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Our Services
How Can We Help? We offer help with all your immigrant or non-immigrant visa needs as well as with deportation defense and appeals. Our services include:
Obtaining a green card—indicating lawful permanent residency in the U.S.—is the primary goal of our clients who are planning to enter this country or legalize their immigration situation in the country. If that is your goal, please contact ILAG today to arrange a consultation and to learn how we can help you. Having lawful permanent residency enables you to live and work in the U.S indefinitely. We can assist you in obtaining permanent residence through the categories (listed below) within two main types of permanent visas: 1. Employment-based immigrant visas
2. Family-based immigrant visas
Each year, the Diversity Lottery Program makes 55,000 new immigrant visas available for individuals from underrepresented nations. Administered by the U.S. State Department, the Diversity Lottery Program requires that you have either a high school education, its equivalent, or two years work experience within the last five years in a job which demands two years training. You or your spouse must be a native of a nation eligible for the Diversity Lottery Program. VAWA ( Violence against Women Act) VAWA allows an abused spouse or child of a United States citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident to self-petition for lawful status in the United States. It provides domestic violence survivors with the means that are so essential to escaping violence and living safely and independently. U VISAS U visa is available for those who have been victims of certain crimes in the United States and who are helpful or have been helpful to law enforcement in the investigation or prosecution of said crime. Assisting abandoned or Abused Children SIJS (Special Immigrant Juvenile Status) ILAG represents abused and abandoned children who have no lawful immigration status. These children can obtain permanent residency under a federal law known as Special Immigrant Juvenile Status. These children have been abandoned due to the death of their parents, or have fled severe abuse by their parents or relatives. Cuban Adjustment Act This act allows Cuban nationals to adjust status to legal permanent residents of the Unites States once they have been in the country for one year. This benefit is opened not only to all persons who were born in Cuba, but also to their children and even grandchildren who are eligible for Cuban nationality under Cuban law. Asylum ILAG provides legal representation to individual seeking asylum in the United States based on past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of political opinion, race, religion, nationality, or membership in a particular social group. ILAG represents client for all over the world for whom the U.S is the last place of refuge and when return to their home country may mean death or torture. Depending on the procedural posture of the case, asylum applicants are provided representation in administrative trials before immigration Judges, on Appeal before the Board of Immigration Appeals, an administrative appeal body, and before the U.S Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit. I some cases representation is provided in non- adversarial proceeding before the Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS) Find out more about this program, as well as other means of obtaining legal permanent residency in the U.S., by contacting us today to arrange a free consultation. NON-IMMIGRANT VISAS If you wish to enter the U.S. for a temporary period of time, a non-immigrant visa permits you to travel to a U.S. port of entry and request permission of the Department of Homeland Security to visit for a specific purpose. That purpose might be work, schooling, a conference, etc., or to visit the country, friends, or family. A non-immigrant visa differs from an immigrant visa in that the non-immigrant visa only allows a person to enter temporarily, whereas an immigrant visa holder can enter and stay permanently. The length of time someone can stay in the U.S. depends on the visa status under which they are admitted (for example, specialty occupation). And a person admitted in one status can often change their status in order to stay longer--or to perform different activities. For instance, a medical school student may want to change his or her status to an employer-sponsored non-immigrant visa once they graduate and find employment (assuming their new employer will sponsor them). Several types of non-immigrant visas also allow a person to extend their status and thereby extend their stay in the U.S. The process can sometimes be confusing and complicated. Our firm can make it much easier—determining the visa category that is right for you and assisting you with changing status from your current category to the new category. In appropriate cases, we can also obtain legal status and work authorization for your dependent family members. The following is a brief list of the most commonly used temporary working visa categories: H1-B Specialty Occupation This non-immigrant visa classification applies to an alien who will be employed temporarily in a specialty occupation (one which typically requires a Bachelor’s degree) or as a fashion model of distinguished merit and ability. Under current law, there is an annual limit of 65,000 aliens who may be issued a visa or otherwise provided H-1B status. As many as 20,000 additional H-1B slots are available to graduates of U.S. Master’s degree (or higher) programs. L-1 Intra-company Transfers The L-1 visa permits multinational companies to transfer high-level and essential employees from their international offices to the United States. The non-immigrant would work at the affiliate or subsidiary of that same employer in the U.S. in a managerial, executive, or specialized knowledge capacity. E-1 Treaty Traders The E-1 visa allows an individual to enter the United States on a non-immigrant basis for the sole purpose of carrying on substantial trade between his or her country and the United States. The home country of the non-immigrant must have a treaty with the United States. E-2 Treaty Investor If you come to the U.S. to run an enterprise in which you are invested, you may obtain the non-immigrant visa status of E-2 treaty investor. If you are an employee of a treaty trader investor you may also be qualified as an E visa holder if your duties require special qualifications essential to the business. The non-immigrant must have the same nationality as the alien employer and the home country of the non-immigrant must have a treaty with the United States. O-1 Individuals of Extraordinary Ability or Achievement Highly talented or acclaimed individuals may be eligible for an O visa for entry into the U.S. People who may qualify for this visa are physicians, scientists, and accomplished businesspeople as well as athletes considered at the top of their field. TN Professionals These visas are limited to nationals of Canada and Mexico. If you are employed in one of the sixty-three listed professions in NAFTA, you can apply for non-immigrant TN status. Most of the listed professions require either a bachelor's degree or a licensures degree. R-1 Religious Workers The R-1 visa permits religious workers to come to the U.S. to take on a religious occupation and perform services for their religious organization. The religious organization must already be established in the United States. Find out about MANY other means of obtaining a non-immigrant visa to the U.S., by contacting us today to arrange a free consultation. DEPORTATION DEFENSE/APPEALS Any violation of your status in the US can potentially result in your being placed in removal proceedings. These violations generally include staying beyond the period authorized, failing to abide by the conditions of your status, or entering without proper documents. The States have given the immigration service many conviction records. Often green card holders with old convictions are stopped upon return to the U.S. from a vacation or business trip and are put in deportation proceedings. These cases are often very complex. Conviction for what was once a college prank or a marijuana possession charge may now result in deportation for a temporary visa or green card holder. Deportation without a Prior Conviction Some people may be found inadmissible or deportable for criminal activity even without a conviction. An arrest for spousal abuse or drug trafficking are examples where one may be put in removal proceedings without a conviction. At the time of renewing a green card or naturalization, the USCIS will run a criminal record check and one may face deportation for certain criminal activity. Criminal conduct may also bar a person showing good moral character required for naturalization. Thus, it is extremely important that arrested foreign nationals or green card holders consult with us so that we may work with criminal counsel to analyze any immigration consequences of the arrest, plea, and/or conviction. ILAG has considerable experience in this area. ILAG has successfully won many deportation cases for people with conviction and without convictions. Call ILAG if you have any question regarding a deportation case. Our experience is your benefit. Appeals When an individual whom the government alleges is in the United States illegally is discovered, and then the individual will be placed in "removal proceedings". If the individual in removal proceedings loses his or her case, then an order of removal (deportation) from the United States is entered. He or she may wish to appeal the case to a tribunal in Virginia known as the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). The BIA acts as an appellate court in immigration cases, and, when a case is appealed to the BIA, the BIA will make a decision as to whether or not they believe that the Immigraiton Judge's decision was correct and will make a ruling accordingly. If the individual does not believe the BIA's decision was appropriate, then he or she may appeal the case to the United States Court of Appeals for that circuit. We have found that very few immigration lawyers will handle cases past the BIA level. Many are not admitted to practice before the United States Courts of Appeals or for some other reason prefer not to handle such cases. We do handle appeals from the BIA to the United States Courts of Appeals. ILAG handles all types of immigration appeals cases. In some cases, the facts of the case or the current state of the law is such that there is very little chance of winning in any appeal. In that case, some individuals wish to appeal either because they wish to be an agent for change of the law, or simply to buy time and avoid removal from the country for the time the case is pending before any appeals court. Sometimes this is possible. An individual in any of these circumstances should have an attorney who believes in his or her case, and who is willing to see it through. If you would like to discuss your case with me, please call or email me. Just click on the "Contact Us" link on the left, above, and I would be glad to talk to you about your matter. I have a wealth of resources that allows me to provide quality representation before the BIA or the United States Courts of Appeals for a fee that is much less than most attorneys charge for the same service. Our Services in Argentina: We provide the following legal services:
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you have a question please call at 011-54-0351- 4 We are affiliated with the following organizations:  http://www.aila.org- AILA Member attorneys represent tens of thousands of U.S. families who have applied for permanent residence for their spouses,
children, and other close relatives to lawfully enter and reside in the United States.  Los Angeles County Bar Association Bar Association of Cordoba, Argentina |