We understand our clients' worries about leaving their parents and their children overseas once they have made a new home here. How long will it take until my children can join me? Will my parents be able to visit me or perhaps stay with me for an extended time? What kind of support will I be required to provide them? What happens if my daughter gets married?
The attorneys at Simmons & Ungar have the expertise to assess your family's circumstances, work authoritatively with the law, and guide you as painlessly as possible through the process to re-unite your family. We have done so for thousands of clients like you. We have helped pave the way for family members from all corners of the globe to re-join their close relatives in the United States. Simmons & Ungar attorneys include California State-bar certified specialists with decades of experience in family immigration. Our attorneys have authored and edited professional publications on family-based immigration topics. We are ready to help you by seeing the creative and effective means for solving your immigration needs from such areas as:
- Issues regarding step-parent relationships and legitimacy
- Special requirements for Orphans and Adopted Children
- Financial support and obligations for immigrant sponsors
- Eligibility issues for family members such as unlawful presence, visa violations, misrepresentations, and documentation of relationships
- Questions about quota waits and backlogs
- Strategies for filing with the Immigration Service or the U.S. Consulates
Contact Us
We are located at the foot of California and Market Streets at the Embarcadero and one block from BART and MUNI stations and near all immigration service offices and courts. Our staff can assist you in Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Farsi and Hebrew. We work with clients across California, the country and across the world. Contact us for more information regarding how our firm can help you begin to re-unify your family.
