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Preserving family unity is a fundamental purpose of U.S. immigration law, but many families face significant challenges on the road to joyful unification. Benach Collopy attorneys have extensive experience navigating the complex process of uniting family members in the U.S. Like many other areas of immigration law, the preparation of family-based petitions depends upon our ability to tell your story.

America’s story begins with refugees fleeing religious oppression in England. Since the seventeenth century, this country has welcomed and sheltered those fleeing violence, repression, and a lack of freedom in their homelands.

United States citizenship is the culmination of an immigrant’s integration into American life. U.S. citizens can vote, hold certain public offices, petition for foreign relatives, and remain outside the U.S. for lengthy periods of time without fear of abandoning their residence.

Benach Collopy attorneys have experience in all types of employment-based visas, assisting individuals, corporations, and non-profits navigate the alphabet soup of temporary visas and obtain permanent residence in the U.S. for themselves or talented employees.

U.S. immigration laws provide special and expedited pathways to permanent residence for people who can show that they have reached the very top of their fields. Benach Collopy’s DC lawyers have helped hundreds of extraordinary immigrants obtain temporary visas, known as O-1 visas, and permanent residence in the employment based first preference (EB-1).

Benach Collopy is a national leader in immigration litigation in the federal courts. Benach Collopy attorneys have litigated complex matters in the U.S. Courts of Appeals and U.S. District Courts throughout the United States.

Many immigrants who have been victims of crime, domestic violence, or human trafficking do not report these crimes to law enforcement authorities out of fear that interaction with law enforcement will jeopardize their ability to remain in the United States.

Our family immigration lawyers have helped many children in the United States without status obtain residency through the Special Immigration Juvenile Status (SIJS) process.

The letter in the mail looks bad. You may not understand everything it says but you know it is not good. You know what it means- the U.S. government is seeking your deportation from the United States. What’s more is that there is a date for you to appear somewhere. You don’t know what happens on the date. Is that the day that the government will deport you? Do you get to talk to a judge? Do you need a lawyer?

If an immigration agency has told you that you are ineligible to get lawful immigration status or that you are deportable from the United States, our DC immigration attorneys may be able to help you apply for a waiver of inadmissibility or deportability. Waiver applications are very complicated and require a lot of evidence, but our experienced immigration lawyers at Benach Collopy can help you at every step of the way.

While everyone knows that they should hire a criminal attorney to navigate the criminal justice system, it is important for immigrants to obtain immigration counsel to ensure that any outcome provides the immigrant with the opportunity to fight to remain in the U.S.

U.S. Department of State consular officers posted at U.S. Embassies and visa-processing Consulates around the world adjudicate both nonimmigrant and immigrant visas filed on behalf of foreign nationals. These visas include both family-based and employment based immigrants.