Joy Alegria Haynes's Legal Cases (2)

Immigration

Green Cards for Bi-National LGBT Married Couples

Sep 11, 2014

OUTCOME: Families are united!

Joy advises bi-national LGBT couples and has a successful track record securing marriage-based permanent residency when one or both spouses are transgender. With the downfall of DOMA, she now regularly ... files adjustment applications on behalf of married same-sex couples. As of September 2014, she has enabled more than 30 LGBT couples remain together in the United States through the grant of permanent residency to the foreign national.

Immigration

Expired H-1B - Righting a Terrible Wrong

Mar 22, 2013

OUTCOME: Extension Granted!

A teacher holding H-1B status contacted Joy after the teacher's extension request took an unreasonable amount of time and she was unable to get any "straight answers" from her then-current attorney. Jo ... y was able to learn that the petitioner had received a request for evidence (RFE) stating that the petition had, in fact, been filed four months late — after the teacher's status had expired. Joy took over the case and prepared a response that extensively detailed the timeline and history of events, demonstrating negligence on behalf of the previous attorney. USCIS granted the extension request "nunc pro tunc," backdating the approval notice and I-94, allowing the innocent teacher to maintain her spotless immigration history.

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