Success Stories

Dyson Law, P.C. offers the highest level of representation to its clients. Below are examples of recent successes which Dyson Law has achieved on behalf of its clients.

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Immigration Detainees

• A Mexican citizen was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement after police stopped and inspected his company vehicle and found that he was present in the United States illegally. Dyson Law successfully argued in support of his release on bond from immigration custody pending the outcome of his immigration hearing.
• A Guatemalan asylum seeker was taken into custody when she presented false immigration documents upon her arrival into the United States. Dyson Law represented the client for her credible fear interview. Based on the successful results of the interview, the client was released from immigration detention and was reunited with her family.

Aliens in Removal (Deportation) Proceedings

• A Somali asylum seeker sought the assistance of Dyson Law when her asylum case was referred to an Immigration Judge for removal proceedings. In removal proceedings, the client claimed that she had suffered past persecution in Somalia, through being raped and tortured on account of her tribal membership. Because the client was experiencing severe memory loss concerning the events which she had suffered in Somalia, Dyson Law arranged for a psychological evaluation, as a result of which the client was diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Ongoing Stress Disorder. Dyson Law used this evidence to show the reason for the client's failure to file for asylum within one year of her entry to the United States, and to support the overall credibility of her claim. Due to Dyson Law's persistence with the case, the Immigration Judge granted asylum to the client.
• A Guatemalan citizen was placed in removal proceedings after his asylum application was referred to an Immigration Judge for review. At the same time, this client's application for adjustment of status, based on a marriage to a U.S. citizen, was pending before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services could not approve the adjustment application due to the pending removal proceedings. Dyson Law contacted the Trial Attorney Unit of the Department of Homeland Security, which agreed to join in a motion to terminate the removal proceedings before the Immigration Court. Subsequently, the Immigration Court granted our motion to terminate the removal proceedings. Due to Dyson Law's success in having the removal proceedings terminated, the client is now able to receive his green card before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
• A Guatemalan citizen sought asylum before the Immigration Judge, asserting that she had been raped, physically assaulted, and received death threats at the hands of her father. Given that domestic violence and gender-based claims are an evolving area of immigration law, Dyson Law’s victory in this case was a significant achievement.
• A husband and wife from China applied for asylum before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services based on their resistance to the coercive population control policies in China. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services referred their application to the Immigration Judge for review. Dyson Law effectively questioned the witnesses before the Immigration Judge to establish the credibility of their claim. The Immigration Judge granted the case.
• A Haitian asylum seeker married a U.S. citizen while he was in removal proceedings before the U.S. Immigration Court. Dyson Law advocated to the Court that the client’s application for a green card through his marriage should be considered. The Court granted the case.
• A green card holder from Haiti was placed in removal proceedings before the U.S. Immigration Court due to his criminal record. Due to Dyson Law’s aggressive representation, the Immigration Court closed the case and the client received back his green card.
• A Haitian citizen had a final order of deportation based on his failure to appear for an immigration hearing. Dyson Law submitted a motion to the Immigration Court to ask that the client’s case be reopened. Because the Court granted the motion, the client will now be able to apply for a green card through his U.S. citizen wife.
• A Haitian asylum seeker had a final order of deportation based on his failure to appear for an immigration hearing. Dyson Law submitted a motion to the Immigration Court asking that the client’s case be reopened for the client to pursue his asylum application. The Court agreed to reopen the case.

Applicants for Family-Based Green Cards

• A U.S. citizen grandmother adopted her 14-year old grandson, from Trinidad, and subsequently filed immigration paperwork on his behalf through Dyson Law. Although immigration laws allow U.S. citizens to petition for adopted children if certain requirements are met, the law imposes tight restrictions on whether a U.S. citizen can sponsor an adopted relative for permanent residence. After a long process, the case was approved.
• A Georgian citizen and his U.S. citizen wife submitted the paperwork for a green card without an attorney. 6½ years later, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services still had not issued a decision on the case. The situation was dire because the marriage had fallen apart and the couple wished to divorce, but the U.S. citizen did not want to jeopardize her husband’s immigration status. They hired Dyson Law to obtain a final resolution to the case. 7½ years after they had initially filed the case, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services finally issued an approval.
• A Colombian citizen received conditional permanent resident status through her marriage to a U.S. citizen. With her husband, she filed the Form I-751 (Petition to Remove the Conditions on Residence) to remove the conditions on her residence. Subsequently, the marriage fell apart before the approval of the Petition. Dyson Law filed a second Form I-751 on the client’s behalf, in support of which the Firm provided evidence showing that the client was divorced but married in good faith, or in the alternative, that the client’s U.S. citizen husband had subjected her to extreme cruelty/battering during the marriage. Due to Dyson Law’s preparation of the case, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services approved the case after an interview.
• A Portuguese mother and son qualified for immigration benefits under a prior amnesty law (section 245(i)) still in effect for certain individuals. Dyson Law prepared and submitted their cases to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which approved the cases after an interview.
• A Zimbabwean recently married a U.S. citizen. Dyson Law prepared and submitted her case to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which approved the case after an interview.
• A Cameroon citizen who was married to a U.S. citizen retained Dyson Law to represent her before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which had already denied her case once previously. Through Dyson Law’s aggressive representation, the client received her green card.
• A citizen of Trinidad filed paperwork with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to remove the conditions on his permanent residence. Over two years passed without any final result to his case. After this client retained Dyson Law, the firm contacted the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to determine the status of the case. Within one week of Dyson Law's involvement on the case, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services approved the case.

Applicants for Green Cards under Special Legislative Programs

• A Haitian citizen present in the United States for over 10 years applied for a green card under the Haitian Refugee and Immigrant Fairness Act ("HRIFA") without an attorney. After the case was denied on the basis of a prior criminal record, he retained Dyson Law. Through the perseverance of Dyson Law, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agreed to reopen the case for the client to submit a waiver to overcome the criminal record. This case involved significant humanitarian factors, given that the client was fully disabled with serious medical problems. After an up-hill battle, the case was finally approved.
• A Haitian citizen applied for a green card under the Haitian Refugee and Immigrant Fairness Act (“HRIFA”). Because he did not have a lawyer, the case was stalled in the immigration process for many years. Finally, due to Dyson Law’s involvement, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services approved the case 7 years after the client had initially filed the application.

Aliens Applying for Visas at U.S. Consulates Abroad, Including Aliens Applying for Waivers of Grounds of Inadmissibility (Consular Processing)

• A U.S. citizen retained Dyson Law for assistance in obtaining the approval of a waiver to allow his Brazilian wife to re-enter the United States after a prior period of unlawful presence in the United States. The couple filed all the paperwork on their own through the U.S. Consulate in Naples, Italy, and were denied an immigrant visa due to the prior period of unlawful presence. At no time were they ever advised of their right to apply for a waiver to overcome the unlawful presence. After the couple retained Dyson Law, Dyson Law prepared and submitted an I-601 waiver package to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offices in Rome, Italy. Due to Dyson Law's thorough preparation of the I-601 waiver package, the waiver application was approved. The client was thereafter issued an immigrant visa to enter the United States.
• Dyson Law recently obtained the approval of an alien petition filed by a U.S. citizen with a U.S. Consulate abroad, for an Egyptian citizen with a criminal conviction and a prior order of deportation.

Applicants for Citizenship/Naturalization

• Dyson Law assisted an undocumented Brazilian serving in the U.S. Army with obtaining citizenship under special military naturalization provisions.
• A Ugandan retained Dyson Law after waiting for her citizenship for one year following her naturalization interview. After the firm contacted the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services regarding her case, the client’s naturalization application was approved.

Applicants Needing Renewal of their Green Cards

• A Nigerian retained Dyson Law after having unsuccessfully tried to renew his green card on his own for approximately one year. After Dyson Law took over the case, the client received his green card within several months.
• A Mexican with prior criminal convictions retained Dyson Law for assistance in renewing his green card. After looking into his criminal history, Dyson Law determined that the client had some outstanding criminal issues. We sent him to a criminal attorney to resolve these issues before submitting his application to renew his green card. The client has now successfully received his green card.

Basic Case Assessments

• A Dominican did not have any records of the applications which his green card holder wife had submitted to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on his behalf. Dyson Law obtained a copy of the immigration papers from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for the client.