Case Studies
Case of S.P.
S set up a company in the US and decided to invest in real estate. We helped her obtain an L-1 visa. During her first year, she purchased a couple of properties and hired a property manager. She then decided to buy a café. She hired a business broker, reviewed more than hundred cafes up for sale, and visited three of them. We helped her select the business. She managed to sign the asset purchase agreement 7 days before her status was due to expire. Three days before expiration, we filed the extension petition, and later supplemented the petition with evidence of the transfer of the business. Her extension was approved without a request for evidence.
Case of G.S.
G and O arrived together at the same time as immigrants, but only O received his green card in the mail. After contacting USCIS on several occasions and waiting seven months, she contacted our firm. We initiated contact with USCIS and submitted an application for a green card. After one month, G received her green card.
Case of O.P.
O’s parents had arrived from Latin America. Because of the deteriorating situation in their home country, they decided to stay in the U.S. O, a US citizen, consulted with us in properly completing the I-130, I-485, I-765, I-131, and I-864 forms. He prepared a draft of the forms and cover letter and contacted us for a consultation and document review. After doing so and making the necessary corrections, he submitted the petition and applications. 3 months later, USCIS approved the I-130 petitions, and a month later, approved the green card applications and his parents received their green cards.
Case of S.A.
S won the Green Card Lottery, but unfortunately, his case was suspended under 221(g) of the INA for four months, and the September 30 expiration of the program was quickly approaching. We contacted the Embassy on his behalf, and with three days before the expiration of the program, S received his visa.
Case of Y.O.
Y was a long time green card holder; we helped him obtain his green card back in the 1990s. But he spent most of his time outside the US. Upon arriving in the US, Customs and Border Patrol inspectors would aggressively question him about his residence and whether he had abandoned his US residency. After consulting with our firm, we advised him that he should apply for a reentry permit. We timed the submission of his application with his next arrival in the US. We arranged for him to undergo expedited biometrics in the US. This allowed him to depart the US after only spending two weeks. Two months later, we received his reentry permit in the mail and sent it to him by overseas courier. Since then, he is greeted much more warmly by CBP inspectors.
Case of Lotterygate
The US Embassy in Moscow accused dozens of Russian winners of the DV–Lottery of not signing their entries, in violation of DV rules. We filed a class action lawsuit against the Embassy and State Department in the US District Court of Washington D. C. Within days, the Embassy stopped rejecting Russian applicants on these grounds and issued visas to some individuals it had previously rejected. Later that year, the Department of State abolished the signature requirement.
Case of E.E.
E was also an EB-5 client. We helped him and his wife naturalize. We then submitted an application for his daughter to receive a Certificate of Citizenship. After three months, she obtained her Certificate.
Case of R.B.
R had dual citizenship — that of her home country, which allowed her to receive a US visa with a maximum validity period of two years, and citizenship in St. Kitt’s and Nevis, with a maximum validity period of 10 years for US visas. We “enlightened” the Embassy about the second citizenship and the legitimacy of the St. Kitt’s program. R then received a 10-year visa in her St. Kitt’s passport.
Case of F.J.
After five years of waiting, F contacted our firm to help her sons receive immigrant visas. The consular officer doubted the validity of her divorce, and after sending her family petition back to USCIS and USCIS reaffirming the petition, decided to do nothing. We contacted consular management, which invited her sons to another interview. We provided additional documentation confirming the authenticity of her divorce and, after several days, her sons received their immigrant visas.
Case of V.K.
V is a leading expert in the field of automation and a famous professor in his home country, where he taught at one of the leading universities. He also worked in an executive position at a large multinational company. But he understood that his positions did not allow him to maximize his talents — that he could only do so in the United States. However, he did not have an invitation to work in the US. After we reviewed his documents, we advised him that he met the criteria to qualify as an individual with extraordinary ability, that this category does not require a job offer. Within 10 months of submission of his petition, he, his wife, and three children received green cards.