Wins, partial wins, and cases we lost.

Example outcomes

These are fictional example outcomes written for this demo website. Every case is different. Past results do not predict or guarantee the result in your case.

• Example outcome Bond granted

  Bond hearing

  Detained docket, immigration court

  A father of three, picked up on his way to work. We filed a bond packet with 14 letters, his lease and pay records. The judge set a bond and he was home four days after the hearing.

  What it taught us: The letters that mattered most were from people who could describe his daily life in detail.

• Example outcome Bond denied

  Bond hearing

  Detained docket, immigration court

  A young man with a recent pending charge. We presented family ties and a job offer, but the judge found him a flight risk and denied bond. He stayed detained while we prepared his case on the faster detained calendar.

  What it taught us: A pending criminal case can weigh heavily at a bond hearing. We now coordinate with the criminal defense lawyer before the hearing whenever we can.

• Example outcome Asylum denied, withholding granted

  Defensive asylum

  Charlotte immigration court

  A woman who fled threats from a criminal group. The judge found her credible, but she had filed after the one-year deadline and no exception applied. Asylum was denied. Withholding of removal was granted, so she cannot be sent back to that country.

  What it taught us: Withholding gives real protection, but fewer benefits than asylum. The one-year date matters.

• Example outcome Asylum granted

  Affirmative asylum

  USCIS asylum office

  A journalist who left after repeated arrests. We prepared his declaration over five sessions with a French interpreter and filed country reports and letters from colleagues. Asylum was granted after the interview.

  What it taught us: Practice interviews in his own language made the real interview calmer and clearer.

• Example outcome Granted after 4 years

  Cancellation of removal

  Charlotte immigration court

  A mother of a U.S. citizen son with a serious medical condition, here 17 years. We documented his care with records from three specialists and his school. The judge granted cancellation after a full-day hearing.

  What it taught us: The medical records carried the case. The waiting carried the family. Both took years.

• Example outcome Denied, voluntary departure granted

  Cancellation of removal

  Charlotte immigration court

  A long-time resident with two healthy U.S. citizen children. The judge found the hardship real but not exceptional under the law. Cancellation was denied. We had asked for voluntary departure as a backup, and it was granted, which avoids a removal order on his record.

  What it taught us: The hardship test is strict. Planning the backup from day one protected his future options.

• Example outcome Work permit while waiting

  U visa

  USCIS

  A survivor of a violent assault who helped the prosecutor. Supplement B took seven months to get signed. After filing, USCIS found the case real and complete and issued a work permit while she waits for a visa number.

  What it taught us: The wait for the U visa itself is long. The work permit in the meantime changed her family's life.

• Example outcome Removal order reopened

  Motion to reopen

  Immigration court

  A man ordered removed after a hearing notice went to an old address. We showed the court the notice was never received. The judge reopened the case and he now has a defense hearing.

  What it taught us: Address records matter. We update the court within days of every client move.

• Example outcome Appeal dismissed

  BIA appeal

  Board of Immigration Appeals

  An appeal of an asylum denial, filed on day 22 after the client came to us. The Board agreed with the judge and dismissed the appeal. We reviewed federal court options with the family and they chose not to continue.

  What it taught us: Not every appeal can win. We told the family the odds before they paid, and again when the decision came.