Green Card Lawyer Phoenix – Maria Jones Law firm

Maria Jones Law Firm always keeps up to date with any immigration changes and regulations. In order to provide excellent quality of work, MJLF provides weekly trainings to the staff. On Friday, April 25, 2014, we had a U-Visa training with Legal Assistants and Attorneys. The training was conducted by our Managing attorney, Stephanie Corcoran. A U-visa is a temporary non-immigrant status available to non-citizen victims of certain crimes. Congress created the U-visa as part of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Prevention Act of 2000, in order to strengthen the ability of law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute certain crimes against immigrants and to offer protection to victims who fear cooperating with law enforcement due to their immigration status. With this type of Visa you can obtain Lawful status for up to 4 years; eligibility to adjust status to a lawful permanent resident after 3 years; automatic grant of work authorization for 4 years; derivative visas for qualifying family members. Our Green Card Lawyer Phoenix receive weekly training to be able to provide that Excellent Customer Service to all of our clients. More than filling out the paperwork, we are making a difference in people’s lives.

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Client Stories – Cancellation of Removal

Maria Jones Law Firm provides exceptional, high quality legal service to our clients. The experienced Phoenix immigration attorneys also offer Green Card Lawyer phoenix and visa attorney services.

STORY 1:

Mr. C Mata, a client who was set for today’s court to accept a voluntary departure recently married his United States Citizen girlfriend. Now married, he became eligible to do consular processing through his citizen wife, as well as cancellation of removal before the Immigration Court. Despite some minor criminal background, through timely work, we were able to prepare his applications and attend court with his I-130 and Cancellation of Removal application filed. As such, the Immigration Judge determined that we should go forward with his consular process before USCIS and administratively closed his case.

STORY 2:

Mr. NG came to our office following an agg dui arrest and conviction. We bonded him out and gave him hope for the future. He began Cancellation of removal, however, he knew his chances of winning were not that great, as thankfully, his children are all healthy. Mr. NG was able to obtain his work permit and the Immigration Administratively Closed his case which means he can remain in the US without fear of deportation, can renew his work permit annually, and will hopefully benefit someday if the laws change. For now, he is content that he can remain in the US with his family and continue to work.

STORY 3:

One of our clients was wrongfully charged with committing a very serious crime, when he actually committed a really minor crime. Consequently, he was arrested and placed in detention with no bond, AND he was assigned one of the toughest judges in Arizona. Still, he had a strong case, so I was able to persuade the Immigration Prosecutor to close his case, AND I persuaded Immigration Agents to release him from detention with no bond! The client’s wife was very, very happy!

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