Providing Experienced Immigration Services Nationwide
At Van Der Hout LLP, our knowledge, resources, and skills are dedicated solely to the practice of immigration and nationality law. With four of our five partners certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization as Immigration and Nationality Law specialists, our San Francisco immigration law attorneys are available to provide experienced, focused services to clients throughout the country.
Comprehensive Immigration Legal Services
As a California-based law firm, we have built a national reputation based on the quality of our work and on our proven ability to take on and win highly difficult and/or unusual cases. Specific areas of focus include:
- Temporary visas , including H-1B visas, L-1A visas, L-1B visas, O-1 visas, R-1 visas, TN visas, and more
- J visa waivers to waive the two-year foreign residency requirement
- Immigrant investor services , including temporary visas for investors and permanent residency for investors
- Permanent visas through employment , including green card and all EB-category visas
- Labor certification for university professors , as well as other permanent or temporary visas such as O visas
- Permanent resident family visas and the visa lottery for all family visa concerns, with particular expertise in unusual cases
- Citizenship and naturalization , with specific emphasis placed on unusual situations or situations requiring waivers
- Asylum , including applications for asylum or litigation in federal court
- Deportation and removal
- Federal litigation and appeals for immigration issues in the federal courts
- Victims of crimes or domestic violence , including S visas, T visas, U visas, battered spouse petitions, and more
- Temporary protected status from countries such as Haiti, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Burundi, Liberia, Sudan, and Somalia included
- Country-specific immigration , including assistance with country-specific visas such as E1, E2, E3, H-1B1 and TN visas, as well as information regarding pending federal legislation, NACARA, CAA, HRIFA, and more
Contact A Palo Alto Green Card Attorney At Our Bay Area Offices
If you are facing a legal issue in one of these areas of immigration law and would like to discuss your concerns with a lawyer from our firm, call or contact us directly at our San Francisco, California, law offices to schedule an appointment. Initial consultations are provided at a rate discounted from our standard fee.
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