Immigration Lawyers & Attorneys | Minneapolis, MN

Immigration law is very broad and complex area, affecting both individuals and businesses. Our immigration attorneys have far-reaching experience and are comfortable in advocating before the various offices of the Department of Homeland Security as well as in the Immigration Court, the Board of Immigration Appeals and Administrative Appeals Unit, and in Federal District and Appellate Courts.

Business

Our experience in business consultation and representation uniquely positions us to provide businesses a "big picture" approach to securing the ability of employees to travel to and from and work in the United States.
Specifically, we provide the following assistance:

• permanent residency (green cards) for professionals and skilled workers
• temporary work visas for specialty-occupation or professional workers (H-1B)
• temporary work visas for skilled and unskilled workers (H-2B)
• temporary work visas for transferees from overseas business (L-1)
• work authorization documents for qualified individuals present in the United States
• appeals to administrative agencies
• compliance (I-9)

Individuals

We approach each individual's case uniquely, taking into account all of the circumstances that will affect the decision-making process.

We assist individuals in the following specific ways:

• temporary student visas at U.S. schools of secondary and higher education (F-1, M-1)
• temporary training and education visas on specific programs (J-1, H-3)
• changing from one visa classification to another
• extending visas
• family-based applications for permanent residence (green card)
• applications for naturalization (citizenship)
• travel documents for overseas travel
• application for asylum
• application for temporary protected status (TPS)
• immigration and international adoptions
• consular processing of non-immigrant and immigrant visas, with or without waivers at overseas posts
• obtaining travel documents at foreign consulates in the U.S.
• negotiating admissions with U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
• negotiating release from detention with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  

Immigration Litigation 

An increasingly important aspect of immigration law involves the U.S. Government's increased efforts at immigration enforcement, resulting in increased detention and litigation in the immigration courts and federal courts, often in connection with criminal charges and convictions. Our immigration litigation attorneys in Minnesota fearlessly challenge government actions in the federal courts. Because of our firm's concurrent experience in immigration and criminal law, we provide advice and representation in criminal matters that will help avoid ultimate deportation.

Specifically, Saliterman & Siefferman is experienced in the following:

• Removal (deportation) proceedings, including claims for asylum, withholding of removal, protection under the Convention Against Torture, and requests for voluntary departure 
• Appeals of decisions to administrative boards and federal courts