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Antone, Casagrande & Adwers, P.C.
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Michigan Immigration Attorneys

The prospect of changing the country you call home can be both frightening and exciting, especially if one plans to start employment in a new country or if you plan to join family members. Unfortunately, this kind of endeavor can also be very complicated, as the United States enforces very strict restrictions on who is allowed to immigrate here and what procedures they must follow to do so legally.

The first step in any immigration process is to determine eligibility. Although there are specific categories for temporary work visas for permanent residency for employment and family-based immigration, there are also many other categories for specific situations.

Whether you are seeking a temporary work visa, a more permanent immigration status, or United States citizenship, our Michigan immigration lawyers are available to assist. Guidance from a seasoned attorney could not only help ensure you comply with all applicable rules and regulations, but also maximize your chances of success with your application.

 

OUR EXPERTISE
N. Peter Antone
Immigration Attorney & Partner

Mr. Antone graduated J.D. Summa Cum Laude from Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University. He is rated by Martindale Hubbell Law Directory (a highly regarded lawyer-ranking company) as AV, which is the highest possible ranking given to an attorney for both competency and adherence to ethical standards. He is also listed in Marquis Who’s Who in American Law.

In addition, he has been selected as a Super Lawyer by Super Lawyer Magazine since 2011, and as a Top Lawyer by DBusiness Magazine since 2012, based on a peer-review survey open to all area lawyers where thousands of votes are cast honoring excellence in the practice of law.

He has also been recognized as a member of the “Who’s Who Legal Corporate Immigration”, a publication by the Law Business Research Ltd., a United Kingdom research-based publication whose research revealed a few hundred lawyers from 40 different jurisdictions that they consider to be leaders in the field.

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OUR EXPERTISE
Justin D. Casagrande
Immigration Attorney & Partner

Mr. Casagrande graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in the top third of his class. He is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating possible given to very few attorneys who have reached the pinnacle of their field, and has been recognized by other legal rating organizations.

Mr. Casagrande has presented on various immigration matters and is a member of the Michigan and Federal Bars, as well as the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. He has provided immigration expert opinions for legal proceedings. He is also a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and other immigration-related organizations.

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OUR EXPERTISE
Ryan J. Adwers
Immigration Attorney & Partner

Mr. Adwers graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan in 2000. While there, Mr. Adwers was a Senior Associate on the Thomas M. Cooley Law Review, competed in intra-school Moot Court competitions, and participated in a judicial externship with the 30th Judicial Circuit in Lansing, Michigan.

He received his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in International Studies with an area of specialization in Central and South America in 1995. His degree concentrated on international relations, business, and management.

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OUR EXPERTISE
Diane E. Hunt
Immigration Attorney & Partner

Ms. Hunt graduated with J.D. Cum Laude from the University of Michigan Law School. Since joining the firm in 2013, Ms. Hunt has represented clients in a wide range of U.S. immigration matters with a focus on family and individual matters such as fiancée visas, green card applications for spouses and other family members, naturalization, complex cases involving derived citizenship, and hardship waivers. Ms. Hunt also continues to be involved in humanitarian cases including U-visa, VAWA, and DACA.

She has experience working with individuals facing removal, including those with criminal convictions. Ms. Hunt conducts I-9 compliance reviews and represents individuals and companies in obtaining both employment based permanent residency and employment-based nonimmigrant statuses such as L-1 status for intra-company transferees, E status for traders and investors, and H-1B status for temporary workers, among others.

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OUR EXPERTISE
Camaron M. Voyles
Immigration Attorney & Partner

Camaron M. Voyles received his undergraduate degree from Hope College, a private liberal arts college in Michigan, in 2007, graduating Summa Cum Laude with a double major in History and Japanese Studies. He served as the president of the Hope College chapter of the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. After graduation, he pursued his interest in Japan by teaching English to Japanese elementary school students for three years through the JET Programme.

Mr. Voyles returned to Michigan to complete his law degree at the University of Michigan, graduating Cum Laude in 2014. During law school, he studied immigration, civil rights issues, and corporate law. He also served on the Executive Board of the Michigan Journal of International Law and was the Event Manager for the Asia Law Society’s 2012 symposium.

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OUR EXPERTISE
Eleanor J. Sintjago
Immigration Attorney & Partner

In 2014, Ms. Sintjago completed her law degree from the University of Minnesota Law School, graduating Magna Cum Laude and Order of the Coif. She focused her legal education on immigration and human rights issues. During law school she served as Vice President of the Asylum Law Project and represented immigration clients as a student attorney and student director in the law school’s Immigration and Human Rights Clinic.

She spent a summer volunteering on women’s human rights at the Advocates for Human Rights in Minneapolis and represented the law school at the regional rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court competition. She also interned for the pro-bono department of a large law firm in Minneapolis, where she focused on preparing U visa applications for victims of crimes.

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OUR EXPERTISE
Michael S. Yu
Immigration Attorney & Partner

During law school, he interned at the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB) in Seoul, South Korea, where he assisted with the coordination of the Asia-Pacific Regional FDI moot competition in Seoul. He also interned at the Office of Senator Hoon-Yung Hopgood, Michigan State Senate, where he researched current state legislative issues.

Mr. Yu received his Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering and graduated Cum Laude from the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering in 2007. Mr. Yu also received his J.D. from Wayne State University Law School in 2015 where he graduated Cum Laude. While there, his studies on focused on immigration and international law. He served as the president of the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA), and as a student attorney with the Wayne State Asylum and Immigration Law Clinic.

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OUR EXPERTISE
Sam (Xinyuan) Li
Immigration Attorney

Sam (Xinyuan) Li is originally from Mainland China, coming to the United States in 2012 to complete his undergraduate and post-graduate studies. He received his undergraduate degree in International Studies from the American University’s School of International Service in 2016 with Summa Cum Laude honors.

His undergraduate experience in the U.S. has been inspiring him to apply the unique point of view provided by his international background to the legal field; Mr. Li’s diverse ideological perspective and cross-cultural communication abilities have been encouraging him to focus on helping individuals and businesses find solutions to their immigration needs.

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OUR EXPERTISE
Sam (Xinyuan) Li
Immigration Attorney

Sam 拥有美国华盛顿特区律师执业资格,可以通过流利的中文和英语进行语言和书面上的交流沟通。Sam一直在中国大陆居住和学习到高中毕业前,随后于2012年来到美国攻读并完成了本科和法律博士的教育。

  • 多文化的教育背景使得Sam有着自己独特的视角,对美国移民法的理解赋予了更多的内容,在经手的国际公民和美国公司的移民事务中更能准确的捕捉理解到客户的真实需求和想法,并在解决方案中做出更合理的规划。
  • 在美国12年的学习、工作经历,让Sam更懂得去理解对方的困难,从内心愿意去帮助那些需要帮助的人,愿意用自己的专业知识去为那些有着美国和国际梦想的企业或个人服务。
  • 在工作积累中,Sam通过日常学习、不断的实践,尽可能多的去参加专业领域的职业协会以及社会团体活动,并通过自己的专业能力,得到了同事和客户的认可。尤其在美国移民法方面,Sam渐成的专业优势 ,以乐于助人的热情、专业的知识、独特的视角,为个人和企业客户量身定制最佳的移民解决方案。
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OUR EXPERTISE
Dorothy H. Basmaji
Of Counsel

Ms. Basmaji graduated J.D. Cum Laude from the Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University in 1986. She proceeded to clerk for the Honorable Joseph B. Sullivan of the Michigan Court of Appeals before entering private practice focusing on immigration matters.

She has extensive experience in corporate and business immigration issues. Ms. Basmaji has assisted clients with internal transfers from other countries as well as external hires. Her experience with complex immigration regulations has made her an invaluable resource for executives and HR professionals. She has assisted many clients seeking employment or family-based permanent residency status.

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OUR EXPERTISE
Lisa J. Bennett
Immigration Attorney

Lisa J. Bennett, an Honors Scholar, received undergraduate degrees in International Studies and German from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in 2010. After graduating, Ms. Bennett lived in Sweden and Germany, where she continued her studies in international relations and worked with study abroad students. She then returned to the U.S. and completed a master’s degree in higher education at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). 

After graduating from UTSA, Ms. Bennett worked as a Designated School Official (DSO) for the university. As an international student advisor, Ms. Bennett assisted international students, especially F-1 students, with immigration issues during their undergraduate and graduate studies. This inspired Ms. Bennett to learn more about American immigration law and attend law school.

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OUR EXPERTISE
Jesse Goldstein
Immigration Attorney
Jesse Goldstein graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1999, and also obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History (with honors) from Duke University in 1994.  While at the University of Michigan Law School, he served as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Law Reform.
Mr. Goldstein has practiced in numerous areas of immigration law since 2004.  He has represented organizations of various sizes from a wide range of industries, and is highly skilled in developing and presenting immigration-based solutions to practical, real-world issues, including analyzing the interrelationships between immigration and employment law, as well as the tensions between the theoretical and highly technical requirements of U.S. immigration law and real-world business requirements.
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OUR EXPERTISE
Camila Mojica
Immigration Attorney

Originally from Colombia, Camila Mojica views the world from a binational, bicultural, and bilingual lens. In 2013, she received undergraduate degrees in International Studies and Advertising and Public Relations from Loyola University Chicago. She worked at Foley & Lardner LLP, and the Legal Affairs Division of the Mexican Consulate, and after her studies, at Youth, Rights and Justice in Portland and Asylum Seekers Advocacy Project in New York—experiences that expanded her knowledge of the legal system. Her passion for humanitarian values and ethics and immigrant background inspired her to pursue law school.

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Delany S. Dyze
Immigration Attorney

Delany S. Dyze received her undergraduate degree in Arts and Humanities from Michigan State University. She graduated with high honors in 2017. Ms. Dyze received her law degree from Michigan State University College of Law in 2022 and graduated Magna Cum Laude. In law school, she focused her studies on immigration law, taking specialized classes in asylum law and immigration consequences of criminal convictions. In 2021, she dedicated near 300 hours in the immigration clinic, helping asylees adjust their status, drafting a U-visa petition, and prepping naturalization applicants for their interviews. She was also selected as a brief writer and oralist for Moot Court. She wrote briefs for the Evidence Team, the ALA Team, and the Immigration Team. In her time at Law School, she received the Jurisprudence Award of Excellence in Advocacy, Professional Responsibility, and Constitutional Law. In the summer of 2021, she interned with the Honorable Thomas M. J. Hathaway in Michigan’s Third Circuit Judicial Court in the criminal department.

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OUR EXPERTISE
Katherine Mendel
Immigration Attorney

Ms. Mendel received her Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Spanish from Saint Louis University in 2000.

Ms. Mendel received her J.D. from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 2007. While there, she served as an intern for the Detroit Immigration Court, where she drafted decisions and research memoranda for the judges on asylum, admissibility, and criminal matters. She volunteered with St. Vincent Catholic Charities’ Immigration Law Clinic, where she conducted legal research and interpreted and translated for Spanish-speaking clients. She was Assistant Editor of the Thomas M. Cooley Law Review and was the recipient of the Eugene Krasicky Award for the most valuable contribution to Law Review.

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WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
Testimonials

I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your help with my case. It had been an exciting journey since 2013 when we first started working with Antone, Casagrande & Adwers Law Office on my J-visa waiver. I am grateful to you and to all your colleagues who assisted in the whole process until becoming a US citizen. Please pass my sincere thanks to Peter Antone.

H.K.

I would like to thank you very much for your time and support during my visa adjustment process and for helping me to obtain the desired outcome. I am also very thankful for your help in preparing me for the visa interview which made the approval of my visa adjustment very successful. Your help and work made a big difference in my life and I really appreciate all your efforts as well as your partners and support staff throughout the entire process. Thank you once again for everything and God richly bless you all.

Regina S.

I wanted to let you know of my appreciation for the efforts you made on behalf of [our organization], and of our team member, David. At times the path to our successful outcome must have seemed tortuous and I can only imagine what David went through on his end. But your consistent and thorough approach helped all of us stay focused. Please share my thanks and congratulations with your team for bringing this to successful fruition.

C. B., General Manager

My green card petition was approved. The person who interviewed us told us to tell you that you did a great job with the paperwork. It was very easy for him to follow.

N.G.

It’s almost a month since we spoke with you on the phone as we searched for an Immigration Attorney. We live in Ohio. We just had to write and tell you how very impressed we were with you…You are truly one in a million – trust us, when we say this, we interviewed at least 20 immigration lawyers, so we had to write you to tell you how deeply we appreciate you. You were able to communicate integrity and a genuine spirit to us. You have a peaceful quiet spirit, that makes it easy for clients to communicate with you. You really listen and clients can easily place their trust in you.

Anoma D.
OUR WORK

Seeking Legal Permanent Residency or Citizenship

Lawful permanent resident status, commonly known as having a “green card,” allows a foreign national to permanently live and work legally in the United States. Foreign nationals sponsored by family members or employers, who are otherwise eligible, are generally granted lawful permanent resident status as part of the immigration process. Depending upon the category, the sponsoring relative or company will file a petition with USCIS to classify the sponsored individual in the appropriate category.  Once approved, the foreign national can apply to adjust status in the United States to a lawful permanent resident or process for an immigrant visa (permanent status) at a Consulate or Embassy abroad.  Under certain situations, foreign nationals currently living in the United States may be eligible to apply for permanent status while remaining in the United States.

Once a foreign national has maintained lawful permanent resident status for the requisite period of time, the individual may be eligible to become a naturalized citizen.  The requisite period of time will depend upon the person’s status. Assistance from a dedicated immigration lawyer in Michigan could be critical to success in this process or with any other change of immigration status.

Applying for the Right Type of Visa

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has established many different visa categories for various types of foreign travelers, ranging from temporary visas meant for executives, managers, professionals, health care workers, company transfers students, seasonal workers, and temporary workers to long-term visas that allow for permanent immigration to the United States.

In order to acquire a work visa or lawful permanent resident status (LPR), though, an applicant generally must be sponsored by either United States employer or qualifying family member, although in limited circumstances, some individuals may apply independently.

Employment-based visas are granted in priority order based on the preference category and the foreign worker’s nationality. A Michigan immigration attorney could offer guidance to both potential immigrants and potential sponsors about the availability of employment visas in their unique circumstances.

Speak with a Michigan Immigration Attorney Today

While immigrants may be central to America’s national identity, the process of actually immigrating here is far from simple. You may have to jump through a lot of hoops and work for months or even years to get your green card and subsequently pursue citizenship.

Fortunately, a Michigan immigration lawyer could stand by your side every step of the way, helping to preserve your future prospects and those of your family as well. Get in touch today to set up a consultation.

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