Legal Question in Immigration Law in California

We suggest you to consult with an immigration attorney because your conviction might be a crime involving moral turpitude, which might be a ground to bar you from applying for green card.

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You can try to have a criminal attorney see whether they can either mitigate or vacate your 1996 conviction, therefore you can adjust without a problem. Call my office if you need assistance; and I wish you all the best.

Caro Kinsella - Immigration Attorney

This crime makes you an aggravated felon under the immigration laws.

Criminal Relief

The U.S. Immigration laws are very strict. In this particular case, the past crime is preventing you from going forward with obtaining any immigration benefits. In fact, in a deportation in this type of matter, it could very well result in deportation for life without any possibility of coming back. It is never easy to obtain criminal relief, but it is the only realistic chance that exists. We file the necessary paperwork in order to try to get the conviction vacated or reduced so that it is not an aggravated felony. A Supreme Court case Padilla vs. Kentucky has come out which essentially states that if you were not properly notified of the immigration consequences of your plea, then your sixth amendment rights to counsel have been violated. Thus, we would go back into the criminal court based in large part on Padilla vs. Kentucky.

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