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Inmigración familiar
Existen varias opciones para traer a un familiar a los Estados Unidos, o ajustar el estatus dentro de los Estados Unidos, si reune los requisitos. Haga clic en las siguientes opciones para obtener más información sobre los tipos de casos en los que podemos ayudarle.
Si usted ingresó a los Estados Unidos con un parole (ingreso condicional) o con una visa, y es el/la conyuge, padre/madre, hijo biológico, adoptado o hijastro menor a 21 años y soltero de un ciudadano estadounidense, es posible que pueda ajustar su estatus (conseguir su residencia) sin salir de los Estados Unidos. Si no está actualmente en diligencias de expulsión (con un caso en el tribunal) es probable que podrá presentar todos sus solicitudes juntos, las cuales incluyen su petición I-130, la I-485 Solicitud para Ajuste de Estatus, su solicitud I-765 de permiso de trabajo, su I-131 solicitud de ingreso condicional anticipado (advance parole), y su solicitud I-601a para una exención por presencia no autorizada, de ser necesario. A esto se le llama un ajuste de paso único (one-step adjustment). Actualmente, las solicitudes de ajuste de estatus están tardando entre 1 y 2 años para recibir el resultado, aunque algunas personas con nuevas solicitudes están viendo que las están procesando mucho más rápido. Si usted no ingresó legalmente, puede que igual pueda ajustar su estatus sin salir si reune los requisitos para un ingreso condicional retroactivo militar (vea abajo). Si usted es pariente directo de alguien que ha cumplido servicio militar, o si usted ha cumplido servicio militar, puede que esta sea una opción para usted. Tamber es una veterana de las Reservas de la Fuerza Aerea de los Estados Unidos, y a ella le encanta buscar soluciones para veteranos y sus familiares.
If you did not enter legally, you may still be able to adjust in the United States if you are eligible for parole in place (PIP) (see below!). If you an immediate family member of someone who has served in the military, or if you have served in the military, this may be an option for you. Tamber is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force Reserves, and loves finding immigration solutions for veterans and their families.
Family-based Immigration
Detención y fianzas
Detention, Release, and Bond
Si su amigo o ser querido está detenido, pueden existir opciones para lograr su libertad. La detención siempre es una emergencia, y cuando acepto un caso de detención, trabajo de forma rápida y transparente para lograr la libertad de mis clientes. A continuación hay la información que normalmente comparto acerca de la detención y libertad para que se oriente.
Most people are detained because they entered the United States illegally or presented themselves at a port of entry without a visa or other entry permission.
When this happens, they are usually held for processing for up to a week or two by border patrol. Many people, particularly families with children, are released directly by border patrol with instructions to report to ICE and/or to an alternatives to detention program within a certain amount of time.
In other cases, people are held by border patrol and then sent directly back to Mexico or to their country of origin under Title 42, an extraordinary program that is set to end in 2023 with the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Returns under title 42 are not removals and do not have the same consequences as a removal. Alternatively, border patrol may send people back with an expedited removal order. These are removals and carry serious consequences if a person returns illegally after being returned with one of these.
If the migrant or asylum seeker is not returned by border patrol or released, they may be transferred to ICE custody at one of many detention centers throughout the United States. What happens next depends on whether they arrived in ICE custody with an expedited removal order after expressing fear of return to their country or not. If they have an expedited removal order and have expressed fear, they will then usually be held (with very limited exceptions) until they complete a credible fear interview (or reasonable fear interview, if they have ever been removed from the United States before). If they do not have an expedited removal order, they will receive a Notice to Appear and a date to appear before an immigration judge. ICE may release them at any time, either with a bond or on their own recognizance (promise to report), or they may request a bond hearing before an immigration judge.
There is no way to predict whether a person will be subject to the credible fear process or will be placed into regular removal proceedings. It is not the person’s fault if they are placed in credible fear proceedings instead of regular immigration judge proceedings.
Procesos de expulsión
Si está en un proceso de expulsión, es esencial buscar y contratar un abogado lo más antes posible. No espere hasta su audiencia individual para encontrar un abogado. A continuación se ofrece información generalizada acerca de las diligencias de expulsión y las defensas posibles para orientarle al proceso.
The first hearing in a removal proceeding is the Master Calendar Hearing. People who are in removal proceedings may have one or more master calendar hearings. In some situations, where they hire a lawyer right away, the lawyer may handle the matters normally dealt with in person at this hearing in writing, and in that case this initial hearing may not be held.
At a master calendar hearing, the key people present are the Immigration Judge (IJ), the Respondent (the immigrant the government wants to remove), the respondent’s lawyer, if they have one, the lawyer for the Department of Homeland Security (the agency that is trying to remove the immigrant), and an interpreter, if needed.
The IJ may choose to continue (postpone) the master calendar hearing, especially if the person asks for more time to find a lawyer or for other reasons, or the IJ will try to establish that the person is removable. If the judge finds the person is in fact removable, the IJ will ask about possible defenses, such as asylum or cancellation of removal (more information below). The IJ will then set other deadlines, and may schedule another master calendar hearing or an individual hearing.
It is very important that you have a lawyer examine your case before you agree that you are removable from the United States. It is very difficult to take back anything you admit to during this hearing, so try to have a lawyer help you with this if possible.
Procesos de expulsión
Ciudadanía
Ciudadanía
Si usted es un residente permanente, puede que se está preguntando cuando puede hacerse ciudadano. Haga clic aquí para una orientación general de la naturalización según su situación, o revise abajo.
If you have been married to a U.S. citizen for three years, are 18 years of age or older, have lived at your current address for at least three months, have maintained “good moral character” for the past three years, including filing tax returns each year, have not committed, at any time, certain disqualifying crimes, and meet physical residency requirements, you may be eligible to file for citizenship. Click aquí to learn more.
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I can provide high-quality Spanish interpretation and translation for your immigration cases. I am a federally certified court interpreter with years of experience as an interpreter in immigration court as well as federal and state courts. In addition to translation, I can also review Spanish-language documents and social media your clients might provide to you to determine if they are relevant to your case and therefore should be translated.
Additionally, I regularly perform Spanish-language research to find articles and reports that might support your client’s claim. Your client may not be able to provide you with publicly available evidence in their own language, either because they do not know what to look for, do not know what exists, or simply lack the technological skills to look for it. In many cases, I have uncovered critical supporting evidence by searching social media and other online sources in Spanish.
Finally, I can review DAR transcripts of immigration hearings to uncover inaccuracies in interpretation that could support an appeal, and provide expert testimony regarding interpretation issues.
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