Susan Rachel Torres's Legal Cases (2)

Immigration

CASE REOPENED AND ADJUSTMENT GRANTED BEFORE IMMIGRATION COURT

Apr 19, 2016

OUTCOME: ADJUSTMENT GRANTED

CLIENT IS A PERUVIAN NATIONAL WITH 4 USC SIBLINGS, AND LITTLE TIES TO PERU. HE HAD BEEN IN PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE IMMIGRATION COURT SINCE 2012 - BUT HAD BEEN ISSUES PROVING ELIGIBILITY TO ADJUST STATU ... S BASED ON PETITION FILED BY SISTER (DUE TO CRIMINAL CHARGES) THEN, AFTER MOVING TO HIS SISTER'S HOME, HE FAILED TO RECEIVE A DEFECTIVE NOTICE OF HEARING - AND DESPITE COMPLYING COMPLETING ALL NEEDED CHANGE OF ADDRESS FORMS WITH THE COURT - HE WAS ORDERED REMOVED IN ABSENTIA. UPON REVIEW OF HIS RECORD, I WAS ABLE TO HAVE HIS CASE REOPENED AND AVOID CLIENT'S REMOVAL FROM THE UNITED STATES. I THEN, PRESENTED THE COURT WITH THE REASONS AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION THAT EVIDENCED THE FACT THAT CLIENT'S CRIMINAL CHARGES DID NOT MAKE HIM INELIGIBLE TO ADJUST STATUS (INCLUDING, POSSESSION OF AN UNDISCLOSED CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND SEVERAL DUI's). ULTIMATELY THE JUDGE AGREED AND GRANTED CLIENT'S ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.

Immigration

ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS W/ 212H WAIVER

Apr 14, 2016

OUTCOME: GRANTED

CLIENT WAS 26 YEAR-OLD BOSNIAN NATIONAL - WHO HAD BEEN IN AND OUT OF CRIMINAL CUSTODY FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS. AND WHO HAD SUFFERED OF ISSUES WITH DRUG ADDICTION IN THE PAST. CLIENT INITIALLY ENT ... ERED THE U.S. AS A YOUNG CHILD WITH HIS FAMILY. AT THAT TIME, HE WAS GRANTED ASYLUM, AND SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME A LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT. HE HAS NO FAMILY TIES IN BOSNIA. BACK IN 2013, WHILE AT THE KROME DETENTION CENTER - CLIENT WAS GRANTED CANCELLATION FOR LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENTS - (THIS IS A ONE-TIME FORM OF RELIEF). UNFORTUNATELY, WITHIN THREE MONTHS OF HAVING BEEN GRANTED RELIEF -- CLIENT HAD ALREADY COMMITTED NEW CRIMES, INCLUDING SEVERAL COUNTS OF THEFT, AND FRAUD. AFTER HAVING BEEN ADMINISTRATIVELY REMOVED BY AN IMMIGRATION JUDGE WHILE IN PRISON (SERVING THREE YEAR SENTENCE) - HIS USC SPOUSE MIRACULOUSLY SUCCEEDED IN HAVING CASE HIS CASE REOPENED AND AN I-130 APPLICATION WAS FILED ON HIS BEHALF. THIS ALLOWED HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO FILE A WAIVER BASED ON HARDSHIP TO HIS FAMILY. AND, AFTER OVER 8 MONTHS IN IMMIGRATION CUSTODY AND A LONG PERIOD OF DELIBERATION (BY THE SAME JUDGE THAT PRESIDED OVER HIS CASE IN 2013) - THE JUDGE AGREED TO GIVE HIM YET ANOTHER CHANCE - AND GRANTED HIS WAIVER AND ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS APPLICATION.

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