RECENT SUCCESS

Case Type	Date Filed	Date Approved	Approved By	Brief Case Description	Approval Notice
Motion to Reopen and Remand, Removal (Deportation)	01/12/2011	03/17/2011	Board of Immigration Appeals	Prior to retaining the Law Firm of Leon Hazany and Associates the Client was placed in removal proceedings for a controlled substances conviction. He lost his case and was ordered removed from the United States. He appealed his case to the Board of Immigration Appeals, but lost. At that point he retained the Law Firm of Leon Hazany and Associates to assist him. Leon Hazany worked with his criminal attorney in New York to provide guidance and advice on seeking post conviction relief to vacate the client’s controlled substances conviction. After the conviction was successfully vacated, Leon Hazany approached the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) Attorney in New York assigned to the Client case. Mr. Hazany obtained the consent of the I.C.E. attorney to file a joint motion to reopen the case with the BIA. On March 17, 2011 the BIA reopened the case (setting aside the removal order against the client) and remanded the matter back to the Immigration Court.	VIEW »
I-765 Work Permit	01/12/2011	03/11/2011	USCIS	Work Permit approved in 2 months	VIEW »
Removal (Deportation) Proceedings, Motion to Terminate with Prejudice	02/03/2011	03/22/2011	Los Angeles Immigration Court	Following a brief international business trip, the client a long time Permanent Resident was placed in removal proceedings due to an old controlled substances conviction. The client retained the Law Firm of Leon Hazany to work with his criminal attorney in challenging his criminal conviction. After successfully vacating the conviction Leon Hazany prepared and filed a motion to terminate the removal proceedings with prejudice. ICE did not oppose the motion and the court granted the Client’s motion to terminate.	VIEW »
Removal (Deportation), I-589 Application for Withholding of Removal and Relief Pursuant to the Convention Against Torture	10/05/2010	01/27/2011	San Francisco Immigration Court	Client was a lawful permanent resident but she lost her Green Card because she was convicted for violating California Penal Code Section 211 (armed robbery) and sentenced to one year in jail. As a result of the conviction she was found to have an aggravated felony conviction and placed in deportation proceedings and deported to El Salvador. She tried to illegally reenter the United States, but was caught by Border Patrol. She pled guilty to illegal reentry after removal (her second aggravated felony conviction) and was sentenced to 2 years in federal prison. Just prior to her release from federal prison she retained the services of the Law Firm of Leon Hazany and Associates. Leon Hazany represented her in a credible fear interview before USCIS in San Francisco. After the interview USCIS determined that she had a credible fear of returning to El Salvador and referred the matter to the San Francisco Immigration Court for Withholding Only proceedings. Because of her prior deportation and because of her two aggravated felony convictions the client was only eligible to apply for Withholding of Removal and Relief Pursuant to the Convention Against Torture. Leon Hazany represented the client before the San Francisco immigration court and following the hearing on her applications for relief the Court granted the Client’s application for Withholding of Removal. As a result the Client was released from Immigration Detention and Permitted to remain in the United States.	VIEW »
N-400 Naturalization to become US Citizen	08/30/2010	12/20/2010	USCIS	Lawful Permanent Resident is scheduled to take the oath of United States citizenship after his N-400 is granted	VIEW »
I-765 Work Permit	08/26/2010	12/17/2010	USCIS	Work Permit approved	VIEW »
I-485 Adjustment of Status ("Green Card")	08/05/2010	12/17/2010	USCIS	Client’s Lawful Permanent Resident husband had filed for his wife (my client) to obtain her Green Card, but prior to getting approved my client’s husband passed away. We were able to assist our client in getting her visa petition reinstated and her application to adjust her status approved. She is now a lawful permanent resident.	VIEW »
I-485 Adjustment of Status ("Green Card")	08/05/2010	12/17/2010	USCIS	Client’s Lawful Permanent Resident father had filed for his son (my client) to obtain his Green Card, but prior to getting approved my client’s father passed away. We were able to assist our client in getting his visa petition reinstated and his application to adjust his status approved. He is now a lawful permanent resident.	VIEW »
I-485 Adjustment of Status ("Green Card")	09/29/2010	12/16/2010	USCIS	Adjustment of Status based on marriage to U.S. citizen was approved in less than 3 months.	VIEW »
I-765 Work Permit	10/08/2010	12/15/2010	USCIS	Work Permit approved	VIEW »
I-485 Adjustment of Status ("Green Card")	07/09/2010	12/15/2010	USCIS	Adjustment of Status based on marriage to U.S. citizen.	VIEW »
I-130 Relative Immigrant Petition	09/29/2010	12/08/2010	USCIS	Immigrant Visa Petition approved based on marriage to U.S. citizen.	VIEW »
I-485 Adjustment of Status ("Green Card")	09/29/2010	12/08/2010	USCIS	Adjustment of Status based on marriage to U.S. citizen approved in less than 9 weeks.	VIEW »
I-765 Work Permit	05/16/2010	12/08/2010	USCIS	Work Permit approved	VIEW »
I-765 Work Permit	09/29/2010	12/06/2010	USCIS	Work Permit approved	VIEW »
I-765 Work Permit	07/23/2010	11/16/2010	USCIS	Work Permit approved	VIEW »
I-765 Work Permit	08/17/2010	11/10/2010	USCIS	Work Permit approved	VIEW »
I-765 Work Permit	08/05/2010	10/29/2010	USCIS	Work Permit approved	VIEW »
I-765 Work Permit	07/09/2010	10/22/2010	USCIS	Work Permit approved	VIEW »
I-130 Relative Immigrant Petition	07/09/2010	10/20/2010	USCIS	Immigrant Visa Petition approved based on marriage to U.S. citizen.	VIEW »
I-485 Adjustment of Status ("Green Card")	08/06/2010	10/18/2010	USCIS	Adjustment of Status based on marriage to U.S. citizen approved in 10 weeks.	VIEW »
Motion to Terminate Removal Proceedings	01/20/2011	01/24/2011	Los Angeles Immigration Court	The Client is a national of India who was placed in removal proceedings before the Los Angeles Immigration Court on May 28, 2009 following the denial of his marriage-based Green Card application. The Client retained our law firm in August 2010 to represent him in his immigration matter. After discovering that the Client was a victim of a violent crime in 2007, our office worked quickly in obtaining a certification from the law-enforcement agency to which he reported that crime. After obtaining the certification, our office then petitioned for the Client to receive legal status in the United States as a victim of crime. With the Client's next hearing date approaching, our office was also successful in having adjudication of his petition expedited and in having the petition approved, thereby leading to termination of his removal proceedings.	VIEW »
I-765 Work Permit	11/03/2010	01/05/2011	USCIS	Work Permit filed based on pending Adjustment of Status application.	VIEW »
Appeal of Grant of Cancellation of Removal Pursuant to the Violence Against Women Act INA section 240A(b)(2)	January 15, 2010	December 17, 2010	Board of Immigration Appeals	The Client retained our office in September 2009 after he had spent almost five years in removal proceedings without any progress. After we assisted the Client in having his September 14, 2009 application for Cancellation of Removal approved before the Las Vegas Immigration Court on December 28, 2009 (see decision below), ICE appealed that decision. Our office represented the Client in Opposing the appeal. The main issues on appeal were whether the Immigration Court ruled correctly in finding that the Client did not commit marriage fraud, whether the Client had shown the required hardship, and whether the Client's remarriage invalidated his eligibility for Cancellation of Removal pursuant to the Violence Against Women Act. The Board of Immigration Appeals found that the Immigration Court acted correctly and dismissed ICE's appeal, thereby bringing a positive end to the Client's more than six years of removal proceedings.	VIEW »
I-129 H-1B	September 10, 2010	December 17, 2010	USCIS	Petition for Non-Immigrant Worker (H-1B). The Clients, a Colombian woman and her employer, requested that we notify USCIS of a change in employment conditions originally listed in the H-1B petition approved on February 23, 2010 (see decision below), and the changes were approved.	VIEW »
I-485 Adjustment of Status ("Green Card")	April 1, 2010	December 14, 2010	USCIS	Adjustment of Status based on marriage to U.S. citizen. The Client is a citizen of Canada and of Haitian descent who had been travelling to the U.S. many times during his life with his final trip being in 2006 when he stayed permanently and later married a U.S. citizen whose petition for him was approved. Because the client faced potential overstay, arrest, admission, and birth-certificate issues, he retained our law firm, which assisted the Client in applying for his Green Card and in overcoming these issues. USCIS initially required an extreme-hardship waiver application because of an alleged overstay, but our law firm was successful in having that decision reversed and in having the Client's Green Card approved.	VIEW »
Motion to Terminate Removal Proceedings	February 25, 2010	December 13, 2010	Los Angeles Immigration Court	The Clients are four family members, all of whom are Pakistani citizens and have been United States Permanent Residents since 1992. The Clients and three of their United-States-citizen family members left the United States for Pakistan in October 2005 only intending to remain there for a short period. However, due to multiple medical conditions and property-sale issues, their trip became extended involuntarily until June 2009 when they returned to the United States. Upon their arrival, Immigration officials confiscated their passports and Green Cards and processed them for removal proceedings with the allegation that they abandoned their Permanent-Resident status due to their being outside of the United States for almost four years. The Clients retained our law firm shortly thereafter. The Clients had their preliminary hearing before the Los Angeles Immigration Court in October 2009 and another hearing in March 2010 when the Immigration Judge scheduled for December 13, 2010 the trial on the Clients' motion to terminate proceedings. ICE initially opposed the motion. During the trial on December 13, 2010, testimony was taken and arguments were made. At the end of the trial, the Immigration Judge found that the Clients had not abandoned their Permanent-Resident status and, due in part to ICE's change in legal position no longer to oppose the motion, granted their motion to terminate proceedings. ICE waived appeal, making the decision final, and the Clients were returned their Green Cards and passports that very same day.	VIEW »
I-129 H-1B	June 14, 2010	December 9, 2010	USCIS	Petition for Non-Immigrant Worker (H-1B). The Clients are a college-preparatory academy and a teacher. The academy provides academic assistance to students who are already excelling in their full-time compulsory school. The teacher, an Indian citizen, had recently completed a Master's degree from a U.S. institution and was nearing the expiration of the provided one year of Optional Practical Training. The Clients retained our law firm, and we engaged in the difficult task of having an H-1B petition and change-of-status application approved. After receiving two Requests for Evidence, which typically reflect an intent by USCIS to deny the filing, the petition and change-of-status application were approved.	VIEW »
I-129 H-1B	September 2, 2010	September 14, 2010	USCIS	Petition for Non-Immigrant Worker (H-1B). The Clients are a Florida animation studio and an Egyptian animator. The H-1B petition and change-of-status application were approved in less than two weeks.	VIEW »
I-129 H-1B	May 19, 2010	August 18, 2010	USCIS	Petition for Non-Immigrant Worker (H-1B). The Clients are a three-employee motion-picture production-consultation company and an Indian national who recently graduated from a U.S. college with a degree in film production and who was offered a position with the company as a set and exhibit designer. Our law firm was able to assist the Clients in preparing and filing the H-1B petition and change-of-status application and in responding to a demanding Request for Evidence regarding whether a bachelor degree is required for the offered position.	VIEW »
Dissolution	April 14, 2010	July 23, 2010	Los Angeles Superior Court	The Client, a Colombian citizen, had married a woman several years prior, but because of complications in the marriage, he retained our firm to assist him in obtaining a divorce from his wife. Our firm was successful in filing for divorce on behalf of the Client and in obtaining the divorce decree from the Court.	VIEW »
I-129 H-1B	April 21, 2010	July 20, 2010	USCIS	Petition for Non-Immigrant Worker (H-1B). The Clients are a marketing-consulting company and an Indian national who recently graduated from a U.S. college with a degree in economics and who was offered a position with the company as a manager. Our law firm was able to assist the Clients in preparing and filing the H-1B petition and change-of-status application and in having them approved.	VIEW »
I-485 Adjustment of Status ("Green Card")	May 5, 2010	July 19, 2010	USCIS	Adjustment of Status based on marriage to U.S. citizen. The Client is a citizen of Honduras who retained our law firm instead of following the wrong advice by an immigration consultant to apply for an immigrant visa and waiver in Honduras. Although the Client had entered the U.S. illegally, he was eligible to apply for his Green Card in the U.S. because his grandmother petitioned for his father several years ago, thereby granting the Client amnesty under a law passed during the Clinton administration. Although there were also some criminal issues that affected the case, the Client's application was granted at the end of his interview on July 19, 2010, less than three months following the filing of the application.	VIEW »
I-765 Work Permit	April 1, 2010	July 15, 2010	USCIS	Work Permit filed based on pending Adjustment of Status application.	VIEW »
N-400 Application for Naturalization for U.S. Citizenship	March 1, 2010	June 2, 2010	USCIS	The Client’s application for naturalization for U.S. Citizenship was approved after he successfully established eligibility at his naturalization interview which the Client attended with attorney Anish Vashistha. The Client's application was approved in only three months.	VIEW »
E-2 Change of Status	08/31/2010	10/26/2010	USCIS	Client a Canadian Visitor successfully changed status from visitor to E-2 Treaty Investor. Our office processed the case and approval came in less than 2 months after filing.	VIEW »
Motion To Terminate Removal Proceedings	10/12/2010	10/12/2010	Los Angeles Immigration Court	The client was placed in removal proceedings before the Los Angeles Immigration Court on May 24, 2010. After hiring our firm we appeared before the court on October 12, 2010 and made an oral motion to terminate the removal proceedings so that the client could apply to adjust his status before USCIS (instead of before the court in removal proceedings). The motion was granted on the same day and the client is no longer in removal proceedings.	VIEW »
EOIR 42A, Cancellation of Removal For Permanent Resident	08/10/2010	08/20/2010	Florence, Arizona Immigration Court	Our Client a Lawful Permanent Resident was arrested, detained and placed into removal proceedings by ICE because of Client’s conviction for violating California Health and Safety Code section 11352 for transportation of a controlled substance. The Client was detained by ICE in Florence, Arizona. Because the Client was subject to mandatory detention we acted quickly in filing his application for Cancellation of Removal and preparing for his Merits Hearing (Trial) on the application for relief. On the day of the Merits Hearing the Immigration Judge granted the application permitting the Client to remain in the United States and to be released from Immigration Custody and the attorney for ICE waived appeal making that decision final.	VIEW »
I-130, Immigrant Petition for Spouse of U.S. Citizen I-485, Application to Adjust to Permanent Resident	08/06/2010	10/12/2010	USCIS	In 2 months time our Client became a Lawful Permanent Resident (“Green Card”) after USCIS quickly approved her I-130 immigrant petition and I-485 application to Adjust to Permanent Resident Status.	VIEW »
I90, Application for Replacement Permanent Resident Card	07/26/2010	09/16/2010	USCIS	We successfully assisted our client a Lawful Permanent Resident who was in Removal proceedings before the Immigration Court in Replacing his Lawful Permanent Resident Card (“Green Card’). The application was approved in less than 2 months.	VIEW »
I-485, Adjustment of Status Application for Permanent Resident Status	01/25/2010	09/09/2010	USCIS	Client who fell out of status from his Non-Immigrant Visa successfully adjusted status to that of a Lawful Permanent Resident based upon a previously approved I-130 Immigrant Petition.	VIEW »
Case Type – I-765, Work Permit	07/06/2010	09/07/2010	USCIS	Work Permit based on pending I-485 application approved in 2 months.	VIEW »
Motion to Change Venue from Imperial Immigration Court to Los Angeles Immigration Court	08/27/2010	09/03/2010	Imperial Immigration Court	Client was detained by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection near the San Ysidro Port of Entry. He was detained and placed in removal proceedings in the El Centro Immigration Court. We successfully assisted the Client in his release on bond. Upon his release his case was transferred to the Imperial Immigration Court which handles El Centro’s non-detained cases. We were able to successfully transfer the case to the Los Angeles Immigration Court near the Client’s place of residence and employment.	VIEW »
I-130, Immigration Petition for Relative	01/04/2010	08/26/2010	USCIS	Client who was in removal proceedings married a U.S. Citizen. We assisted the couple in successfully filing an I-130 immediate relative immigrant petition. Because the couple married while the Client was in removal proceedings, Client was required to submit a Bona Fide Marriage Exemption waiver and to go through a very stringent interview. Despite these obstacles the Client’s case was quickly approved.	VIEW »
I-918, Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status as the Victim of a Severe Crime	03/19/2009	07/14/2010	USCIS	The Client was the victim of severe crimes including immigration fraud by someone posing to be an immigration attorney, blackmail, extortion, peonage and threats of violence. After he assisted law enforcement officials in the arrest and prosecution of the criminals responsible for the crimes, our firm helped the Client successfully apply for U Nonimmigrant Status so that he could remain in the U.S. After many years in the U.S. without any status, the Client was finally able to obtain lawful immigration status and a work permit.	VIEW »
Motion to Terminate Removal Proceedings	06/22/2010	06/22/2010	Los Angeles Immigration Court	On 08/27/2009 Client was placed in removal proceedings for overstaying an F-1 Student Visa. Subsequently Client was married to a U.S. Citizen. On June 22, 2010 our firm filed a motion to terminate the removal proceedings and on the same date the motion was granted by the court to terminate the removal proceedings to give the Client the ability to adjust his status to that of a Permanent Resident before USCIS.	VIEW »
I-90, Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card	03/13/2010	06/22/2010	USCIS	Client’s Permanent Resident Card had expired. After affirmatively submitting a 212(c) waiver to USCIS to have his criminal record waived the Client was able to successfully renew his Permanent Resident Card.	VIEW »
I-914, Application for Status as Victim of Trafficking I-192, Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility for Non-Immigrant I-765, Work Permit	09/16/2009 09/16/2009 09/16/2009	06/01/2010 06/01/2010 05/28/2010	USCIS	The Client is a citizen of Mexico who had twice been deported from the United States and had falsely claimed United States citizenship. He is married to a United States citizen and has two United-States-citizen children, but because of his past immigration violations, he was found ineligible by USCIS in 2002 to obtain his Green Card based on his marriage to a United States citizen. After returning to Mexico following the denial of his Green Card application, the Client was accosted by several individuals who attacked him and who brought him back into the United States against his will to work at a sweatshop clothing factory hidden within a warehouse in Southern California. The Client escaped from the individuals and hid for almost seven years with his family in California fearing that his captors would locate him. Our office accompanied the Client to report the incident to the local police department in support of the Client's application to USCIS for legal status within the United States as a victim of a severe form of human trafficking. The Client also was required to obtain a waiver of his past immigration violations so that he could be granted legal status and work authorization. After obtaining documentation from the local police department showing that the Client had reported the incident and had been cooperative in the investigation, our office requested that USCIS issue an expedited decision. Shortly thereafter, USCIS granted the Client legal status, waived his prior immigration violations, and issued him a work permit.	VIEW »
I-918, Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status as the Victim of a Severe Crime I-192, Application for Permission to Enter as Nonimmigrant	01/21/2010	05/06/2010	USCIS	The Client was the victim of severe domestic violence. After she assisted law enforcement officials in the arrest and prosecution of her abuser, our firm helped the Client apply for U Nonimmigrant Status so that she could remain in the U.S. with her children. After many years in the U.S. without any status, the Client was finally able to obtain lawful immigration status, a work permit, and a waiver for her prior immigration violations. The case was approved in less than four months.	VIEW »
I-485 Adjustment of Status (“Green Card”)	02/16/2010	04/12/2010 to 04/15/2010	USCIS	After successfully obtaining asylum for this entire family at the Anaheim, California Asylum Office one year ago, our firm submitted their applications for Adjustment of Status to that of a U.S. Permanent Resident (for their “Green Cards”) and all four applications were approved in 2 months.	VIEW »
Annulment	07/22/2009	04/14/2010	Los Angeles County Superior Court	The Client, a Colombian man, was the victim of a fraud ring that filed false marriage petitions with USCIS. The Client only learned several years later that a marriage certificate showing that he married a woman he had never even met was filed with USCIS by the fraud ring. To confront this falsehood, the Client retained our firm, and we sought to have the marriage annulled on his behalf based on his being the victim of the fraud. Following a required hearing, the Court agreed that the Client was a victim of fraud and granted the annulment.	VIEW »
I-129 Petition for change of status to E-2 Investor	02/16/2010	04/12/2010	USCIS	Client who was in H1-B status started a small start-up entertainment company. His I-129 petition for change of status to E-2 Investor was approved in under 2 months.	VIEW »
I-360 Petition, Self-Petitioning Spouse of Abusive U.S. citizen	05/07/2009	04/05/2010	USCIS	Client was the victim of extreme mental cruelty and battered by his U.S. citizen wife. We assisted him in submitting his self-petition pursuant to the Violence Against Women Act (“VAWA”) and the case was approved within the normal processing times.	VIEW »
Removal (Deportation) Proceedings – Form I-589, Application for Withholding From Removal	11/03/2009	04/05/2010	Lancaster Immigration Court	In 2008, the Client, a Pakistani citizen with a Green Card, was convicted in the United States for two felonies: grand theft and identity theft for which he received a prison sentence of 365 days. After serving his criminal sentence, the Client was immediately transferred to the custody of the Department of Homeland Security and placed in removal proceedings. The Immigration Judge found the Client removable for having an aggravated felony, making him ineligible for several forms of relief including asylum and cancellation of removal. Our office was retained to represent the Client before the Immigration Court. We decided that the best option for the Client was to pursue withholding of removal given the terrible conditions in Pakistan. Withholding of removal is similar to asylum but is much more difficult to obtain because more evidence is required for it to be approved. We met with the Client who was in detention and with his family members on several occasions to let them understand what was required for the Client to receive withholding of removal. The Department of Homeland Security placed great effort in the case and worked very hard to have the Client's application for withholding of removal dismissed by the Immigration Judge. Nevertheless, the Immigration Judge, despite finding the Client removable for an aggravated felony conviction, granted the Client withholding of removal so that the Client may stay with his family in the United States rather than being deported to Pakistan.	VIEW »
I-485 Adjustment of Status (“Green Card”)	10/15/2009	03/26/2010	USCIS	Adjustment of status based on marriage to a U.S. citizen after entry on a visa waiver.	VIEW »
Motion to Reopen Removal Proceedings	01/27/2010	03/24/2010	Los Angeles Immigration Court	The Client was a Lawful Permanent Resident of the United States from Iran who was placed in removal proceedings without her knowledge in March 2001. Because Immigration authorities mailed the hearing notice to the wrong address despite the Client's having correctly updated her address, she never received the hearing notice. The Immigration Court ordered the Client removed in May 2001 because she did not appear for her hearing. The order of removal was also mailed to her old address. The Client continued to travel internationally and returned multiple times to the United States even after the order of removal. Therefore, she was never made aware that she had an order of removal pending against her. In early 2010, the Client obtained some of her administrative records and discovered that she was indeed ordered removed in May 2001. She retained our firm, and our firm was successful in having her case before the Immigration Court reopened despite the Government's opposition. The reopening of her case restores her to Lawful Permanent Resident status and gives her the opportunity to have her case heard before the Immigration Court.	VIEW »
Motion to Reopen Removal Proceedings	02/23/2010	03/12/2010	Los Angeles Immigration Court	The Client came to the United States from Guatemala in approximately 1983. After being convicted of two controlled-substances crimes, he applied for asylum in approximately 1996 and was referred to the Immigration Court. Following the passing of his child, the Client was misadvised that he did not need to appear for one of his hearings before the Immigration Court. Because he did not appear for his hearing, the Client was ordered removed by the Immigration Court in August 2001. His attorney filed a motion to reopen with the Immigration Court, but that motion was denied. After staying in the United States for more than an additional eight years, the Client was apprehended by Immigration authorities and was detained in Lancaster, California in January 2010. The Client's family retained an attorney who filed a second motion to reopen with the Immigration Court, but that motion was also denied in February 2010. With his deportation imminent and his family in despair, the Client and his family retained our firm. Our firm filed a third motion to reopen with the Immigration Court. In the motion, our firm described in detail and with great clarity the prior errors made in the Client's case and how the Client deserves another chance to have his case heard by the Immigration Court. The Immigration Court agreed and over the Government's opposition granted the motion less than three weeks after it was filed. With his case reopened, the Client has a fresh opportunity to pursue his claims for relief before the Immigration Court.	VIEW »
Petition for Writ of Error Coram Nobis to Withdraw Guilty Plea & Vacate Conviction	02/25/2010	03/11/2010	Los Angeles County Superior Court	In 1994 to settle the criminal charges against him, the Client, a Lawful Permanent Resident, pled guilty to violating California Penal code section 487(c) (grand theft. Client did not understand English well.. Despite this fact his Criminal Defense Attorney had the Client plead guilty without an interpreter present. For this reason the Client did not understand the consequences of his guilty plea and resulting conviction. What the Client did not realize, was that the conviction had devastating immigration consequences. Unaware of these immigration consequences, Client on his own filed to renew his Permanent Resident Status (“Green Card”). USCIS requested client to provide all of his criminal records. Because of the conviction, the Client was removable (deportable) from the United States and inadmissible from returning to the United States. Upon learning of this, the Client immediately retained Our Firm to represent him. Leon Hazany filed a Petition for Writ of Error Coram Nobis with the Criminal Court to Withdraw the Client’s 1994 guilty plea and to Vacate the conviction. On 03/11/2010 the Court granted the Writ. The Client was permitted to withdraw his guilty plea and his Conviction was vacated. The Court then dismissed all charges against the Client not only making the Client no longer removable or inadmissible, but the Client was also eligible to become a U.S. citizen.	VIEW »
I129F, Petition for Fiancé(e)	01/08/2009	03/11/2009	USCIS	We assisted our Client a U.S. citizen in successfully petitioning for his fiancée so that she can apply for a fiancée visa at the U.S. Embassy in her home country.	VIEW »
I-485 Adjustment of Status (“Green Card”)	11/02/2009	03/04/2010	USCIS	Adjustment of status based on marriage to a U.S. citizen after entry on a fiancé visa.	VIEW »
N-400 Application for Naturalization for U.S. Citizenship	10/28/2009	03/01/2010	USCIS	Client’s application for naturalization for U.S. Citizenship was approved after he successfully established good moral character at his naturalization interview which Client attended with attorney Leon Hazany. Client was able to accomplish this despite a prior conviction for violating California penal code section 496(a) for receiving stolen property.	VIEW »
Motion to Reopen Removal Proceedings	12/08/2009	02/08/2010	Los Angeles Immigration Court	In 2004, while in removal proceedings before the Los Angeles Immigration Court for having been convicted for drug possession, the Client, a Lawful Permanent Resident, departed the United States to be with his dying father in Iran. Without informing the Client, the Client’s attorney at the time withdrew his representation of him before the Immigration Court. Because the Client did not appear at his next hearing in Los Angeles, California as a result of his being in Iran, the Immigration Judge ordered the Client removed in 2005, but the Client never received any notice of such an order. In October 2009, the Client fled Iran because of his participation in protesting the June 2009 election of the incumbent president. Upon his arrival in the United States, he was taken into custody and detained in San Diego, California by I.C.E. The Client’s family retained our firm. We quickly and successfully moved to have his drug-possession conviction expunged and subsequently moved the Los Angeles Immigration Court to reopen the Client’s removal proceedings based on the expungement, the threat to the Client’s life and safety were he returned to Iran, and the Client’s lack of knowledge that he was required to attend his removal hearing. The Immigration Judge granted the motion to reopen, and the Client has been returned to the status of a Lawful Permanent Resident.	VIEW »
I-140 Immigrant Petition J-1 Waiver I-129 H-1B	10/20/2009 09/24/2009 12/16/2010	01/29/2010 02/05/2010 02/23/2010	USCIS USCIS USCIS	In September 2009, the Client retained our law firm to help her with a number of immigration issues. First, she was subject to the two-year home-residency requirement that would not permit her to change from her then J-1 status to any other status within the United States. Second, although her employer had an approved Labor Certification Application, her employer’s tax returns did not show that the company generated enough revenue to pay her the required wage. Finally, her J-1 status was expiring very soon, and she did not want to leave the United States. Our office quickly filed with the Client’s home country’s embassy a request for a no-objection certificate regarding the two-year home-residency requirement. We then requested a recommendation for the waiver of the home-residency requirement from the U.S. Department of State. Shortly thereafter, our office filed an I-140 immigrant petition for the Client arguing that, despite the Client’s employer’s revenues being low, the Client’s employer’s assets proved that the employer could pay the required wage. USCIS agreed with the argument and granted the I-140 immigrant petition on January 29, 2010 so that the Client could obtain her Green Card when her priority date becomes current. Finally, and prior to approval of the J-1 waiver, our office filed an H-1B change-of-status petition for the Client. Because the J-1 waiver was required to have been approved before USCIS could approve the H-1B petition, our office requested expedited treatment of the waiver-recommendation application pending with the Department of State. Following issuance of the no-objection certificate by the Client’s home country’s embassy, the Department of State granted our expedite request and recommended USCIS to grant the waiver, which USCIS did on 02/05/2010. Following notification to USCIS of the approval of the waiver, our office received approval of the Client’s H-1B petition. Therefore, in a span of less than six months, our office was able to secure the Client’s ability to reside legally in the United States both in the short-term and the long-term.	VIEW »
I-191 Application for Waiver of Criminal Ground for Removability	10/30/2009	02/05/2010	USCIS	In 1991, the Client, Lawful Permanent Resident of the United States, pleaded guilty to robbery, assaulted robbery, and assault with a deadly weapon, making him deportable from the United States. The Client subsequently married a United States citizen, had a family, progressed in his career, and purchased a house. The Client came to our office and retained our firm after learning that he would not be able to naturalize as a United States citizen, leave and return to the United States, or even renew his Green Card. Because the crimes were committed in 1991, the Client was eligible for a waiver of his deportability available only to individuals whose criminal convictions took place prior to April 1, 1997. Once retained, our office acted quickly in preparing a waiver package to be filed with USCIS. Our office filed the waiver application and supporting documents on 10/30/2009. Because the waiver package was prepared and presented in an extremely persuasive manner, USCIS approved the waiver without even requesting an interview.	VIEW »
Petition for Writ of Error Coram Nobis to Withdraw Guilty Plea & Vacate Conviction	10/10/09	01/07/10	Orange County Superior Court	In 2005 to settle the criminal charges against him, the Client, a Lawful Permanent Resident, pled guilty to violating California Penal code section 273(d)A (corporal injury on child). Client did not understand English well.. Despite this fact his Criminal Defense Attorney had the Client plead guilty without an interpreter present. For this reason the Client did not understand the consequences of his guilty plea and resulting conviction. What the Client did not realize, was that the conviction had devastating immigration consequences. Unaware of these immigration consequences, Client through his former immigration attorney filed for an application for naturalization to become a U.S. citizen. Because of the conviction, the Client’s naturalization Application was denied by U.S.C.I.S. and a Notice to Appear in Immigration Court charging him with being deportable from the U.S. was issued. Upon learning of this, the Client immediately retained Our Firm to represent him. Leon Hazany filed a Petition for Writ of Error Coram Nobis with the Criminal Court to Withdraw the Client’s 2005 guilty plea and to Vacate the conviction. On 01/07/2010 the Court granted the Writ. The Client was permitted to withdraw his guilty plea and his Conviction was vacated. The Client pled guilty instead to a misdemeanor conviction that would not make him deportable and made him eligible for U.S. Citizenship.	VIEW »
I-765 Work Permit	11/24/2009	12/30/2009	USCIS	Work Permit application filed based on pending Adjustment of Status application.	VIEW »
Dissolution	11/17/2009	12/30/2009	Orange County Superior Court	The Client, a Canadian citizen, had married a U.S. citizen, but because of complications in the marriage, he retained our firm to assist him in obtaining a divorce from his wife. In a little more than a month after the Client retained our firm, our firm was successful in filing for divorce on behalf of the Client and in obtaining the divorce decree from the Court.	VIEW »
Cancellation of Removal Pursuant to the Violence Against Women Act INA section 240A(b)(2)	09/14/09	12/28/09	Las Vegas Immigration Court	Client legally entered the US, but overstayed his visa. He married a US citizen and applied to adjust his status to that of a permanent resident (“Green Card”). When he appeared for his Green Card interview he was wrongfully accused of marriage fraud and arrested by I.C.E. His Green Card application was denied. ICE Placed him in removal proceedings before the Immigration Court on 10/13/2004. In September 2009, the client retained our Law Firm to represent him. We filed his Cancellation of Removal Application with the Immigration Court on 09/14/2009. On 12/28/2009 after his court hearing his application was granted.	VIEW »
I-765 Work Permit	11/02/09	12/22/09	USCIS	Work Permit application filed based on pending Adjustment of Status application.	VIEW »
E-2 Visa, Treaty Investor	07/06/2009	12/17/2009	U.S. Consulate, Vancouver	Our Client a Canadian citizen founded a small start-up entertainment company in the U.S. We successfully assisted the client in applying for and receiving an E-2 Treaty Investor Visa at the U.S. Consulate in Vancouver.	VIEW »
I-131 Advance Parole (“Travel Document”)	11/02/09	12/15/09	USCIS	Advance Parole application filed based on pending Adjustment of Status application.	VIEW »
I-485 Adjustment of Status (“Green Card”)	08/03/09	11/23/09	USCIS	Adjustment of Status based on marriage to US citizen.	VIEW »
Motion To Reopen Removal Proceedings.	09/22/09	11/18/09	Los Angeles Immigration Court	In 2004 the Client a Lawful Permanent Resident was found to be inadmissible to the U.S. for alien smuggling and the Los Angeles Immigration Court ordered that he be removed. Client was unaware of the removal order against him until 2009 when after returning from a brief trip to Korea he was arrested at the airport in Chicago by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. He was expeditiously removed to Korea. Shortly after this incident, the Client retained our firm. We Immediately filed a Motion to Reopen his case and to set aside the 2004 removal order against him. Despite strong opposition by the Department of Homeland Security, our Motion to Reopen was granted on 11/18/2009.	VIEW »
I-765 Work Permit	10/01/2009	10/29/2009	USCIS	Work Permit application filed based on pending Cancellation of Removal application in Immigration Court.	VIEW »
T.R.O. Temporary Restraining Order to prevent arrest & detention by immigration, to prevent unlawful denial of “Green Card” application, and to prevent removal proceedings	10/21/09	10/21/09	United States District Court	Client through our Law Firm sued the Department of Homeland Security in the Federal Court and filed an Application with the Judge for a Temporary Restraining Order to prevent USCIS and/or I.C.E. from arresting and detaining him, prevent them from initiating removal proceedings against him, and prevent them from unfairly denying his application for Permanent Resident Status (“Green Card’). The United States District Court Judge granted the application. For the Temporary Restraining Order, by Court Order the Judge Restrained the government from taking any such negative actions against our client until further order of the Court.	VIEW »
I-765 Work Permit	08/03/09	10/07/09	USCIS	Work Permit filed based on pending Adjustment of Status application.	VIEW »
I-765 Work Permit	06/25/2009	08/24/2009	USCIS	Work Permit application filed based on pending Adjustment of Status application.	VIEW »
I-360 Petition, Self-Petitioning Spouse of Abusive U.S. citizen	04/14/2007	08/19/2009	USCIS	The Client was the victim of extreme mental cruelty and battered by his U.S. citizen wife. He had filed his self-petition in April 2007 but his case was delayed possibly because of his Arab descent. After waiting for more than two years, he retained our firm to assist him in having the case processed by USCIS. After our firm contacted USCIS and responded to a lengthy Request for Evidence, the case was approved within approximately three months after the Client retained our firm.	VIEW »
I-131 Advance Parole ("Travel Document")	06/25/2009	08/18/2009	USCIS	Advance Parole application filed based on pending Adjustment of Status application.	VIEW »
Motion to Vacate Conviction & to Withdraw Guilty Plea	06/23/09	07/14/09	L.A. Superior Court	Client was convicted on August 18, 1999 for allegedly violating California Health & Safety Code section 11359 (possession of marijuana for sale). At the time of his guilty plea the Client was unaware that the conviction was an aggravated felony which made his inadmissible to the U.S., deportable from the U.S. and ineligible of ever become a U.S. Permanent Resident or U.S. citizen. Client retained our firm to vacate the conviction & withdraw his guilty plea. Our motion to vacate was granted on 07/14/2009. This made the client eligible to become a U.S. Permanent Resident and the immigration consequences of his conviction were eliminated.	VIEW »
I-129 H1-B	04/24/09	05/18/09	USCIS	Petition for Non-Immigrant Worker (H1-B)	VIEW »
I-485 Adjustment of Status (“Green Card”)	02/18/09	05/12/09	USCIS	Adjustment of Status Application based on Asylum.	VIEW »
N-400 Application for Naturalization for U.S. Citizenship	06/02/2009	09/04/2009	USCIS	Client’s application for naturalization for U.S. Citizenship was approved after he successfully established good moral character at his naturalization interview which Client attended with attorney Leon Hazany. Client was able to accomplish this despite eight prior convictions for violating various California vehicle code sections for driving under the influence. Client had previously applied to become a U.S. citizen on his own, but the application was denied for lack of good moral character. With the assistance of our firm the Client was able to overcome this and establish that he had been rehabilitated and had turned his life around.	VIEW »