Portland, OR
Immigration Lawyer at Portland, OR
Practice Areas: Immigration
OUTCOME: Set legal precedent, won case
addressing an issue of first impression, the court held that an alien whose citizen spouse died while her husband's petition for her was pending remained a spouse and an immediate relative, following F ... reeman v. Gonzales, 444 F.3d 1031 (9th Cir. 2006))
OUTCOME: Certified Class Action, Won Case
(Certified a Ninth Circuit class, and held that a K-1 fiancee was an immediate relative despite the death of her spouse, and further held that an I-864 substitute sponsor was not required to recognize ... the validity of the I-130 petition in the case of death of a spouse)
OUTCOME: Won case
(holding K-1 spouse whose citizen spouse died while her adjustment of status application was pending remained eligible for permanent residence despite the death)
OUTCOME: Set legal precedent, won case
(addressing two issues of first impression, the court first held that an alien who applied for adjustment of status while in the United States under the visa waiver program (VWP) was not bound by the V ... WP no-contest proviso waiving the right to contest removal action, and further held that an alien whose citizen spouse died while her husband's petition for her was pending remained an immediate relative, despite being widowed after less than two years of marriage; reported in Interpreter Releases, 83 IR 876, Vol. 83, No. 19, May 8, 2006)
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