July 2010 produced a number of successes for Chow & Hamilton. Several of our Kenyan asylum claims which had been pending for decisions at the asylum office after interview, and at the trial court level, after trial, were approved. Most of those cases were complex, in that our clients were applying for asylum under exceptions to the one-year asylum filing bar. In mid July, we also won adjustment of status, and therefore, Lawful Permanent Residence, for a Kenyan who had been a victim of battery and extreme cruelty at the hand of a US Citizen spouse, under the Violence Against Womens Act (VAWA), and our only marriage-based adjustment of status interview for the month yielded an approval, permitting our Kenyan client, who had resided in the United States for quite a number of years without status, to finally immigrate.
We welcome all of these successful applicants to the United States and are extremely happy to have played a part in their immigration processes.
By: Duane M. Hamilton
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