Schifanelli & Associates, LLC has acquired a reputation for successful handling of immigration matters on behalf of people from other countries who sought to come to the U.S. to work, join family members, become permanent residents or to become citizens, and for those who are already here, including permanent residents, helping them exercise their rights to avoid deportation and removal, and/or to secure immigration benefits to which they are entitled, including political asylum.
We have successfully handled cases for immigrants seeking relief under the Haitian Immigration Refugee and Immigration Fairness Act, The Cuban Adjustment Act , Section 245(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and other laws that accord rights and relief to immigrants in varying circumstances. Many times these immigrants were already in deportation and removal in the Immigration Court. In other instances, we have assisted permanent residents who applied for naturalization, attended their citizenship interview, and then heard nothing from the Immigration Service for months or even years. Other clients have retained us after their cases had fallen into bureaucratic limbo with no results or had already been denied. In those cases, we have successfully filed federal court actions for Writs of Mandamus to compel the Immigration Service (USCIS) to make a decision on the client's application, or we have filed appeal with the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) or the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA).
We have helped attain refugee and asylee status for immigrants fleeing from their home countries, or unable to return to those countries, by helping them demonstrate their credible fear of torture or persecution at the hands of their government or by the hand of groups that their government couldn't control and murdered or maimed with impunity.
For others, including scholars and scientists, we have successfully petitioned for National Interest Waivers, H-1B non-immigrant work visas, and other employment based permanent residency or temporary work status.
Quite often our successes include simply navigating the complex immigration laws and procedures for family members of U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents who want only to be reunited with their loved ones.
Complicated or not, we pride ourselves in professional representation in all immigration matters.
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Our law firm delivers immigration legal services with an emphasis on "service" to clients. We work hard to answer questions, streamline processes and procedures, help protect our clients from making mistakes that might put their immigration goals in jeopardy, and, in general, to assist with visas and other immigration issues, including the following matters:
- Work visas and permanent resident petitions for academics and researchers
- Visas for fiances and spouses of U.S. citizens
- Immigrant Visas for immediate relatives of U.S. citizens and permanent residents
- Applications for lawful permanent resident status
- Reaffirmation of permanent residency after a visit abroad
- Guidance for foreign nationals with conditional green cards based on marriage, when a divorce from a U.S. citizen is imminent.
- Application for naturalization and citizenship
- Clarifying and claiming citizenship rights for children of U.S. citizens abroad
- Asylum
- Employment-based visas
- Visas for treaty traders and treaty investors
- Deportation defense
- Immigration advice for people from other country facing criminal defense in the U.S.
Attorney Marc Schifanelli and his legal team have helped bring about many successes for foreign visitors and new immigrants in the U.S.
Contact us to schedule a consultation regarding any immigration matter. Our law firm is located in Annapolis, but we serve people from throughout Maryland and beyond. Call or e-mail the law offices to arrange to talk to a lawyer from the Schifanelli & Associates, LLC.
