Our online services deliver all the benefits of regular immigration services, while leveraging easy-to-use technology. Our goal is to make immigration cases as stress-free and efficient as possible.

You probably already use technology in your everyday life to make things easier. You make telephone calls and send text messages, write and respond to e-mails, pay bills, and surf the web from just about anywhere in the world.

In constructing our system, we wanted to create one that allows clients with the same ease of use and flexibility.

Our remote system has benefitted from several years of technological improvement. We designed our online services two decades ago, during the early days of the internet, to help our clients living in countries across the globe.

Since then technology has continued to get better, as has our ability to help our clients on a virtual basis.

Every client is given access to our complete suite of remote services.

These include video-conferencing for two or more persons, private file and email portals accessible only to our clients and staff, and messaging set-ups that utilize modernized communication programs to ensure our office is promptly notified.

This is a hard question to answer. The answer is maybe, maybe not. It depends on the facts of your case and your understanding of the immigration system. You should think carefully about possible issues you might face on the road to permanent residency or citizenship.

Sometimes, potential problems that seem small to clients are far more serious to government officials.

If you know enough about immigration law to defend yourself and avoid mistakes, you may not need to hire a lawyer.

Since losing can mean being deported from the U.S. and separation from your spouse and family, helping yourself is not a risk you should take lightly.

Be honest with yourself about your abilities and knowledge when you decide to hire someone or not.

In many ways, hiring a lawyer is similar to hiring any other service provider.

• Why do you take your car to an auto mechanic? Because you do not know how to fix the problem with your car and you need your car to go to work or school.
• Why do you go to a hair cut salon? Because you want your hair to be styled a certain way and you cannot reach that goal on your own.
• Why do you seek the help of a heart surgeon? Because you are facing a major life or death situation. You need an expert to keep your heart beating.

These situations are like going to an immigration lawyer. You may be facing deportation or you might just want to legalize your status, so you can live freely in the United States. But you are not capable of representing yourself.

In other words, if you cannot handle your case on your own, and the outcome of your case is important to you, you probably need an immigration lawyer.

No, I cannot guarantee you will win your case. But I will tell you this. I refuse to take a cookie-cutter approach to your case.

At our first meeting, I will dive into the ins and outs of your situation, and provide you with my opinion about the obstacles you might have to face. I will explain potential courses of action.

When it comes to deciding what steps to take, you and I will reach that conclusion together. I cannot guarantee the final result. I will not make false promises.

If I cannot help you, I will let you know right at the start.

Once I accept your case, it’s based on my belief that I can make a positive difference in helping you and your family reach your immigration goals.

Without a personalized consultation, I cannot answer this question.

Moreover, because no two cases are exactly alike, your case is different in some aspects than any other case that I have ever handled. Some cases may be 70%, maybe 80% similar to other cases, but your case has unique facts specific only to you and your family. That’s why taking cookie-cutter approaches to immigration law are wrong.

Even small differences between two cases, although they may seem insignificant, can lead to vastly different outcomes.

As an attorney who has practiced immigration law for over 20 years and helped immigrants from more than 125 countries, I’ve been fortunate to handle a wide range of legal challenges involving immigrant visas, permanent residency, citizenship, and deportation issues.

Coupled with my training at Harvard Law School, I’ve learned good lawyering requires not only perseverance but also purposefulness, not only compassion but also commitment.

Based on these experiences, even though I have not handled a case exactly like yours, I am confident if I can perceive legal options to win your case, I can structure solutions to improve your chances for immigration success.

To help you, I need to know as much as possible about your immigration case. This is why I always recommend an initial interview. I need to know your dreams, goals, issues, and obstacles.

And, as I noted above, if I cannot help you, I will you let you know as soon as I know.

Usually, I will know by our first get-together, in person, over the telephone, or via video, if I can help you or not.

But sometimes, at the end of our initial session, I will not know if I can help you or not. At this point, I may need to do extra research, talk to family members, or help obtain your immigration records.

After these actions are taken, I will have a clearer picture of your case. Then I can explain why we can or cannot help you in more detail.

In some cases, what looks to you like you have no chance for success at the outset is actually the opposite.

If I have any doubts about your case, good or bad, I will not give you a firm answer whether you can or you cannot go forward without problems.

Even if other lawyers told you that you there is no hope. I will not accept their opinions at face value. I do not assume their level of experience or knowledge.

To provide my best advice for clients, I insist on doing my own evaluation, especially with tough cases. I will, however, take others’ opinions into consideration.

In the end, even if you have already lost your case, I may uncover a path to getting your case reopened or filing an appeal that challenges the earlier decision.

Even though we provide online services using client-friendly technology, our support and assistance does not end there. You have the personal guidance of our staff available to you, just a phone call or e-mail away.

In short, we are not a “Do It By Yourself” service. We work with clients from all over the world. Some are not familiar with modern technology. Some do not have easy access to computers or internet service companies.

Most online service providers focus on filling out forms. They usually require you to go to a website where you input answers to a handful of questions. Then they generate an application for you. Often, the only help you get is through internet assistance – even when that is the weakness you need to overcome.

Our hands-on online services are vastly different. With our virtual online program, we do not simply send you to a website and leave you to figure out your issues on your own with no help or guidance. Your case is assigned to a staff assistant who will be your personal guide. We are there every step of the way, from start to finish.

We still use the telephone to help clients. We use both regular mail services and online email services to send documents back and forth. We also have our video conference set-up, which is simpler to use than the ones you typically find on the internet. We will figure out how to make working together as smooth as possible.

In other words, no matter your level of computer and internet knowledge, we will not leave any stone unturned in our efforts to help you put your best foot forward.

Almost from the beginning, most clients have thoughts like, "What will you charge to help my husband get a green card?” Or “How much will it cost to fight my father’s deportation case at immigration court?”

I understand your concerns. But I suggest slowing down for a moment. You’re jumping the gun. Even though all clients worry about how much legal help will cost, I don’t think this is the best way to start your case.

Instead, I feel the first question you should ask is, “What do I need to do for me, my family, and children to live together legally in the United States?”

In my view, far too many people make their immigration hiring decisions based on what it’s going to cost. Sometimes, that may be the right criteria. Most of the time, it’s not.

The problem is you don’t know what you don’t know. And because you don't know, I don't know.

When you first call, the reality is that I do not know anything about what it will take to win.

Because no two cases are exactly alike, it’s unfair to your family and it’s unfair to my office to base fees on guessing.

I need to sit down with you (via video, by telephone, or in-person) to learn more about your immigration history and personal circumstances. This enables me to give you honest and genuine advice about what can help and what can hurt your efforts to win or maintain lawful immigration status in the United States.

Winning requires providing you with the best possible analysis from the beginning of our relationship.

After my assessment, I can tell you what I will charge for my advice, counsel, and support.

I cannot determine this amount until we have a full-fledged consultation, a private in-depth personalized 1-on-1 strategy and planning discussion.