigration issues and providing legal advice to my clients. I am part of a Christian Confederation of Houston pastors where I provide immigration forums for them. My firm provides immigration, personal injury, and family case services. I am here to help you out so please reach out anytime.
Atonya McClain is an attorney with her principal office in Katy, Texas. Her practice focuses on immigration law, criminal defense law, and family law.. Ms. McClain entered the legal field in 1995 as a Legal Assistant and Legal Secretary for various legal entities and firms in Houston, Texas. Since graduating from Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Ms. McClain has focused her practice of law in areas that she loves. She enjoys helping members of our community every day with the following legal issues:. Immigration: Family-Based Petitions, Fiancé Visas, Adjustment of Status, Affidavits of Support, Waiver Applications, Naturalization/Citizenship Applications, Citizenship Certifications, Removal of Conditions of Residency, Green Card Renewals, and Visa Renewals. Criminal law charges: Assault, Drugs, Harassment, Evading/Resisting Arrest, Expunctions, Sealing Court Records, Driving While Intoxicated (DWI), Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle, etc.. Family: Adoptions, Divorces, Child Support, Paternity, Custody and Visitation.. When you encounter a legal issue , everything can change – we know that at the Law Offices of Atonya McClain, PLLC.. We'll HELP you find your way!