Welcome to SIEW LAW GROUP

  • Detention/Bond
  • Removal/Deportation
    • Asylum Interviews
    • EOIR Proceedings
    • 42A/42B Cancellation of Removal
  • In Absentia Removal Orders
  • Motions to Reopen/Joint Motions
  • Appeals (BIA and District Courts)
  • Family-Based Immigrant Visas
    • Consular Processing
    • Provisional Waivers
    • Inadmissibility Waivers
  • Employment-Based Immigration
  • Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) for Unaccompanied Minors
  • Humanitarian Waivers/Parole
  • Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
  • Requests for Prosecutorial Discretion-Termination/Dismissal

Motions to Reopen

Upon entry without inspection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or border officials may detain you and take your fingerprints. They may also issue you a notice to appear in court. Failure to appear results in removal in absentia. Depending on your case, you will need to resolve this order before proceeding further in your application for relief. Motions to reopen are time and number-barred.

Removal proceedings

Immigration Judges offer Respondents a list of pro-bono attorneys. But these attorneys are often too busy to take on clients with more complex issues, including multiple entries and exits, crimes, fraud, or where the Department of Homeland Security is unwilling to exercise prosecutorial discretion. Nevertheless, judges expect you to retain an attorney within a set period. Otherwise, they may deem your applications abandoned.

CONSULAR PROCESSING

Unless you fall under an exception to adjust status in the U.S. under Section 245(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, you will likely have to have your family petition transferred to the National Visa Center for consular processing. Once your waiver for unlawful presence is approved, the U.S. Consulate in your country of origin will schedule you for an interview so that you may return to as a legal permanent resident.

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