Immigration
Immigration Law
Immigration Representation When Your Future Is at Stake
Immigration law can be complicated, stressful, and deeply personal.
A decision by an immigration officer, immigration judge, or federal agency can affect your ability to remain in the United States, work, travel, become a permanent resident, reunite with family, or eventually become a United States citizen.
Masri Legal Group represents individuals and families in immigration matters throughout the United States.
Removal & Deportation Defense
If you or a family member has been placed in removal proceedings, obtaining experienced representation as early as possible is critical.
We represent clients before immigration courts in matters involving:
- Removal and deportation proceedings
- Asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture
- Cancellation of removal
- Adjustment of status
- Waivers
- Motions to reopen and reconsider
- In absentia removal orders
- Bond proceedings
- Appeals
- Immigration consequences of criminal convictions
- Other available forms of relief from removal
Asylum
Individuals who fear returning to their countries may have legal options in the United States.
We assist clients with affirmative and defensive asylum claims and carefully evaluate issues involving past persecution, fear of future persecution, political opinion, religion, nationality, race, and membership in a particular social group.
Family-Based Immigration
Keeping families together is at the heart of our immigration practice.
We assist with:
- Marriage-based immigration
- Family petitions
- Adjustment of status
- Consular processing
- Fiancé visas
- Waivers
- Removal of conditions
- Immigration options for spouses, parents, and children
Citizenship & Naturalization
We assist lawful permanent residents seeking U.S. citizenship and help clients address issues that may complicate the naturalization process.
Immigration Is Federal Law
Because immigration law is federal, Masri Legal Group can represent immigration clients located throughout the United States in appropriate matters. Clients outside Michigan can meet with us by phone or video.
USCIS or immigration court?
Which system you are in decides the rules, the deadlines, and who makes the decision.
- USCIS, part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), decides applications and petitions. For Michigan residents, interviews are at the USCIS Detroit Field Office, now in Troy.
- Immigration courts, run by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) at the Department of Justice, decide removal cases. Michigan cases are heard at the Detroit Immigration Court.
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), also part of DHS, arrests and detains people and acts as the government’s lawyer in immigration court.
- The U.S. Department of State runs embassies and consulates, which issue visas to people outside the U.S.
How an immigration case usually goes
Phone call
The firm takes your questions by phone. Say right away if someone is detained or a deadline is close.
Consultation
A free 30-minute consultation, in person, by phone, or by video, to review your papers and your options.
Written plan
If you hire the firm, you get a list of the documents needed and the steps ahead.
Filing and follow-up
The firm prepares and files your case, answers any requests from the government, and tracks the deadlines.
Common questions
Yes. Many immigration options, including cancellation of removal, U visas, asylum, and family petitions with an I‑601A waiver, are for people without legal status. What fits depends on your history, so the first step is a confidential conversation.
No. Immigration law is federal, so a lawyer licensed in any state can handle it, and Masri Legal Group represents immigration clients throughout the United States in appropriate matters.
A lawyer near you helps when you have interviews in Troy or hearings at the Detroit Immigration Court.
Read it for a date or a deadline, then call. Requests for Evidence, interview notices, and hearing notices all have deadlines, and missing one can end a case.
Facing an immigration problem?
Schedule a consultation. Every case turns on its details, and a short phone call is the fastest way to learn which options may fit yours.
Call(313) 695-2950