Practice Areas - U.S. Immigration Services
Explore Alaz Law's immigration services for family-based cases, employment visas, investor matters, mandamus actions, and global mobility support.
Clients seeking a local consultation can review our Allen office for immigration consultations page before choosing the service path that fits their facts.
Permanent Residence - Green Card Services
A Green Card gives an eligible person lawful permanent residence so they can live and work in the United States long term.
Alaz Law helps individuals and families in Allen, Texas and across North Texas evaluate family-based, employment-based, and other Green Card strategies with case-specific legal guidance.
- Immigration Law. Comprehensive legal services for all immigration matters, from family-based petitions to employment visas, ensuring successful navigation of complex immigration processes.
- Business Law. Strategic legal guidance for businesses, covering entity formation, compliance, and corporate immigration to support business growth and operations.
- Contract Law. Expert assistance in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts to protect client interests and ensure legally sound business relationships.
- Legal Compliance. Ensuring adherence to immigration laws and regulations, including timely submission of required documentation, accurate filing of applications, and maintaining alignment with government policies to avoid delays or rejections in immigration proceedings.
- Investment Law. Professional guidance for investment-based immigration programs, including EB-5 and E-2 visas, ensuring compliance with investment and business requirements.
- Global Mobility. Strategic planning and support for international workforce movement, managing cross-border assignments and corporate transfers effectively.
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Frequently Asked Questions
These answers summarize common questions about this service area. The applicable rules and an individual’s eligibility depend on the facts.
1. What U.S. immigration pathway may fit my situation—family, employment, investment, or another category?
There is no single pathway for every applicant. USCIS lists family-based, employment-based, immigrant-investor, humanitarian, and other Green Card categories; which category can be evaluated depends on concrete facts such as a qualifying family relationship, employment or professional profile, and investment. The category requirements should be reviewed before choosing a filing strategy.
Official source: Green Card Eligibility Categories
2. Can a U.S. citizen family member sponsor my Green Card, and would I apply inside the United States or through a consulate?
An immediate relative of a U.S. citizen can include the spouse, an unmarried child under 21, or a parent when the citizen is at least 21, subject to the applicable requirements. If you are in the United States and otherwise eligible, adjustment of status may be available; if you are abroad, the immigrant-visa route is consular processing. Admission or parole history, admissibility, and other bars can change the analysis.
Official source: Green Card for Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizen
3. Can I pursue a U.S. Green Card through EB-2 NIW without an employer sponsor?
Potentially, depending on the facts. USCIS says an NIW request seeks to waive the job-offer and labor-certification requirements, and the petitioner may self-petition with Form I-140. The person must still first qualify for EB-2 as an advanced-degree professional or person of exceptional ability and satisfy USCIS's three-part national-interest analysis; eligibility depends on the evidence and the individual case.
Official source: Employment-Based Immigration: Second Preference EB-2
4. Does an E-2 investor visa let me invest in and run a U.S. business?
An E-2 is a nonimmigrant visa for eligible nationals of treaty countries. The investor must place a substantial amount of capital in a real, operating commercial enterprise, develop and direct it, and generally intend to depart when E-2 status ends; the Department of State says uncommitted or revocable funds in a bank account generally are not treated as the investment. The cited official guidance does not set a fixed minimum amount, so sufficiency is fact-dependent.
Official source: Treaty Trader & Treaty Investor and Australians in Specialty Occupations
5. Can L-1A help my company transfer an executive or manager to a U.S. affiliate or open a new office?
Potentially, if the employer and employee meet the requirements. USCIS requires a qualifying relationship between the U.S. and foreign organizations, ongoing business in the United States and at least one other country, and generally one continuous year of qualifying employment abroad during the three years before admission; a new-office case also requires secured physical premises and evidence that the office will support an executive or managerial role within one year. L-1A is a temporary nonimmigrant classification and does not by itself establish permanent residence.
Official source: L-1A Intracompany Transferee Executive or Manager
6. Can I file a federal mandamus lawsuit over an unusually delayed USCIS, NVC, or consular immigration case?
Possibly, but not automatically. Under 28 U.S.C. § 1361, federal district courts have original jurisdiction over an action in the nature of mandamus to compel a U.S. officer, employee, or agency to perform a duty owed to the plaintiff. The statute addresses jurisdiction to compel performance of a duty; it does not itself create a right to approval or dictate a favorable substantive outcome. Whether a case is appropriate depends on the legal duty, the nature of the delay, jurisdiction, procedural posture, and individual facts, so attorney review is essential.
Official source: 28 U.S.C. § 1361: Action to compel an officer of the United States to perform his duty
This information is for general educational purposes only, is not legal advice, and does not create an attorney-client relationship. Laws and agency guidance may change; seek advice about your specific facts.
