CARLOS BATARA IMMIGRATION LAW

Whether you’re seeking to become a permanent resident or U.S. citizen. Whether you’re trying to enter the U.S. to be with your fiancée or fight the government’s efforts to deport you. Whether your case seems straight forward or complicated.

Over the past 17 years, we have helped immigrants from more than 70 different countries.

Our formula is simple.

Hard work.

Dedication to your goals.

Commitment to your success.

The difference between winning and losing is often razor-thin. You win because your immigration lawyer made the extra telephone call, anticipated the hidden issue, interviewed important witnesses, and carefully prepared your documents.

This formula has enabled the Law Offices of Carlos Batara, who started as a San Diego Immigration Attorney, to expand into Riverside, San Bernardino, and beyond.

Whatever your goals – we will not take careless shortcuts on your journey to immigration success.

Keeping Families Together – Spouses, Children, Parents, Brothers, and Sisters

Many clients seek entry to the United States because they want to join a family member who lives here.

Some plan to get married when they arrive; others are already married before they leave their home country.

For nearly two decades, starting with our San Diego immigration lawyer office, we’ve assisted clients successfully navigate the immigration system to unite their families, earn a green card, become permanent residents, and later win citizenship.

Quite often, a few years later, we are rehired as their naturalization or citizenship attorney.

Typically, success depends on careful preparation of various family-based petitions, applications, and forms.

In some cases there are issues which require special attention – issues like criminal convictions, prior arrests, or visits to the U.S. without permission. We spend extra time studying such situations before filing any paperwork with the government.

Keeping Families from Being Separated – Deportation and Removal Defense

Deportation defense has two different components.

The first part takes place at a trial in Immigration Court. Most deportation and removal cases for clients who visit our Escondido and San Diego immigration lawyer offices are handled at the San Diego or El Centro immigration courts. For our Hemet, Riverside, and San Bernardino clients, most deportation defense hearings take place in Los Angeles.

The second part, often necessary, takes place at the Board of Immigration Appeals.

Choosing the right immigration attorney for these types of cases is crucial to your success.

Hidden Paths to a Green Card – Applications under Special Immigration Programs

When we interview clients, we sometimes discover they qualify for immigration benefits under special immigration green card programs set up by the U.S. government. Most immigrants do not know these programs exist.