Category Archives: Susan Scheer Immigration Law Blog

As a dedicated New Jersey Immigration Attorney, I am often asked by clients about threats to them from gangs in their home country.  I met with an individual who came to my office extremely distressed about a month ago.  He’s from Guatemala and about a month ago some gang members had killed his brother for various gang […]

As a dedicated New Jersey Immigration Lawyer, clients often ask me about minors and if there is a chance they can stay in the U.S. if they get detained.  Sometimes relatives or friends of the young people who are abandoned, neglected youths come to my office.  Recently one gentleman said to me, “My nephew is 16 […]

As a New Jersey Immigration Attorney, I get questions all the time from client’s about sponsorship of person who lived out the U.S. the past 8 months.  Recently, a parent came to my office, and they mentioned that their daughter was living in Mexico for approximately eight months, and they had their green card for […]

As a New Jersey Immigration Lawyer, I am often asked by clients about filing an I-601A before leaving the US.  Many of our clients are married and came with no visa, or their visa expired, or they lost their passport.  They can’t find their passport so they’re processing what’s called the I-601A provisional waiver case.  It’s a […]

As an experienced New Jersey Immigration Lawyer, clients often ask me about if a person interviews at the US Embassy should they have their documents translated. Very often, when we are close to the end of someone’s green card processing, especially if people have to depart the country or if people have relatives abroad that are […]

As a experienced New Jersey Immigration Lawyer, I am often asked by clients about how to file to sponsor a new partner.  One woman in particular came to my office recently.  She told me she had gotten her green card four years ago through marriage to a prior spouse.  Then she was divorced about a year […]

As a dedicated New Jersey Immigration Attorney, I am often asked by clients about Green Cards and if it would be removed if you ended an abusive relationship.  I want to tell you a story about a woman that came to our office about six months ago.  She was married to a US citizen and they had […]

 As a skilled New Jersey Immigration Lawyer, clients often ask me about filing for a travel permits and a work visa.  I think everyone knows that over the last few years, there’s been this wonderful program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA, since 2012.  Since the work permits were issued for two, three years, we’ve […]

 As an experienced New Jersey Immigration Attorney, clients often ask me about a stepfather being a sponsor for a green card.  This month, a young lady who was 23 years old came into my office, and talked about how her mother had obtained a green card through marriage to her stepfather.  The young lady was about 16 when […]

 As a New Jersey Immigration Attorney, I am often asked by client’s about abusive husbands and filing for the I-751 form.  A very important question that comes up on a regular basis has to do with converting the Green Card from a two-year conditional Green Card to a 10-year conditional Green Card in the situation […]