Humanitarian
Immigration Services
Our Firm’s Mission and Communities We Serve
Attorney Angel Lisinski founded this firm with a clear purpose: to change as many lives as possible. That means giving immigrant families the resources they need to build a safe future and stay together in the United States. Lisinski Law Firm stands out as a leader in immigration legal services because we are dedicated to humanitarian cases and recognize that everyone deserves an opportunity to win documents.
Immigrants often face dangerous situations, endure harsh living conditions, and have limited access to social and financial resources. Our legal practice is designed to provide protection, long-lasting safety, and immigration relief. While many believe that they must leave the United States to reach legal status, we look exclusively for ways to do so within the country, because families deserve to stay together.
We have a track record of winning humanitarian cases for clients even with negative things on record, enabling pathways to immigration benefits like a work permit, Social Security, travel permit, lawful permanent residency, deportation defense, and even U.S. citizenship, depending on each case. Whether you need a deportation defense attorney or a VAWA immigration lawyer—among other services— we are prepared to fight for you.
Our Core Humanitarian Immigration Services
By focusing exclusively on services that provide humanitarian relief, we are changing the lives of those who need it the most. Our main immigration legal services are: VAWA, U Visa, T Visa, Parole in Place for military families, and deportation defense in immigration court.
Finding immigration services near you doesn’t have to be a challenge. We have nationwide locations and can work on cases virtually, so you will have access to dedicated bilingual immigration lawyers from wherever you feel the safest.
Our services could be the key to obtaining protection, family unity, and long-term immigration stability. With papers in hand, you will have the ability to remain lawfully in the United States.
VAWA
What is VAWA?
- The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) provides immigration relief to victims of mistreatment perpetrated by a citizen or lawful permanent resident spouse, or a citizen child of legal age.
- Through VAWA, the victim may obtain legal status without depending on a family petition controlled by the abuser. Your self-petition is completely confidential and does not affect the abuser. They do not have to be notified at any point in time during the process.
Eligibility Highlights
To qualify for VAWA, the petitioner must prove that they suffered “abuse or extreme cruelty” in their relationship with:
- Spouses: U.S. citizen or resident spouse or ex-spouse.
- Children: U.S. citizen child of legal age.
- Parents: U.S. citizen or resident parents, while being underage.
How the Firm Supports VAWA Cases
- Gathering evidence of mistreatment in a personal relationship is a difficult process. Having the support of a VAWA immigration lawyer makes a world of difference, as they can pinpoint the best evidence available and help prepare a strong application.
- Besides a personal written declaration detailing the situation of mistreatment and the relationship with the abuser, we help victims gather police reports (if applicable), medical records, witness declarations, proof of cohabitation with the abuser, and relevant photographs, among other supporting evidence.
- As experienced VAWA attorneys for abuse survivors, we take the safety and privacy of our clients seriously. We will not disclose the evidence presented—or your intention to file for VAWA—with the abuser. Our aim is to empower victims of mistreatment and provide them with legal resources to win documents independently.
- While the first step in the application process is to submit Form I-360 (Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant) to USCIS, our dedicated legal guidance entertains long-term milestones like the work permit, residency, and the path towards U.S. citizenship.
U Visa for Victims of Crime
What the U Visa Provides
The U Visa is a visa for victims of certain crimes committed within the United States who cooperate with law enforcement in the investigation of the crime. With immigration benefits like work authorization, access to public services, and protection against deportation, the U Visa presents a unique pathway towards legal status for immigrants who have negative things on their record, don’t have family members to petition for them, and want to fix papers within the U.S.
As U Visa lawyers with experience in difficult cases, we have guided successful applicants towards a Green Card after three years of sustaining a U Visa status and meeting other eligibility requirements.
Basic Eligibility Requirements
- Qualifying crimes for a U Visa are serious offenses like various forms of violence, exploitation, coercion, or other criminal acts that result in significant harm. A trusted U Visa lawyer can help you determine if you qualify based on your personal situation.
- You need a police report detailing what happened and demonstrating your willingness to assist in law enforcement investigations.
- The U Visa allows you to include certain family members as derivatives in your application, as long as it is approved beforehand. Eligibility requirements for derivatives will depend on their age, kinship, and marital status.
How the Firm Handles U Visa Cases
- Many victims of U Visa qualifying crimes don’t know if there is a police report about their situation. As part of our immigration legal services, we may help you verify if such a report exists and, if so, use it in your application.
- Our approach to winning hard cases is based on attention to detail. Once we gather your personal statement, evidence of the qualifying crime, relevant police reports, and medical records, and evidence of physical or mental abuse, we can move forward with your application through Form I-918.
- While awaiting a decision from USCIS, your attorney can help you apply for work authorization, enabling you to build financial stability and obtain protection while your case is pending.
- The U Visa is a source of hope for many immigrants in the United States. As a humanitarian case, it may grant you a waiver on negative things in your immigration history or criminal record, such as illegal entries, prior deportations, or certain felonies.
- Our dedicated legal team is prepared to guide you in the long run, so that after three years with a U Visa status, you become eligible for a Green Card.
T Visa for Survivors
of Human Trafficking
What is the T Visa?
- The T Visa was created to help the victims of human trafficking, violence, and other forms of mistreatment at home, at work, or by a coyote upon entry to the country.
- Besides providing legal protection from deportation, the T Visa offers financial stability through work authorization and Social Security, as well as options to apply for U.S. residency in the future. An experienced T Visa lawyer can guide you through each benefit available based on your personal situation.
Key Eligibility Points
To qualify for a T Visa, you must:
- Be a victim of a form of trafficking under the use of force, fraud, threats, servitude, and lack of fair payment at work.
- Be physically present in the United States as a result of human trafficking.
- Demonstrate reasonable compliance with law enforcement (with exceptions for minors or trauma survivors unable to cooperate).
- Suffer extreme distress if removed from the U.S.
Our T Visa Representation Approach
- As humanitarian immigration lawyers, we recognize the courage of seeking help after enduring extreme situations of mistreatment. Our approach to T Visa representation is guided by empathy, transparency, and the willingness to fight for justice. We support clients during every step of the process, from gathering evidence to filing the petition with USCIS, and seeking every potential immigration benefit available.
- Even when a case seems challenging, we push through for our clients and their families, enabling immigration solutions that keep them together. Once we submit Form I-914, Application for T Nonimmigrant Status, you may be eligible to receive a work permit, and the best part is that you could also include certain family members as derivatives in your case.
Immigration Attorney Near You
We believe that everyone deserves an opportunity to obtain documents within the United States. With office locations nationwide and 24/7 virtual immigration support, we can assist clients across states or from the safety of their homes. Finding the best immigration attorney near you doesn’t have to be complicated. Whether you have immigration questions or want to start a case and change your life with papers, we are here for you!
Deportation Defense
(Immigration Court Cases)
What Deportation Defense Involves
- If you received a Notice to Appear (NTA), the first thing you should do is contact a deportation defense attorney. An NTA is a document notifying you that the government has opened a case to remove you from the United States, so it is in your best interests to secure the support of someone who knows how to fight for you.
- Your trusted removal defense lawyer will proceed to prepare your defense and outline the best strategy available, such as asylum, cancellation of removal, or termination of removal.
- Ignoring an NTA and failing to appear in court will result in an automatic deportation order, and you will lose the ability to defend yourself before a judge.
Types of Relief Commonly Sought
As immigration court lawyers, our main alternatives of legal defense are:
- Asylum (Form I-589): for people who are afraid to return to their home country and experience serious harm because of their race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group.
- Cancellation of removal: for certain individuals who can prove that their deportation would cause “exceptional and extremely unusual hardship” to a qualifying family member.
- Termination or continuance of proceedings: applicable in certain cases where your immigration court lawyer may ask the judge to pause or terminate deportation proceedings based on external processing errors.
Litigation Strategy and Firm Expertise
- Receiving a NTA can be highly stressful and confusing, but it doesn’t mean that all is lost. Our dedicated immigration legal services are designed to provide peace of mind, ongoing support, and most of all, a solid defense against deportation proceedings.
- After identifying the best defense alternative for each individual case, we prepare clients for the different hearings they must attend, gather all the necessary evidence, ensure clear and timely communication with the Department of Homeland Security, and move one step closer to fulfilling our mission as humanitarian immigration lawyers.
Parole in Place
for Military Families
What PIP Offers
Parole in Place (PIP) protects certain undocumented family members of U.S. military personnel and veterans, granting them opportunities to remain in the country. Even if these family members entered the U.S. without lawful authorization, Parole in Place can help them obtain legal status.
The families of U.S. service members deserve to stay together. PIP prevents family separation while active, may provide work authorization, and enables a path towards lawful permanent residency in the future.
Who Qualifies
Spouses, parents, and unmarried children of active-duty members, reservists, or veterans may qualify for military Parole in Place.
Eligible service members whose relatives may apply are:
- Active-duty members of the U.S. Armed Forces
- Members of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve.
- Veterans (still living or deceased) who previously served on active duty or in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve and were not dishonorably discharged.
How the Firm Assists With PIP
Our legal team will help you determine your qualifying relationship and gather the necessary supporting evidence, such as documentation of your family member’s military status, birth certificates, marriage certificate, government-issued IDs, among others.
Once your Parole in Place application has been approved, you will have temporary lawful parole status, and in certain situations, you may be eligible to apply for a Green Card. Keep in mind that Parole in Place does not guarantee a Green Card and you still have to meet other requirements to qualify.
Why Clients
Trust Our Firm
We hear stories of clients who have tried to fix papers for years and are repeatedly told that they don’t qualify for anything. While heartbreaking, this fact also inspires us to look for viable solutions for clients on the verge of giving up. Tough cases don’t intimidate us. We have years of experience winning papers despite clients having negative things on record, limited access to evidence, and no family to petition for them.
The foundation of our legal immigration services is to provide humanitarian relief. We take on cases that focus on vulnerable communities because everyone deserves an opportunity to live with dignity and documents. By prioritizing transparency, personalized strategies, attention to detail, and client safety, we have successfully changed thousands of lives. Our trusted immigration lawyers work tirelessly to identify ways to provide legal protection in the U.S., so that no more families get separated.
Do any of the following scenarios apply to you?
Family Based Petitions
One of the most common ways to fix papers is through a family member that has residency or citizenship. For example, if your spouse, parent, child, or sibling has documents, depending on their immigration status, there could be options for you to become a resident based on your relationship with that person.
Engagement to a U.S. Citizen
If you are a U.S. citizen who is engaged to someone who lives in another country, you may be able to bring your fiancé to the United States through a fiancé visa, so that the two of you can get married here in the U.S. and your fiancé can obtain legal permanent residency. We absolutely love these cases and would be thrilled to help you through this process.
Becoming a U.S. Citizen
We encourage every person who is eligible to apply to become a citizen of the United States to do so as soon possible. The benefits of citizenship include voting, helping more family members adjust their status (and often more quickly), and leaving the country for extended periods of time without fear of losing your residency. Citizenship could help you build safe future with your family!
Medical Deferred Action
In some special situations, immigration officials will exercise their discretion to authorize certain documents through deferred action, which also provides protection from deportation. They frequently do so for people without legal status who are caring for a sick relative, such as a spouse, child, or parent.
Mistreatment: U.S. Citizen or Legal Resident Spouse or Citizen Child of Legal Age
If you have had problems in the relationship with a U.S. citizen or resident spouse, or with a citizen child over 21 years of age, depending on the level of mistreatment and other factors, you could potentially qualify to fix papers within the country. We know that family is important and you want to protect them, even if you have been through difficult times. We assure you that this process is completely confidential and that submitting a case will not affect your family in any way.
Mistreatment: By Someone Else
If you were mistreated by another person, such as a romantic partner, a coyote, a family member, a roommate, or anyone else, regardless of their immigration status, you could potentially qualify to fix papers based on certain types of mistreatment. If you were pressured or threatened into doing forced labor, or if you did not receive fair payment for your work, there could be ways to obtain documents within the United States.
Mistreatment: On The Job
Based on certain types of mistreatment at work, you could potentially qualify for the T Visa and fix papers inside the United States, even with negative things in your immigration history, such as illegal entries or prior deportations. We mainly look for issues related to payment. If your boss did not pay you what they agreed to at the start, did not pay for overtime work, discriminated against you over your immigration status, threatened to call ICE or the police, or was aggressive towards you, then it is worth talking to us about your situation. It doesn’t matter if many years have passed since this happened or if you think you don’t have proof — you could still qualify for the T Visa.
Victim of a Crime
If you have been a victim of certain crimes in the U.S., you may qualify for the U Visa and potentially obtain documents within the country. In some cases, we may be able to fix papers for your spouse and your children as well, regardless of whether they are in the U.S. already or still in their country of origin. The U Visa could be the key to reaching legal status within the U.S.: this case has a very strong waiver for the negative things on the record, such as prior deportations, illegal entries, and even certain felonies. Don’t give up — call us to learn more about your options.
Green Card After Divorce
If you have a two-year conditional Green Card and separate or divorce from your spouse before the two years have passed, we may be able to help you remove the conditions on your Green Card so you can obtain a permanent residency. We have a proven track record of fixing papers for people in this situation.
Contact Us for a Confidential Consultation
At Lisinski Law, we are proud to support immigrant families, survivors of mistreatment, and individuals in crisis. We understand how challenging it can be to seek help after a traumatic situation, which is why our immigration legal services are completely confidential, empowering, and accessible across states.
If you need a humanitarian immigration lawyer with experience, we’ve got your back. Starting a case as early as possible could potentially make a significant difference in your future. Waiting to get started, however, could put you at higher risk.
Call us now to find out if you qualify!
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