Immigration Services

Family-Based and Employment Petitions

The IRC will prepare and file the Form I-130/I-140 petitions along with the Form I-485 adjustment package to USCIS. Additionally, counsel will conduct mock interviews of clients in preparation and attendance of the adjustment interview with USCIS.

Student, Tourist, Professional Visas

The most common nonimmigrant visas the IRC prepares for clients seeking entry into the United States are the following: 1) F visas for students; 2) B visas: B-1 for business visitors and B-2 for visitors for pleasure; and 3) Professional Visas: E, H, L, O, and R.

Special Immigrant Visas

U Visa Relief — The IRC will assist in preparing U visa relief applications for those immigrants who have been the victims of certain crimes in the United States, including, but not limited to rape; torture; trafficking; incest; domestic violence; sexual assault/abusive sexual contact; prostitution; sexual exploitation; female genital mutilation; being held hostage; peonage; involuntary servitude; slave trade; kidnapping; abduction; unlawful criminal restraint; false imprisonment; blackmail; extortion; manslaughter; murder; felonious assault; witness tampering; obstruction of justice; perjury; or attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation to commit any of the above-mentioned crimes.
Petition for Alien Entrepreneur — Immigrant entrepreneurs seeking to migrate to the United States for purposes of investing in a new commercial enterprise for which you will engage in a managerial/policy-making capacity may require the assistance of the IRC in preparing your corporate documents and visa applications. Business enterprise is required to create employment for at least 10 U.S. citizens/lawful permanent residents, and the minimum investment is $1,000,000 or $500,000 for targeted (rural) area with a population less than 20,000.

Removal/Deportation Defense

The IRC attorney will represent immigrants before the United States Department of Justice - Executive Office for Immigration Review. The attorney is responsible for presenting cases at formal hearings before the immigration judges, including, but not limited to hearings involving removal/deportation, exclusion, rescission, bond; and voluntary departure. Other cases handled by the IRC involve immigrants seeking relief from removal/deportation in the form of asylum/withholding of removal; cancellation of removal; waivers from removal; and adjustment of status. The IRC also represents detained criminal aliens in bond hearings and removal proceedings. The IRC will prepare and file all appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals in Falls Church, Virginia.

Naturalization

A benefit which may be conferred upon a foreign national/citizen as a result of (1) naturalization, (2) birth or (3) parents.

Permanent Residence (Green Card)

Is available to foreign nationals in the United States who have an approved immigration petition and files and application for adjustment of status to adjust a nonimmigrant status to lawful permanent resident (Green Card holder).

Asylum/Refugee Status

These benefits are available to foreign nationals/citizens in the United States who are unable or unwilling to return to home because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of (1) race; (2) religion; (3) nationality; (4) membership in a particular social group; and (5) political opinion.

Temporary Protected Status ("TPS")

TPS benefits are available to the following:

Foreign nationals of designated countries, where there is an ongoing armed conflict within that country, which poses a serious threat to their personal safety if they were to return
Foreign nationals of designated countries, where an environmental disaster causes a substantial but temporary disruption of living conditions and the country is temporarily unable to handle the return of its nationals

Currently designated countries include Angola, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Burundi, El Salvador, Honduras, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Sierra Leone, Somalia and Sudan

Family Immigration

NACARA: NACARA benefits may be available to immigrants satisfying the following requirements:
- Be a national of Nicaragua or Cuba
- Have been physically present in the U.S. continuously, since December 1, 1995 (absences totaling 180 days or less allowed)
- Be admissible to the U.S. under all provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act, except these specifically exempted by NACARA Act:
  - 212(a)(4) -- public charge
  - 212(a)(5) -- lack of labor certification
  - 212(a)(6)(A) -- present without admission or parole
  - 212(a)(7)(A) -- lack of valid immigrant visa
  - 212(a)(9)(B) -- unlawful presence
Cuban Adjustment: The Cuban Adjustment Act (CAA), Public Law 89-732 allows any native or citizen of Cuba who has been inspected and admitted or paroled into the United States after January 1, 1959 and who has been physically present for at least one year; and is admissible to the United States to adjust status to a Permanent Resident (Green Card).

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The IRC assists immigrants in obtaining numerous benefits/reliefs. We prepare and file all applications with supporting documents to USCIS for your benefit.

The IRC offers technical and soft skills integrated training solutions as well as other consultation services to suit your needs.

The IRC offers multilingual translation services to assist immigrants, residents, students, and other individuals and corporations.

Visa Categories

Types of Immigrant Visas
Immediate Relatives

Family-Based Visa

Employment-Based Visa

Special Immigrant Visa
Types of Non-Immigrant Visas

A-1. Ambassadors, public ministers or career diplomats and their immediate family members.
A-2. Other accredited officials or employees of foreign governments and their immediate family members.
A-3. Personal attendants, servants or employees and their immediate family members of A-1 and A-2 visa holders.

B-1. Business visitors
B-2. Tourist visitors. Tourists from certain countries are permitted to come to the U.S. without B-2 visas under what is known as the Visa Waiver Program
BCC. Border Crossing Card: Mexico.

C-1. Foreign travelers in immediate and continuous transit through the U.S.

D-1. Crewman who need to land temporarily in the U.S. and who will depart aboard the same ship or plane on which they arrived.

E-1. Treaty traders.
E-2. Treaty investors.
E-3. Australian professional specialty.

F-1. Academic or language students.
F-2. Immediate family members of F-1 visa holders.

G-1. Designated principal resident representatives of foreign governments coming to the U.S. to work for an international organization, their staff members and immediate family members.
G-2. Immediate family members
G-3. Representatives of foreign governments, and their immediate family members who would ordinarily qualify for G-1 or G-2 visas except that their governments are not members of an international organization.
G-4. Officers or employees of international organizations and their immediate family members.
G-5. Attendants, servants and personal employees of G-1 through G-4 visa holders and their immediate family members.

H-1B. Persons working in specialty occupations requiring at least a bachelor's degree or it's equivalent in on-the-job experience, and distinguished fashion models.
H-2A. Temporary agricultural workers coming to the U.S. to fill full time positions for which a temporary shortage of American workers has been recognized by the U.S Department of Agriculture.
H-2B. Temporary workers of various kinds coming to the U.S. to perform temporary jobs for which there is a shortage of available qualified American workers.
H-3. Temporary trainees.
H-4. Immediate family members of H-1, H-2 or H-3 visa holders.

I. Bona fide representatives of the foreign press coming to the U.S. to work solely in that capacity and their immediate family members.

J-1. Exchange visitors coming to the U.S. to study, work or train as part of an exchange program officially recognized by the United States Information Agency.
J-2. Immediate family members of J-1 visa holders.

K-1. Fiancé(e) of U.S. citizens coming to the U.S. for the purpose of getting married.
K-2. Minor, unmarried children of K-1 visa holders

L-1. Intracompany transferees who work in positions as managers, executives or persons with specialized knowledge.
L-2. Immediate family members of L-1 visa holders.

M-1. Vocational or other nonacademic students, other than language students.
M-2. Immediate family members of M-1 visa holders.

N. Children of certain special immigrants. `

NATO-1, NATO-2, NATO-3, NATO-4 and NATO-5. Associates coming to the U.S. under applicable provisions of the NATO Treaty and their immediate family members.
NATO-6. Members of civilian components accompanying military forces on missions authorized under the NATO Treaty and their immediate family members.
NATO-7. Attendants, servants or personal employees of NATO-1 through NATO-6 visas holders and their immediate family members.

O-1. Persons of extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business or athletics.
O-2. Essential support staff O-1 visa holders.
O-3. Immediate family members of O-1 and O-2 visa holders.

P-1. Internationally recognized athletes and entertainers and their essential support staff.
P-2. Entertainers coming to perform in the U.S. through a government-recognized exchange program.
P-3. Artists and entertainers coming to the U.S. in a group for the purpose of presenting culturally unique performances.
P-4. Immediate family members of P-1, P-2, P-3 visa holders.

Q-1. Exchange visitors coming to the U.S. to participate in international cultural-exchange programs.
Q-2. Immediate family members of Q-1 visa holders.
R-1. Ministers and other workers of recognized religions.
R-2. Immediate family members of R-1 visa holders.

S-1. People coming to the U.S. to supply critical information to federal or state authorities where it has been determined that their presence in the U.S. is essential to the success of a criminal investigation or prosecution.
S-2. People coming to the U.S. to provide critical information to federal authorities or a court, who will be in danger as a result of providing such information, and are eligible to receive a reward for the information.
S-3. Immediate family members of S-1 or S-2 visa holders.

T-Visa Relief for victims of trafficking.
TN. Canadian or Mexican Professionals entering under NAFTA.
TD. Immediate family members of TN visa holders.
U. Victim of criminal activity.
V. Nonimmigrant visa for spouse and children of a lawful permanent resident.

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