Schonfeld & Ushan is a full service Manhattan-based law firm dedicated to serving individuals seeking assistance with immigration issues.Our boutique firm was started over 30 years ago by former immigration judge Alexander Schonfeld.

Our attorneys have over 30 years combined experience in immigration law, and we provide a unique personal approach to each and every case.

Immigration attorneys at Schonfeld & Ushan are known for their responsiveness to each client’s specific needs, dedication to finding the most successful legal approach to each case, and their sensitivity to cultural concerns and language barriers.

We have extensive experience in guiding clients through immigration processes, and we make every effort to keep our clients continuously informed of each step in their case.

Family-Based Immigration:

We have extensive experience in guiding families through the immigration process and we are dedicated to helping you and your immediate relative sponsor thoroughly prepare for your interview in order to achieve the most successful results possible. We address legal issues pertaining to eligibility requirements for sponsors, admissibility of foreign relatives, waiting lists, and restrictions on the number of family-based immigrants allowed to immigrate to the United States each year.

Our firm handles most immediate relative petitions, including:

• Spousal Petitions
• Parent/Child and Sibling Petitions
• Battered Spouse, Child, and Parent Petitions
• Consular Processing
• Fiancé Visas

Employment-Based Nonimmigrant Visas:

We have years of experience in obtaining nonimmigrant visas for foreign nationals to enable them to work legally in the United States.

• Professionals With Specialized Knowledge In A Specialty Occupation
• Individuals With Extraordinary Ability Or Achievement such as musicians, fashion models and actors.
• Traders and E-2 Treaty Investors Visas
• Visas for nonimmigrant unskilled workers in temporary or seasonal work
• Visas permitting short-term entry for meetings, conferences, seminars or other events
• Religious workers
• Visas for executives and managers transferring from other countries to United States’ subsidiaries or regional offices of the employer corporation

Student Visas:

We have been successful in obtaining student visas for our clients who wish to pursue full-time academic or vocational studies in the United States

• F Visas for academic students
• M Visas for vocational students
• J Visas for educational and cultural exchange programs.

Asylum:

Our firm specializes in asylum cases of individuals who have been persecuted based on their race, religion, national origin, political opinion, or membership in a social group.  We focus on cases dealing with:

• Religious Persecution, particularly in the Middle-East (Jewish, Coptic Christian, Sunni, and Shiite). Services available in Arabic.
• Gender-Based Persecution, including physical abuse, sexual abuse, rape, female-genital mutilation, and generalized persecution of women.
• Political Opinion or Social Group, including persecution based on sexual orientation, forced abortion, involuntary sterilization, torture, and humanitarian asylum.

Deportation/Removal:

We defend non-citizens who are facing deportation or removal.  If you have been placed in removal proceedings, obtaining adequate legal representation is critical in protecting your rights.

Naturalization:

If you or your family member is interested in becoming a naturalized citizen, we will help determine if you are eligible, guide you through the forms and process, and help to thoroughly prepare you for your citizenship interview.

Consular Processing:

This is the process is necessary for those living abroad seeking to enter the United States legally or trying to bring family members, fiancés, or employees in other countries to the U.S. We can guide you through the process of applying for an immigrant visa through the National Visa Center and a U.S. consulate overseas.

Employment-Based Immigrant Visas:

Our firm specializes in obtaining legal permanent residency through employment for our clients. If you are seeking to immigrate to the United States based on your job skills we will determine which employment category you qualify for and guide you through Labor Certification process if necessary.

• Persons of extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics; outstanding professors or researchers; and multinational executives and managers.
• Persons with exceptional ability in the sciences, arts or business
• Professionals and skilled workers
• “Special immigrants,” such as religious workers, and alien minors who are wards of courts in the United States
• Business investors

Uncontested Divorces

Our firm has years of experience in obtaining successful uncontested divorces for many clients. If you and your spouse have agreed on the terms of the divorce we can finalize your divorce action in an efficient manner.