Asylum for Survivors of Domestic Violence
N/AOUTCOME: Granted
Ms. Wilkes has successfully obtained asylum for survivors of domestic violence & child abuse who have fled their countries to escape physical, psychological, and sexual abuse.
Christina A Wilkes's Legal Cases (8)
Takoma Park, MD
Immigration Lawyer at Takoma Park, MD
Practice Areas: Immigration, Guardianship
Special Immigrant Juvenile Status
N/AOUTCOME: Granted
Ms. Wilkes is one of the foremost immigration practitioners for children's issues in the DC area. She has successfully obtained Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) for over one hundred children. ... Her clients, children who have been abused, neglected, or abandoned by one or both parents, are able to adjust their status from undocumented to Lawful Permanent Residents (LPRs).
Crime Victim Visas
N/AOUTCOME: Granted
Christina has successfully obtained U Non-immigrant Visas for adult and children clients who have been the victim of crimes ranging from rape & sexual assault to kidnapping and hostage taking to feloni ... ous assault and domestic violence. Christina has subsequently assisted these individuals and their family members to obtain Lawful Permanent Resident status, ie. their "green cards."
Asylum for Victims of Gang Persecution
N/AOUTCOME: Granted
Christina has successfully represented adults and children in obtaining asylum who have been targeted by the MS-13 and Mara 18 gangs because of their family ties, because of their religion, and because ... of their cooperation in criminal investigations and prosecutions against gang members.
T Visa for Survivors of Human Trafficking
N/AOUTCOME: Granted
Christina has represented dozens of survivors of both sex trafficking and labor trafficking in obtaining T Non-Immigrant Visas and later Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) status. Christina's clients hav ... e hailed from all over the globe and have labored in a wide variety of fields, including agriculture, manufacturing, the restaurant industry, performing arts, domestic service and child care, and the sex industry, to name a few.
Naturalization
N/AOUTCOME: Granted
Christina has represented dozens of Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) clients in becoming United States citizens, including individuals who have prior criminal convictions and extensive foreign travel. ... Christina also recently won an appeal where USCIS denied a client's Naturalization Application for alleged fraud.
Family Petitions
N/AOUTCOME: Granted
Christina has represented countless US citizen and Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) clients in filing I-130 Relative Petitions for their spouses, children, parents and siblings. Christina has a wealth ... of experience in documenting and establishing the bona fides of marriages and of parent-child relationships where a child was born out of wedlock to a Petitioning father.
Adjustment of Status
N/AOUTCOME: Granted
Christina has represented hundreds of clients in obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident status before USCIS and the Immigration Courts based on approved Relative Petitions, Employment Petitions, VAWA Peti ... tions, and numerous other humanitarian grounds. Christina's past clients have included individuals with criminal convictions, past Immigration violations, and other possible bars to status.
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