Paniotto Law Firm - Immigration Lawyer

read moreHow many immigration lawyers in Los Angeles are giving out their cell phone to their clients? How many immigration lawyers in Los Angeles are available to speak to you directly in Spanish or Russian without interpreters and intermediaries? How many immigration lawyers in Los Angeles are accepting phone calls from new clients directly and answering messages from new clients directly and immediately (and not through brainless answering service) on weekends? How many immigration lawyers in Los Angeles will be available for you on a walk in basis without an appointment?

read moreFor 17 years now Paniotto Law firm had represented thousands of undocumented immigrants in removal proceedings in immigration court and asylum proceedings. We process asylum cases for immigrants from Central America, Venezuela, Mexico and other countries in the region, for immigrants from Russian speaking countries, like Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Armenia and many other countries with unstable political systems or repressive regimes. Many of our clients have crossed the border illegally and are attending immigration court deportation proceedings, many are minors applying for TVPRA and SIJIS (special juvenile visas for abandoned or neglected children); some arrived on a visa and overstayed.

read moreMotion to Reopen is a special petition filed by immigration lawyer with the immigration court to reopen your old immigration case in order to go back to immigration court and apply for immigration case that should make you eligible for greencard. If you had a recent deportation order or deportation order from years ago but never left the U.S. (or came back to the U.S. without documents) and you are now ready to apply for permanent residency in the U.S. based on marriage, employment, NACARA, or another case, its important to talk to immigration lawyer about reopening your immigration case with the immigration court that had ordered you deported.

read moreWe do not prepare any appeals in civil or criminal cases. If you decided to appeal this decision, you need to appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals in Falls Church, Virginia it within 30 days after the deportation order was issued. If you delay your appeal will be dismissed by the Board of Immigration Appeals. Such Petitions must be filed with the 9th Circuit within 30 days after BIA rendered decision in your case. If you feel that there is new crucial evidence in your case that was previously unavailable even if you diligently searched for it or if you feel that your immigration judge or your lawyer made serious mistakes in your case that caused you to lose your case, you may have reasons to appeal the judge's decision.

read moreOnce you've filed your I-485 package to adjust your spouse's status to that of a permanent resident of the U.S., in about 8-10 months (ideally) you should be receiving an adjustment interview appointment at 300 N Los Angeles Street, room 8540 (rooms may vary), Department of Homeland Security Immigration Service building in downtown Los Angeles (intersection of Temple and Los Angeles streets). Our immigration attorney is available to accompany you and your spouse to the adjustment of status interview and prepare you for that interview to increase your chances of passing the interview.

read moreOur immigration lawyer Dmitry Paniotto represents immigrants in deportation/removal proceedings. Deportation/removal proceedings commence as a result of undocumented entry into the United States, expiration of visa status, or a commission of a deportable criminal offense. Deportation proceedings can be initiated both against legal permanent residents and undocumented immigrant. Legal permanent residents are running the risk that their permanent residency in the United States may be revoked when they plead guilty to deportable offenses in criminal court.

read moreIf you met your fianc abroad or online and are considering bringing them to the U.S. to marry - the guaranteed way to successfully accomplish this goal is to get a fiance visa for them. The important details to remember about fiance visa is that in order to apply for one, you must have a recent picture TOGETHER and that once your fiance is in the U.S. he/she must marry you within 90 days upon arrival or leave. Fiancee visas can not be changed into any other kind of visas and can not be extended - the strict rule is that you either marry within 90 days or leave.