Attorney Daniel J Conidi's Legal Cases

Immigration

Matter of R

Aug 18, 2022

OUTCOME: U Visa was approved and action on the matter was deferred until visa was available.

I-918 Crime-Victim Petition and I-192 Nonimmigrant Waiver - Petitions The Client, a citizen of Canada, was previously the victim of a crime based on domestic violence she suffered by an immediate-fam ... ily member and subsequently departed and reentered the U.S. With my assistance, she sought U nonimmigrant status based on her victimization and helpfulness in both the investigation of the relevant crime and the prosecution of the perpetrator. I was also successful in having adjudication of the Client's case expedited based on her medical conditions. Because the cap for U nonimmigrant status had been reached for the fiscal year, the Client was issued a letter stating that her case is approvable and will be approved at the beginning of a future fiscal year but that in the meanwhile she has been granted deferred action and consequently may apply for a work permit.

Immigration

Matter of K

Feb 04, 2020

OUTCOME: Client's Removal Proceeding was Terminated

Motion to Terminate Removal Proceedings - Appeals The Client, a citizen of South Korea but a then-recent Green-Card recipient, was arrested, detained, and sought to be removed by ICE for a convictio ... n that occurred prior to the Client's being granted the Green Card by USCIS, which was aware of the conviction at the time it issued the Green Card. Nevertheless, because the Immigration Judge concluded that the conviction does not render the Client deportable, the Client's removal proceedings were terminated.

Immigration

Matter of S

Jan 14, 2020

OUTCOME: Client's Removal Proceeding was Terminated

Motion to Terminate Removal Proceedings - Deportation The Client, a citizen of Mexico, had been involuntarily removed (deported) from the U.S. in 2016 based on the perception that he was not eligibl ... e for a waiver for his crime-related grounds for inadmissibility. The Client's family then turned to the Firm's attorneys who were able to show that the Client was legally eligible for the waiver and consequently had the removal order thrown out so that the Client could return to the U.S. and be reissued his original Green-Card status more than three years after his removal. In the reopened removal proceedings, the Firm's attorneys convinced ICE that the Client's first alleged conviction could not be proven to be for a crime involving moral turpitude, leading to a successful joint motion to terminate the Client's removal proceedings.

Immigration

Matter of P

Dec 09, 2019

OUTCOME: Client's Removal Proceeding was Terminated

Motion to Dismiss Removal Proceedings - Deportation The Client, a citizen of India, had been placed in removal (deportation) proceedings before the U.S. Immigration Court in Chicago, Illinois becaus ... e of the denial of her Green-Card application. Thereafter, she sought my assistance. I determined that the Client had been a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons relating to her denied Green-Card application because of the threats and coercion directed toward her by the immigration consultant who had been handling her case. After obtaining T nonimmigrant status for the Client, I worked with ICE, which filed in the Client's removal proceedings a motion to dismiss that was granted by the Immigration Judge.

Immigration

Matter of L

Sep 18, 2019

OUTCOME: Parole Approved

Humanitarian Parole The Client, a U.S. citizen, had a special-needs adult younger brother residing in the Philippines and sought my assistance to have him come to the U.S. Knowing that the Client's b ... rother would be unlikely to receive a nonimmigrant visitor visa and that an immigrant petition would take a decade or so before the Client's brother could benefit from it, I applied for humanitarian parole for the Client's brother. Humanitarian parole permits an individual lawfully to enter the U.S. despite not having a visa if it is for an urgent humanitarian reason, such as necessary medical care, or a matter of the public interest. It can be granted for up to a year and can be renewed before its expiration while the beneficiary is still in the U.S. After the Client's brother was granted humanitarian parole, he was permitted to enter the U.S. to receive the medical care he required but could not receive in the Philippines.

Daniel J Conidi's Legal Cases (5)

Matter of R

Matter of K

Matter of S

Matter of P

Matter of L