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Question: Attorney Lerner, I understand that you are a deportation attorney. Can you describe what qualifications you have to represent clients in deportation proceedings?

Answer: Regarding Immigration Law, in 2000, I passed a rigorous examination and extensive experience requirements by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization. My firm handles all types of deportation cases from all over the United States. It is critical that you get an expert attorney to represent you for the deportation and removal cases, not just somebody who happens to be local. At the deportation or removal hearing, depending on the case, as a deportation lawyer, I can apply for many forms of relief to try to win the deportation case against the client. Some of these forms of relieve include political asylum, withholding of removal, and convention against torture, registry, adjustment of status, cancellation of removal, termination for deferred action, prosecutorial discretion, administrative closure among others.

Question: So what does a deportation attorney do at the actual hearings?

Answer: At the deportation hearing, a deportation attorney will be able to perform and guide the client through the entire through the process, the master calendar hearing, the contested hearings, and the individual hearings. Keep in mind that the master hearing is very important as it determines in many instances the direction of the case and should not be taken lightly. The contested hearings are very important as well as they will determine whether or not the charges against you will be sustained and whether the charge of removability will be issued. Finally, the individual hearing is critically important as this is the trial on the particular matter. There will be witnesses, testimony, evidence and other matters which will comprise of the entire trial. After the trial, the Immigration Judge will make a decision upon which you will either win or have to appeal. In any case, it is crucially important to have a qualified deportation attorney who is an expert and has years of experience as a deportation lawyer.

Question: How many years of experience as a deportation lawyer do you have?

Answer: As a deportation attorney, I have nearly 20 years of experience. With each case, I am better able to handle and help the client who is either in detention or fighting the case while not being detained.

Question: How can you take deportation cases all over the United States?

Answer: Because Immigration Law is Federal Law, an experienced deportation lawyer who is admitted as an attorney, can practice anywhere in the United States. As for deportation hearings in other States, I travel all over the United States to help clients. Many times, other than the Individual Hearings, the Immigration Judge will allow telephonic hearings. Since deportation and removal cases are very complicated, the client absolutely does wants an immigration attorney who is an expert deportation lawyer. There is too much at stake to hire somebody because they are local or simply charging a lot less money.

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Can I bring in an Orphan to the U.S.?

 

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Question: I want to petition an orphan. What must I do?

 

Answer: A USC can petition for an orphan under age 16. In order to be an orphan, both parents must have died, disappeared, or abandoned the child. If there is a sole or surviving parent, he or she must be incapable of providing for the child and irrevocably release the child for emigration or adoption. The child must be under 16 and unmarried at the time the petition is filed on his or her behalf to classify as an immediate relative. The petitioner must be a USC. Natural siblings of the orphan are also eligible to immigrate if adopted abroad while under 18 by the same adoptive parent.

 

Question: Where must I adopt the child and can I adopt the child in the U.S.?

 

Answer: That will depend on what country you want to bring in the child as to whether it is a part of the Hague Convention. It would be necessary to understand some parts of the Hague Convention to answer this. Here are some basic rules:

 

Only USCs—not LPRs—may adopt and immigrate children subject to the Hague rules; The Department of State coordinates with the equivalent “Central Authority” or designee in the child’s home country and this foreign entity is heavily involved in the process; Adoption cannot serve as the basis for the child’s immigration unless they follow certain prescribed steps and sequences; The USC parents are prohibited from contacting the birth parents unless they fall within narrow exceptions; The adopted child must be under 16 when the decree is finalized or the I-800 is filed; there is no exception for children between ages 16 and 18 whose siblings have been adopted while under 16; and the definition of “adoptable” child is broader than orphan and includes those children whose: (1) single birth parent has relinquished control; (2) two living birth parents are incapable of providing care and have released the child for adoption; or (3) unmarried birth father, who can qualify as a “sole parent,” releases the child for adoption after the birth mother has abandoned the child.

 

Question: What countries are Hague Convention Countries?

Answer: Hague Convention rules apply to children who are “habitual residents” of one of the approximately 80 countries that have signed on to the international treaty. Some of the countries that have not ratified the convention include Kazakhstan, Russia, Guatemala, Ethiopia, and South Korea. Some of the ones that have ratified it include China, India, Mexico, and the Philippines.

 

Question: What are the procedures for applying, assuming that the child comes from a Hague Country.

 

Answer: Assuming the Hague rules apply, the following steps must be adhered to in this precise order. First, the prospective adoptive parent(s) obtain(s) an approved home study from an accredited provider, licensed in the state of the adoptive parent(s), and authorized to conduct such studies. The adoptive parent(s) then file(s) Form I-800A, Application for Determination of Suitability to Adopt a Child from a Convention Country, with USCIS, along with the home study. USCIS may need to communicate with the designated adoption service provider.

 

After approval of the I-800A and home study, USCIS forwards these to the adoption service provider and the NVC, which in turn forwards to the Central Authority of the designated foreign country. That Central Authority then identifies a child and refers him or her to the prospective parent(s) along with a report on his or her medical and social background. If the family accepts the referral, they file Form I-800, Petition to Classify Convention Adoptee as an Immediate Relative, with USCIS. USCIS then provisionally approves the petition and forwards it to the appropriate U.S. Consulate.

 

The consular officer screens the child for admissibility and annotates the visa application with the child’s ability to immigrate following adoption. The officer also transmits the “Article Five Letter” to the Central Authority, which basically affirms that the adoptive parents may proceed with the adoption. The family then completes the adoption or guardianship process and submits the official decree to the consulate, which approves the I-800 and issues the immigrant visa (IH-3 or IH-4).

 

Beginning on September 25, 2008, USCIS expanded its direct mail program to include the forms I-800A and I-800. Applicants must now submit them to the USCIS Chicago Lockbox facility for initial processing using the following address: USCIS, P.O. Box 805695, Chicago, IL 60680-4118. These forms will then be forwarded to the National Benefits Center in Lee’s Summit, MO, which has assumed processing of these petitions.

How can I bring in an Orphan to the U.S.?

Question: I want to petition an orphan. What must I do?

 

Answer: A USC can petition for an orphan under age 16. In order to be an orphan, both parents must have died, disappeared, or abandoned the child. If there is a sole or surviving parent, he or she must be incapable of providing for the child and irrevocably release the child for emigration or adoption. The child must be under 16 and unmarried at the time the petition is filed on his or her behalf to classify as an immediate relative. The petitioner must be a USC. Natural siblings of the orphan are also eligible to immigrate if adopted abroad while under 18 by the same adoptive parent.

 

Question: Where must I adopt the child and can I adopt the child in the U.S.?

 

Answer: That will depend on what country you want to bring in the child as to whether it is a part of the Hague Convention. It would be necessary to understand some parts of the Hague Convention to answer this. Here are some basic rules:

 

Only USCs—not LPRs—may adopt and immigrate children subject to the Hague rules; The Department of State coordinates with the equivalent “Central Authority” or designee in the child’s home country and this foreign entity is heavily involved in the process; Adoption cannot serve as the basis for the child’s immigration unless they follow certain prescribed steps and sequences; The USC parents are prohibited from contacting the birth parents unless they fall within narrow exceptions; The adopted child must be under 16 when the decree is finalized or the I-800 is filed; there is no exception for children between ages 16 and 18 whose siblings have been adopted while under 16; and the definition of “adoptable” child is broader than orphan and includes those children whose: (1) single birth parent has relinquished control; (2) two living birth parents are incapable of providing care and have released the child for adoption; or (3) unmarried birth father, who can qualify as a “sole parent,” releases the child for adoption after the birth mother has abandoned the child.

 

Question: What countries are Hague Convention Countries?

Answer: Hague Convention rules apply to children who are “habitual residents” of one of the approximately 80 countries that have signed on to the international treaty. Some of the countries that have not ratified the convention include Kazakhstan, Russia, Guatemala, Ethiopia, and South Korea. Some of the ones that have ratified it include China, India, Mexico, and the Philippines.

 

Question: What are the procedures for applying, assuming that the child comes from a Hague Country.

 

Answer: Assuming the Hague rules apply, the following steps must be adhered to in this precise order. First, the prospective adoptive parent(s) obtain(s) an approved home study from an accredited provider, licensed in the state of the adoptive parent(s), and authorized to conduct such studies. The adoptive parent(s) then file(s) Form I-800A, Application for Determination of Suitability to Adopt a Child from a Convention Country, with USCIS, along with the home study. USCIS may need to communicate with the designated adoption service provider.

 

After approval of the I-800A and home study, USCIS forwards these to the adoption service provider and the NVC, which in turn forwards to the Central Authority of the designated foreign country. That Central Authority then identifies a child and refers him or her to the prospective parent(s) along with a report on his or her medical and social background. If the family accepts the referral, they file Form I-800, Petition to Classify Convention Adoptee as an Immediate Relative, with USCIS. USCIS then provisionally approves the petition and forwards it to the appropriate U.S. Consulate.

 

The consular officer screens the child for admissibility and annotates the visa application with the child’s ability to immigrate following adoption. The officer also transmits the “Article Five Letter” to the Central Authority, which basically affirms that the adoptive parents may proceed with the adoption. The family then completes the adoption or guardianship process and submits the official decree to the consulate, which approves the I-800 and issues the immigrant visa (IH-3 or IH-4).

 

Beginning on September 25, 2008, USCIS expanded its direct mail program to include the forms I-800A and I-800. Applicants must now submit them to the USCIS Chicago Lockbox facility for initial processing using the following address: USCIS, P.O. Box 805695, Chicago, IL 60680-4118. These forms will then be forwarded to the National Benefits Center in Lee’s Summit, MO, which has assumed processing of these petitions.

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Best Deportation Lawyer needed for Removal Proceedings

Question: I am in deportation proceedings and I have no idea what to do. Can you help me?

Answer: First, you want to make sure to hire the best deportation lawyer. There is a myriad of things that can go wrong. You have to remember that the Immigration Judge and the attorney representing the ‘other side’ are not there to help you. In fact, you are just a number to them. You must find a knowledgeable and reputable deportation attorney who you believe is the best deportation lawyer available for the job. Keep in mind that the difference between a win and a lose could very well fall on the tactics that the immigration lawyer does and the manner in which he or she does it.

Question: I would like to find the best deportation lawyer. However, I just do not know what to look for in that particular immigration attorney. Can you help?

Answer: First, you want to make sure that the best deportation lawyer is actually an attorney. Unfortunately, there are some very unscrupulous people out there that could try to come off as an attorney and only end up taking your money. You can find out if they are in fact an attorney, they will be listed on the website for the attorneys for that particular State. Next, make sure the best deportation lawyer actually specializes in Immigration Law. If you will do a small inquiry, you will note what kind of law the immigration attorney does. If this immigration attorney only does a few immigration cases and takes multiple other cases per year of other areas of law, then it is a pretty good assumption that this particular immigration lawyer is not the best deportation lawyer for the job and probably does not know the details and complexities of immigration law. Many States actually have exams and other requirements for the immigration lawyer to take if that particular immigration lawyer wants to become a certified specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law. If your particular State has such a program for the licensed attorneys, it would be a good idea to see if this attorney is a certified specialist. If so, then you are one step closer to finding the best deportation lawyer for your case. Next, you certainly want to find out if this immigration attorney emphasizes deportation and removal law. Believe it or not, an immigration attorney can be a certified specialist in immigration law and still not specialize specifically in deportation law. If that is the case, then you have a very qualified immigration lawyer, but do not have the best deportation lawyer.

Question: How do I know if this immigration lawyer emphasizes deportation law.

Answer: You can certainly ask the immigration attorney what is their emphasis in immigration law. Alternatively, go on websites like Avvo.co, or Linkedin.com or other similar sites that allow you to view a detailed profile of the immigration attorney and ho that particular immigration attorney presents himself or herself. You should be able to notice that there is an emphasis in a particular area. For example, in deportation law, you will find discussions on Cancellation of Removal, Asylum, Convention Against Torture, Withholding of Removal, Adjustment of Status, Waivers and other items of a similar nature.

Getting the best deportation lawyer will give you a better chance of winning your case. It will give you a better chance of not being deported and if you win, you will be able to stay in the United States with your loved ones and your family. So, the bottom line, is do your homework and interview your immigration attorney, and then you can proceed with finding the best deportation lawyer for your case.

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Question: I am in deportation proceedings and I have no idea what to do. Can you help me?

Answer: First, you want to make sure to hire the best deportation lawyer. There is a myriad of things that can go wrong. You have to remember that the Immigration Judge and the attorney representing the ‘other side’ are not there to help you. In fact, you are just a number to them. You must find a knowledgeable and reputable deportation attorney who you believe is the best deportation lawyer available for the job. Keep in mind that the difference between a win and a lose could very well fall on the tactics that the immigration lawyer does and the manner in which he or she does it.

Question: I would like to find the best deportation lawyer. However, I just do not know what to look for in that particular immigration attorney. Can you help?

Answer: First, you want to make sure that the best deportation lawyer is actually an attorney. Unfortunately, there are some very unscrupulous people out there that could try to come off as an attorney and only end up taking your money. You can find out if they are in fact an attorney, they will be listed on the website for the attorneys for that particular State. Next, make sure the best deportation lawyer actually specializes in Immigration Law. If you will do a small inquiry, you will note what kind of law the immigration attorney does. If this immigration attorney only does a few immigration cases and takes multiple other cases per year of other areas of law, then it is a pretty good assumption that this particular immigration lawyer is not the best deportation lawyer for the job and probably does not know the details and complexities of immigration law. Many States actually have exams and other requirements for the immigration lawyer to take if that particular immigration lawyer wants to become a certified specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law. If your particular State has such a program for the licensed attorneys, it would be a good idea to see if this attorney is a certified specialist. If so, then you are one step closer to finding the best deportation lawyer for your case. Next, you certainly want to find out if this immigration attorney emphasizes deportation and removal law. Believe it or not, an immigration attorney can be a certified specialist in immigration law and still not specialize specifically in deportation law. If that is the case, then you have a very qualified immigration lawyer, but do not have the best deportation lawyer.

Question: How do I know if this immigration lawyer emphasizes deportation law.

Answer: You can certainly ask the immigration attorney what is their emphasis in immigration law. Alternatively, go on websites like Avvo.co, or Linkedin.com or other similar sites that allow you to view a detailed profile of the immigration attorney and ho that particular immigration attorney presents himself or herself. You should be able to notice that there is an emphasis in a particular area. For example, in deportation law, you will find discussions on Cancellation of Removal, Asylum, Convention Against Torture, Withholding of Removal, Adjustment of Status, Waivers and other items of a similar nature.

Getting the best deportation lawyer will give you a better chance of winning your case. It will give you a better chance of not being deported and if you win, you will be able to stay in the United States with your loved ones and your family. So, the bottom line, is do your homework and interview your immigration attorney, and then you can proceed with finding the best deportation lawyer for your case.

Grounds for Deportation under Crimes of Moral Turpitude

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For a myriad associated with reasons, individuals discover themselves in deportation and/or removal  proceedings. In these proceedings, Immigration tries to be able to deport a person via the United States. There are quite a few ways regarding winning a removal case. Numerous factors depend upon how long an individual happen to be here from the United States, your relatives relationships, and also no matter whether you actually have a past criminal history. It is without a doubt crucially important which people get legal representation as soon as quite possible to be able to avoid adverse consequences of saying something in Immigration Court that will will probably damage the outcome regarding the case.

There tend to be a lot of grounds for deportation and/or removal. This article deals with Crimes associated with Moral Turpitude. The term “moral turpitude” means an act associated with baseness, vileness, as well as depravity inside the private and social duties owing in order to one’s fellow man as well as society in general, contrary to accepted and customary rules, and is based mostly on depraved and also vicious motives on the part of the alien. If a crime falls under ‘crimes associated with moral turpitude’ there tend to be grounds for removal. The actual Immigration Laws may not define or even provide a definition regarding a criminal offense associated with moral turpitude. Hence, a Court associated with Appeals may defer in order to the long-established BIA definition of which it includes a criminal offense fully commited recklessly with a conscious disregard of a substantial and unjustifiable risk to be able to the life and safety associated with others and these provide grounds for deportation and/or removal. There are many grounds for deportation

Irrespective of whether a crime involves moral turpitude and whether there tend to be grounds for deportation is actually contingent on the inherent nature of the crime as defined, as opposed to situations surrounding the unique transgression. The essential question and then in determining whether a crime involves moral turpitude is without a doubt no matter if the proscribed act, as based on the law regarding the right jurisdiction in which usually the act was thoroughly, includes elements which usually necessarily demonstrate the baseness, vileness, and depravity regarding the perpetrator.In order to determine regardless of whether a criminal conviction amounts to be able to a criminal offense involving moral turpitude and no matter whether there are generally grounds for deportation, it is actually the statute that will defines the crime, in lieu of the act absolutely, which usually is going to be controlling. If moral turpitude necessarily inheres from the crime defined by the statute under that the conviction occurred, the conviction is going to be for a crime involving moral turpitude. Hence, it is actually from the intent of which moral turpitude inheres, and a criminal offense absolutely without contemplating death, without malice, and without intent, and ordinarily thoroughly while engaged in a lawful act, although absolutely through carelessness or maybe lack associated with caution or simply circumspectio. In case the crime, does not include an evil intent, it does not involve moral turpitud and truth be told there are usually no grounds associated with removal.

However, a criminal statute need not require “evil intent” for it to be able to possibly be considered a crime involving moral turpitude; rather, the statute need simply require an act of such debased and also depraved behavior which it violates accepted moral specifications and in that case, there are usually grounds for deportation/removal. Conversely, not every conviction centered on a criminal statute requiring “evil intent” is going to be for a crime involving moral turpitude. Where reckless conduct is going to be an element of a statute, a crime of assault may end up being, although is without a doubt not per se, a crime involving moral turpitude; however, where the offense is similar in order to an easy assault, it is going to be not a crime involving moral turpitude. Just in case the statute under which in turn the alien was convicted includes some offenses that involve moral turpitude and others that tend not to, might the Board regarding Immigration Appeals (BIA) look to be able to the record regarding conviction, which in turn includes the indictment, the plea, the verdict, plus the sentence, in order to determine the offense for which in turn the alien was convicted. Within the case associated with a lot of lesser crimes, the question regarding moral turpitude is going to be not contingent on the name associated with the crime, but rather by the nature associated with the crime as defined within the pertinent statute and alleged within the indictment. In determining irrespective of whether a criminal offense involves moral turpitude, neither the immigration authorities nor the courts may go beyond the record of conviction to be able to examine conditions under which in turn the crime was fully commited, though, rather, the determination have to end up being made Moral turpitude ought to be inherent within the charge for there in order to be grounds for removal and thus ought to possibly be evidenced by the record itself; the question then is without a doubt no matter if the inherent nature associated with the crime as defined by law and particularized in the indictment necessarily involves moral turpitude. In general, a crime in which fraud is actually an ingredient involves moral turpitud and there tend to be grounds for removal, and fraudulent intent may either end up being explicit within a statutory definition regarding the crime or perhaps implicit inside the nature associated with the crime.Similarly, sexual crimes are considered in order to involve crimes of moral turputed upon the basis of the statutory definition associated with the crime plus the record regarding conviction. The indictment, plea, verdict, and sentencing, although not extrinsic evidence, may be properly considered in determining regardless of whether a crime involves moral turpitude. In doing so, the court may look to the allegations of the indictment pertinent to be able to the crime to be able to which in turn a plea associated with guilty was entered to determine no matter if such allegations state a crime involving moral turpitude.

Although when by definition a crime does not necessarily involve moral turpitude, an alien cannot possibly be deported because inside the particular instances conduct was immoral, if a crime does necessarily involve moral turpitude and there tend to be no grounds for deportation. Where the underlying, substantive offense is actually a crime involving moral turpitude, conspiracy to commit such an offense is actually likewise a crime involving moral turpitude and this provides grounds for removal. .Conversely, conspiracy to be able to commit an offense is going to be not a crime involving moral turpitude where the substantive offense does not involve moral turpitude. Similarly, conviction under state law associated with being an accessory before the fact constitutes a conviction for a criminal offense involving moral turpitude where the substantive offense involves moral turpitude and there are grounds regarding deportation..

Certain crimes involving moral turpitude for purposes regarding removal include: bad checks, blackmail, forgery, burgary, bigamy, insets, rape, larceny, receiving solen property, perjury, derauding the authorities, murder, voluntary manslaughter, mayhem, assalt and battery, false statements made in a passport, carrying a concealed weopen, robbery, child beating, bribery, counterfeiting, smuggling liquor, interfering with a policeman, possession of child pornography, alien smuggling, spousal abuse, mondey laundering and others.

As a person can observe the grounds for removal under crimes regarding moral turpitude is actually quite extensive. However, if people obtain people are generally in deportation and/or removal proceedings and need assist, it is going to be quite possible to be able to get waivers for many regarding thes crimes.

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