Immigration Attorneys

CASE TYPES WE HANDLE

  • At the Lisinski Law Firm, our immigration attorneys strive to assist clients in obtaining their documents without leaving the country. If you have had disagreements with your spouse or former spouse, citizen or resident, or your citizen child 21 years of age or older, depending on your situation, you may qualify for a work permit and U.S. residency without leaving the country.

    We assure you that the entire process is 100% confidential and secure, and whether you are basing your case on your spouse or your child, this will not be stated on the person's record, affecting them in any way.

    To learn more about how to qualify for this case, click here.

  • The T-Visa may be a possibility for you if you've experienced workplace exploitation, forced to work for less money than you were promised, or mistreated on the job because of your race and/or immigration status, allowing you to obtain documents such as your work permit and social security.

    Other potential qualifications for a T-Visa include domestic violence victims and those made to work inside the house and were not permitted to leave, or who were made to work outside the house and had to hand over all of their money.

    The T Visa could be a pathway to green card, without having to leave the country, allowing you to obtain your documents in the United States. To learn more about how to qualify for this case, click here.

  • You may qualify for work permit and residency in the U.S. without leaving the country if you were a victim of certain crimes here in the U.S. through the U Visa.

    Whether your family has already arrived in the United States or is still in your country of origin, we might be able to help you obtain documents for them as well. Even if other lawyers have told you that you do not qualify, we have helped many people in your situation. To learn more about how to qualify for this case, click here.

  • If you are a parent, spouse or child of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces, you may qualify to obtain your documents and obtain your residency, without leaving the country.

    The applicant must be the spouse, widow(er), parent, or child of an active duty member of the U.S. Armed Forces; a member of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve; or a military veteran (living or deceased) who has served on active duty or in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve.

    To learn more about how to qualify for this case, click here.

  • If you are a native of Cuba or a Cuban citizen, you may qualify to obtain your work permit and residency in the United States, without leaving the country, and add your family to your case to obtain documents for them as well.

    The Cuban Adjustment Act of 1996 allows certain Cuban nationals or Cuban citizens who meet certain eligibility requirements to apply for lawful permanent residency (green card).

    To learn more about how to qualify for this case, click here.

OUR MISSION: KEEP FAMILIES UNITED

The U.S. immigration system can seem intimidating, but we are here to help keep you and your family together by finding lawful solutions within the system. We understand firsthand the fear that comes with taking the first step to gaining legal status and we are ready to help every step of the way. We have extensive national case experience and office visits are not required, unless you desire to visit one of our offices nearest you.

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HAVE YOU BEEN TOLD YOU DON’T QUALIFY?

We take pride in the success we have experienced in even the most challenging cases. Whether you are here for family, have been deported previously, have one or more unlawful entries, had detentions by immigration, DUI convictions, or other criminal offenses, we have had success in all types of immigration cases. With our expertise and experience in the most difficult cases, we are ready to help you.

OBTAIN DOCUMENTS WITHOUT LEAVING THE COUNTRY

If you’ve been told by other lawyers that you must leave the country in order to obtain documents, they are wrong. We work hard to find a solution to legalize our clients without leaving the country. We use a specific set of cases to legalize qualifying clients without leaving the U.S. at all. Our goal is to keep families together and individuals within the United States while fighting for the documents you deserve.

The Firm’s CEO and Managing Attorney, Angel Lisinski, knows first-hand how emotional and stressful being or loving someone undocumented can be.

  • “I know first-hand how difficult and stressful the legal immigration process can be. My husband is a native of Costa Rica and he entered this country unlawfully when he was young. We met and fell in love before I was an immigration lawyer, and we talked to multiple immigration lawyers looking for a solution to get him documents. All the lawyers told us the same thing: Because of my husband’s immigration history, he would not be able to win documents. It seemed impossible. They told us to wait. They said the laws might change and we’d be able to get documents then. That was ten years ago. The laws still have not changed.

    While we were waiting for a change in laws like the lawyers told us to, my husband was arrested in front of our young son for no reason (other than being Latino), put in jail, later picked up and detained by ICE, and faced possible deportation. Our family came so close to being separated. In that moment I realized we couldn’t wait anymore. We had to take action, and we had to act now. So that’s what we did.

    I studied immigration laws. I searched hard for a creative solution. And I found one. I personally handled the lion’s share of my husband’s immigration case, and we won. It wasn’t impossible, like the other lawyers led us to believe. We didn’t have to wait, like the other lawyers told us we had to. We could have gotten documents for my husband years sooner than we did. We can never get those years that we wasted back.

    The waiting caused devastation for my husband in a way that every undocumented person understands: His mother died without him being able to say goodbye. During the years we waited, my husband’s mother fell ill in Costa Rica. I witnessed my husband struggle deeply with the decision to either leave his wife and child here in the U.S. to see his mother one last time before she died, knowing that would mean he couldn’t return, or stay here with us and miss the opportunity to see his mother one last time. By this time, my husband hadn’t seen his mother in 18 years. He chose to stay here with his family, and he was heartbroken when his mother died. He did not get to hug her, hold her hand, or say goodbye, and he regrets that still. When he finally did get to visit his mother again, it was in a cemetery, and it was heartbreaking. Had we acted sooner rather than wait like the lawyers told us, he would have gotten to spend years with his mother before she died. That thought haunts him, and me, to this day.

    No human being should ever have to decide whether to break up their family or see their dying loved one once more. But this happens to undocumented individuals every single day. I hear this same exact story from my clients all the time, and it breaks my heart. Because I have witnessed and experienced the pain that undocumented families go through, I fight fiercely and passionately to find solutions for as many clients as possible. I believe that being able to remain united with one’s family is a basic human right. And I fight for that right every day.

    If we have the privilege of representing you in your immigration case, I will fight just as hard for you as I did for my own family. Except this time I won’t wait. You shouldn’t wait either. You deserve the peace that documents bring. You deserve to remain united with your family. I would be honored to help make that happen. “

Do any of the following scenarios apply to you?

  • One of the most common ways to obtain legal status is through a family member that has residency or citizenship. For example, if your spouse, parent, child, or sibling has documents, depending on what types of documents they have, it may be possible for you to become a resident based on your relationship with that person.

  • 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.

  • We encourage every person who is eligible to apply to become a citizen of the United States to do so as soon as they can. The benefits of citizenship are amazing: You will be able to vote, help more family members legalize their status (and often more quickly), leave the country for extended periods of time without fear of losing your residency, and you will have the confidence of knowing you’ll have citizenship for the rest of your life. Citizenship is a life-long benefit that can change your life and your entire family for generations to come!

  • In some special situations, immigration officials will exercise their discretion to grant certain documents like a work permit and a social security card to undocumented people who are caring for a sick relative, such as a spouse, child, or parent. There is no specific law that allows legalization based on caring for a sick relative, but immigration officials have the discretion to authorize documents through a grant of what is called deferred action (which is protection from deportation), and they often do so.

  • If a U.S. citizen or resident spouse (or ex-spouse) has mistreated you, depending on the level of mistreatment and other factors, you may qualify to obtain legal status without leaving the country. We know family is important and you want to protect your family even if they have mistreated you at times. Rest assured that these cases are completely confidential and filing the case will not affect your family member.

  • If you were mistreated by a different person, such as a romantic partner, coyote, family member, roommate, or anyone else, regardless of whether that person had documents, you may qualify for documents without leaving the country, depending on the level of mistreatment and other factors. If you were pressured you to do some form of work for them and you were not paid fairly for that work or you were threatened, depending on the circumstances you may qualify for documents without leaving the U.S.

  • If you have experienced certain mistreatment on the job here in the U.S. you may be able to obtain documents without leaving the country even if you have had prior immigration violations like deportations, more than one unlawful entry into the U.S., or detentions by immigration. The mistreatment must usually involve something to do with your pay – meaning you were not paid fairly for the job that you did. In addition, these types of cases are stronger if the boss or supervisor treated you badly, treated you differently because of your immigration status, made threats about calling immigration or the police on you (either directly or indirectly, including if he or she pretending to just be joking), was aggressive with or in front of you, threatened you, or intimidated you in some way. We are here to help you win your documents without leaving.

  • If you have been the victim of certain crimes here in the U.S., you may qualify to obtain documents without leaving the country. We may be able to have your spouse and your children in your case to get documents for them as well, regardless of whether they are here in the U.S. already or they are still in your country of origin. We have had success for clients who were victims of a crime even after other lawyers were unable to win for them. So even if you’ve tried before, call us today. We may be able to help.

  • If you have a two-year conditional green card and separate or divorce from your spouse before the two years has passed, we may be able to help you remove the conditions on your green card so you get permanent residency. These cases can be complex, so it is important that you have an attorney help you, and we have the experience and knowledge to be able to do just that.

We’ll find hope together.