California Immigration Law A to Z

A

• • Academic Student Visa (F-1 Visa)
  • Adjustment of Status
  • Administrative Appeals Office
  • Advance Parole
  • Aggravated Felonies
  • Appeals (general info)
  • Asylum

B

• • Bond Hearings in Immigration Court
  • Board of Immigration Appeals

C

• • Cancellation of Removal
  • “CAT” Protection (U.N. Convention Against Torture)
  • Child of Fiancé(e) Visa (K-2 Visa)
  • Child of Spouse Non-immigrant Visa (K-4 Visa)
  • Citizenship
  • Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude
  • Criminal Defense of Immigrants

D

• • Defenses to Deportation in Immigration Court
  • Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
  • Deportable Crimes
  • Deportation, Grounds for
  • Domestic Violence
  • Drug Crimes & Deportation
  • DUI & Immigration

E

• • EB-1 Visas (Extraordinary Ability, Outstanding Professor or Researcher, Multinational Executive or Manager)
  • EB-2 Visas (Advanced Degree, Exceptional Ability, National Interest Waiver)
  • EB-3 Visas (Skilled Laborers, Professionals, Unskilled Laborers)
  • EB-4 Visas (Special Immigrants)
  • EB-5 Visas (investors)
  • Employment Authorization Application for Non-Immigrants (I-765)
  • Expedited Removal
  • Extreme Hardship

F

• • F-1 Visa (Academic Student Visa)
  • Fiancé(e) Visa (K-1 Visa)
  • Firearms Convictions & Deportation

G

• • Green Cards
  • Grounds for Deportation

H

• • H-1B Visa (Specialized Occupation Visa)
  • H-2B Visa (Temporary Work Visa)
  • Humanitarian Parole

I

• • I-212 Waivers / Permission to Reapply for Admission After Deportation
  • Illegal Reentry After Deportation or Denial of Admission
  • Inadmissible Crimes
  • IR-1 / CR-1 Visa (Spousal Visa)

J

K

• • K-1 Visa (Fiancé(e) Visa)
  • K-2 Visa (Child of Fiancé(e) Visa)
  • K-3 Visa (Non-immigrant Spousal Visa)
  • K-4 Visa (Child of Spouse Non-immigrant Visa)

L

• • L-1 Visa
  • L-2 Visa
  • Legal Permanent Residence

M

• • M-1 Visa (Vocational Student Visa)
  • Motion to Reconsider an Immigration Court Case
  • Motion to Reopen an Immigration Court Case
  • Motion to Vacate a Criminal Conviction or Sentence (Penal Code 1473.7)

N

• • Naturalization
  • Non-immigrant Spousal Visa (K-3 Visa)
  • Notice to Appear in Immigration Court

O

• • O-1 Visa (Extraordinary Ability)

P

• • Padilla Motions
  • Parole in Place
  • “Particularly Serious” Crimes
  • Petition for Alien Relative (Form I-130)
  • Post Conviction Relief
  • Provisional Unlawful Presence Waivers (Form 601a)

Q

R

• • Refugees
  • Removal of Conditions on Marriage-Based Conditional Permanent Residence (I-751 petition)

S

• • Specialized Occupation Visa (H-1B)
  • Spousal Visa (IR-1/ CR-1 Visa)
  • Spousal Visa (Non-immigrant/ K-3 Visa)

T

• • Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
  • Temporary Work Visa (H-2B Visa)

U

• • U Visa (Domestic Violence / Sex Crime Victims)
  • U.N. Convention Against Torture (“CAT”) Protection

V

• • Violence Against Women Act (“VAWA”)
  • Visas
  • Vocational Student Visa (M-1 Visa)
  • Voluntary Departure

W

• • Waiver to Avoid Deportation after a Criminal Conviction (former INA 212c)
  • Waiver of Inadmissibility for Criminal Acts (INA 212h)
  • Waiver of Inadmissibility for Non-Immigrants (INA 212d3)
  • Withholding of Removal

X

Y

Z