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it appears that your visa might be invalid/expired and need to renew. Please hire an attorney to review the case and advise you accordingly. If you can call our number at 877-866-8665 please do so, if not you can work with an attorney via email at smsattorney@gmail.com and the attorney will call you.... Read Answer

Hello and thank you for asking. You have done a great job in documenting all the incidents as they can come in handy in the case for your son. So this girl he is/was with has a child with your son, for which he pays child support and also help raise her other children. The girl desires to leave your son and move out of the house. You can certainly contest the move for your grandson and he can do the same as his father. However, you will need to prove to the court why he or you should get the custody of the child where she elects to take her kids to a proven narcissists house. If you think she will contest your son having primary custody than you should consider working with a competent and aggressive lawyer to get what you want to be done. I hope everything works out for you guys. Please keep in mind that not all lawyers are the same, therefore be very cautious as to which attorney or law firm you chose to work with. We are based in New York but my network of SMS ATTORNEYS does travel out of state for clients. Child Custody cases are not cheap and with our knowledge, skills, competency and aggressive nature for fighting tooth and nail for our clients and their families, we normally charge $3,500 for such cases. If you would like to retain our services while on a limited budget, do let us know and we will try to do our best to offer payment plans options.  Feel free to give us a call for a free consultation. Ahsan Syed answer and comments to questions are for general purposes only and do not constitute legal advice or establish an attorney-client relationship with SMS ATTORNEYS without a signed retainer. Thank You. Toll-Free 1-877-866-8665 // Child Custody Lawyer in MN.... Read Answer

The adoption law for immigration purposes is complicated. You can start your research on www.adoption.state.us. Keep in mind that (1) Russia is not allowing adoption by US citizens or LPRs so you will have to adopt as Russian citizen; (2) it is never right the way; (3) Russia is a Hague convention country so the process you will have to follow is going to be for a Convention country. https://www.hcch.net/en/states/hcch-members You can also read here: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/Intercountry-Adoption/Adoption-Process/understanding-the-hague-convention.html However, there is also a posibility that since you are a Russian citizen and the adoption is not intercountry adoption really, the fomaly processed adoption in Russia could be sufficient to establish qualifying relationship for family based immigration under F2A category. ... Read Answer

From your facts, it appears that you are under a final order of removal. You would need to have your case reopened for you to have the opportunity to adjust status in the US. That presupposes that you entered the country with some type of status or are the beneficiary of section 245(i), which allows most individuals to adjust status upon the payment of a fine amount of $1000 if they had an immigrant visa petition or labor certification application pending by April 30, 2001 and were physically present in the US on December 21, 2000. Lacking the ability to adjust status, you and your spouse might be able to obtain your permanent residence through the expanded I-601A program under which you could ask for conditional permission to return to the US following removal on form I-212, and following an approval of that, request a waiver of the 10 year bar for unlawful stay on form I-601A under which the standard for approval would be the proving of extreme hardship to your spouse if the waiver could not be granted. The I-212 and I-601A applications can be filed while you are here in the US, and if both are approved, you would return home for an immigrant visa interview which would in all likelihood be normal. Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee, Esq.'s (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.  ... Read Answer

72 hour hold doesn't sound right unless he was taken to detox or the psych ward. Instead, was he arrested for a probation violation? If so, then he would normally see a judge sooner, but depends on when the arrest took place. He doesn't have the absolute right to bail if he?s already on probation. So the judge could order him to be held without bail. Get a lawyer hired for him.... Read Answer

It's an interesting case and a close call, whether a school has an affirmative duty to inform prospective students (or in this case their parents) about the entire curriculum.  Certainly, if you asked and the school lied, I think that would be a material misrepresentation, and you could void the contract based on fraud in the inducement, but I don't know if there is an affirmative duty to volunteer the information where you didn't ask.  I'm not saying that there isn't, only that it isn't a slam dunk either way.  It could cost more in attorneys' fees to litigate than you've spent on tuition.  On a practical level, moreover, you're being offered a full refund, and your only objection is that you don't want to sign a non-disclosure agreement.  I don't know what you mean about "too broad to trust", but unless you have some reason why you need to mention the experience in the future (and I can understand why you would feel the need to let other parents know about this before they make the same mistake), maybe you should consider the settlement. ... Read Answer

It?s impossible to know. When you miss a court date in Minnesota, the judge will issue a warrant. The warrant can be state only or nationwide. If it's a nationwide warrant, and then you are arrested out of state, then the Minnesota prosecutor will need to decide whether to extradite you back. So, the best answer I can give you is that there's definitely a chance that you would be extradited.... Read Answer

Assuming that your appearance is for a master calendar hearing and not for a final merits hearing and depending upon whether your case is one of the "surge" cases that the government is interested in finishing immediately, your case could take anywhere from six months to four years for the immigration judge to hear the case and make a decision. I assume that you will be continuing your asylum claim in front of the court.Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee, Esq.'s (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.  ... Read Answer

So are you saying that there are criminal charges filed against you? An old arrest warrant hanging out there? You should contact a Minnesota criminal defense attorney for a free consultation. A lawyer can look up your name and case information and give you an idea of what you are looking at. Are you still out of state? It may be possible for your lawyer to arrange for a way to settle the case.... Read Answer

The travel ban began on June 29 and 90 days would take you to October 1. Your DV lottery visa must be issued by September 30. I note that the Trump administration originally said the travel was banned for persons from Iran and five other countries unless they had immediate family members in the US such as parents, spouses, children, siblings and in-laws. That list of relations has been expanded by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently so that relations can also include grandparents, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces and cousins. Hopefully you have one of those type of relations.Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee, Esq.'s (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.  ... Read Answer

Theoretically, the vehicle owner could be liable to you if they are found to have been negligent by leqving the doors of the vehicle open, and this negligence is found to have caused your damage.  Your recovery could also be reduced if it is found that you were contributorily negligent by failing yourself to ensure that the doors were locked.... Read Answer

You have a lot to challenge here. You can contest the basis for the search warrant. You can have the alleged drugs retested and reweighed. You can litigate the scope of the search. We can try to negotiate our way to a deal that keeps his thing off of your criminal record. Most important thing for you to do is to retain a good lawyer.... Read Answer

Wow. This is quite a story. What you need most is help from an experienced criminal defense attorney. We see this happen frequently, where the victim of abuse actually gets prosecuted for committing abuse. There are ways to fight these charges. You need a lawyer to represent you and to help you exercise your rights.... Read Answer