Rosemary Vega

Client’s Immigration Issue: Appeal while client is detained by ICE

Rosemary’s Approach: This individual needed to appeal his case to the Board of Immigration Appeals after having had some issues with the police. His previous immigration counsel was not successful and he was ordered removed. I appealed his case and had to make some very difficult arguments stating he was eligible for certain forms of relief and his crime would not affect that relief.

Result: The Board of Immigration Appeals agreed with me and remanded the case to allow him to apply for relief.

Client’s Immigration Issue: a son over 21 years old petitioned for his parents who entered the United States many years ago. The rest of the family are in Peru. The clients were very anxious about filing.

Rosemary’s Approach: I explained the process to them. I reviewed the applications with them. I explained the packet and process again and what to expect. I kept them informed of every communication and process to help calm them.

Result: the case was approved and the clients were able to travel to visit their family after many years.

Client’s Immigration Issue: U.S. father filed wrong application for his daughter. They came to me after they received a request for evidence asking for evidence they did not have.

Rosemary’s Approach: I informed them that they did not file correctly. I explained the process to them. We filed the correct forms with explanations. I explained to the family what would happen with the forms that they filed.

Result: the case is approved.

Client’s Immigration Issue: U.S. husband married to a Mexican national. We filed and the case was pending for over a year and half. We kept checking on it and doing inquiries. After the usual receipt notices and work permit, we did not receive any further information. The case was denied because we did not respond to a request for evidence. However, we nor the client received this request for evidence.

Rosemary’s Approach: I was able to contact the USCIS office and explained that the client nor I received the request for evidence. The USCIS office reopened the case and provided us with the request for evidence. We responded.

Result: The case was granted.

Client’s Immigration Issue: The client suffered physical abuse at the hands of their spouse. They were having a hard time because of the trauma from the abuse.

Rosemary’s Approach: I explained the process of VAWA. I had them work with a counselor and worked with them to work through their abuse to get to their story. We then are able to apply.

Result: Approved and they were able to move on with their life.

Client’s Immigration Issue: This individual suffered being forced into sexual slavery. She was able to escape luckily with the help of law enforcement. She suffered a lot of trauma due to her ordeal.

Rosemary’s Approach: We worked with a counselor. We worked with her to get through her trauma. We were able to help her tell her story to law enforcement and for her immigration application. We helped her apply for her T visa.

Result: her case was approved.

Client’s Immigration Issue: Individual started the process and left the U.S. before the wife came to the see me. We had to start the process over and do the waivers for unlawful presence.

Rosemary’s Approach: I explained the process to the client. I asked for a lot of documentation regarding extreme hardship to the U.S. citizen spouse. The spouse was struggling without her spouse in many ways. I kept the clients informed of status of the case.

Result: the case was approved and the family was finally reunited.

Client’s Immigration Issue: Mom was from Mexico and had a very disabled child.

Rosemary’s Approach: We had to prove Mom was here for 10 years, a person of good moral character and that her U.S. citizen severely disabled child would suffer exceptional and extremely unusual hardship. We had to show medical records and a lot of proof of what would happen if the disabled child would go to Mexico.

Result: the case was approved by the Immigration Judge