Attorneys at Law
Immigration
Immigration through Employment
Our Immigration Lawyers handle all areas of Immigration law. We represent employers and employees for nonimmigrant and immigrant petitions, including the H-1b visa, L visa, PERM and employment based green cards. We also represent individuals with family based visa petitions including the K3, K1 (fiancé visa) and family based green cards. Other important immigration matters we handle include asylum claims, investment visas, VAWA petitions (Violence Against Women's Act) and citizenship cases, among others.
About Terpak and Associates:
Our mission is to provide prompt, high quality legal services to benefit the lives of our clients. From complex immigration or personal injury matters to simple traffic cases, our attorneys understand that communication is a key to success. Whether you have a seven figure accident case or a straightforward family immigration matter, you need confidence that your lawyer understands your problem and is working with you to achieve results.
If you need a skilled Northern Virginia Immigration Lawyer or an Personal Injury Lawyer, we have offices conveniently located to serve your Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. location. At Terpak and Associates, we strive to build a partnership for success with every client.
Our clients range from individuals to large corporations, and we regularly appear in state and federal courts. Based in Arlington, Virginia, a few miles from Washington D.C. and Maryland, we accept personal injury and traffic cases in Virginia and we handle U.S. immigration cases worldwide.
Memberships:
Virginia State Bar, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, American Immigration Lawyers Association.
Our Northern Virginia Location:
943 S. George Mason Drive, Suite 200
Arlington, VA 22204
Immigration Practice Areas
Permanent Residency / Green Cards
Our Immigratin Lawyers explore all routes to permanent residency for you, your employees or your family. Your options may include, among others, a family based green card, an employment based green card, a green card through asylum, a national interest waiver, or a green card through the lottery.
Work Visas
If there is a way for you to legally work in the United States, our Immigration Attorneys will help you find it. We consult employers and employees on H visas, L visas, E-1 (Treaty trader), E-2 (Treaty Investor), among others.
PERM Cases
Are you an employer or employee with questions about PERM? A successful PERM application is often the first step to an employment based green card. However, PERM cases are complex. We have obtained PERM certifications for highly technical occupations including economists, civil engineers, teachers, lawyers, architects, computer programmers and computer systems analysts.
Family Based Nonimmigrant Petitions
There are various nonimmigrant visas which allow U.S. citizens to bring their spouses, children and fiancés to the United States. Our Immigration Lawyers can help you explore the K-1 and K-3 options.
Citizenship
Before filing for citizenship, it is important to review your case for problems. The best time to deal with an issue is before the case is submitted to the government.
Asylum
Are you unable or unwilling to return to home country because of persecution or a well founded fear of persecution based on religion, race, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular group? If so, we may be able to help you stay in the United States.
Immigration News
USCIS REACHES FY 2009 H-1B CAP:
WASHINGTON - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it has received enough H-1B petitions to meet the congressionally mandated cap for fiscal year 2009. USCIS has also received more than 20,000 H-1B petitions filed on behalf of persons exempt from the cap under the "advanced degree" exemption. Before running the random selection process, USCIS will complete initial data entry for all filings received during the filing period ending on April 7, 2008. Due to the high number of petitions, USCIS is not.(Full Story)
New US U Visa offered to crime victims:
Illegal immigrants who are victims of violent crimes in the U.S. can now apply for special visas (U Visa), seven years after Congress offered protection against deportation to those who cooperate with law enforcement agencies.(Full Story)
Fairfax Jail Will Check For Illegal Immigrants:
Fairfax County Sheriff Stan G. Barry, who runs Virginia's largest jail, has decided to begin screening inmates for immigration violations and working with federal authorities to deport those illegally in this country.(Full Story)
Employers face strict immigration law:
Employers are facing strict requirements in immigration law when House Bill 1804 goes into effect.(Full Story)
Arlington criticizes regional crackdown on illegal immigration:
Arlington, VA - Elected officials in Northern Virginia's most famously liberal county have strongly criticized their counterparts elsewhere in the region over efforts to crack down on illegal immigration.(Full Story)
Press Release:
On Monday, June 11, 2007, Moona Shakil presented an overview of immigration law to the Family Law Section of the Fairfax Bar Association. Ms. Shakil answered questions on a wide range of issues, including the conditional green card and VAWA (Violence Against Women Act of 1994). Ms. Shakil was asked to make the presentation to help explain immigration elements of domestic relations cases.(Click here to read Full Press Release)