Joseph Heath
Immigration Attorney in Raleigh, NC
- Role
- Associate Attorney at Guirguis Law
- Location
- Durham, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Joseph Heath
I am currently practicing Immigration Law (both removal defense & affirmative…
Experience
Associate Attorney
Aug 2023 — Present · Raleigh, NC, US
Sample work done in my first year of practice:• Appeared in court, representing clients in Removal Proceedings (both Master and Individual Hearings)• Navigated job advertising & PERM authorization process for two separate EB-3 applications• Wrote two separate briefs to the Board of Immigration Appeals, appealing denial of asylum claims• Wrote 10+ Prosecutorial Discretion requests to ICE, which often led to DHS counsel agreeing to join Motions to Terminate Removal Proceedings at EOIR• Navigated NVC (State Department) applications for both immigrant and non-immigrant visas• Prepared USCIS applications for clients, such as: I-360 special immigrant status; I-918 U-Visas; I-765 work authorization; I-131 advance parole; I-589 affirmative asylum; and DACA renewal• Prepared clients for USCIS interviews re: I-130 bona fide marriage determinations; I-485 Adjustment of Status; and N-400 naturalization; also prepared clients for I-601A consular interviews (abroad)• Conducted intake of new clients, assessing routes for legal status such as: Military PIP, Humanitarian Parole, U-Visa qualifying crimes, VAWA victim status, SIJS, I-130 family-based petitions (including under INA § 245(i)); also vetted for potential permanent bars to entry under INA § 212(a)(9)
Skills
- Research
- History of Cinema
- Translation
- Teaching
- Microsoft Word
- Customer Service
- Leadership
- Data Analysis
- Czech
- European Studies
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