Shao Law Firm

Family-based, employment-based, humanitarian, removal/deportation defense, and immigration litigation

Family, divorce, custody, child support law in limited states

  • We help people through the entire immigration process, from non-immigrant visas such as B-1/B-2, F-1, K-1, H-2B, TN, P-1A to dual intent visas such as H-1B, L-1, O-1. to green cards - IR-1, CR-1, F2A, F2B, F4, EB-1 (NIW), EB-2 (NIW), EB-3, EB-4, EB-5

  • We defend people from deportation, especially people with US citizen immediate relatives and service members who would experience extreme hardship if you were unsuccessful in removal proceedings - Parole in Place (for military), Prosecutorial Discretion, Defensive Asylum, Cancellation of Removal, Withholding of Removal, or adjustment/removal of conditions in court

  • We assist E-2 small business owners and entrepreneurs in getting visas for themselves, their families, and employees

  • We specialize in R-1/I-360 Special Religious Worker petitions for full-time pastors, priests, monks, imams, and full-time church workers. We also do I-360 VAWA and SIJ cases.

  • We love stories of love - K-1 fiance or CR/IR-1 spouse petitions, and winning hardship waivers on behalf of families

  • We guide people through divorce, dissolution, child support, child custody, protective orders, and family law in OH, NY, IL, or CA only. Typically at least one of the parties in our divorce cases is an immigrant.

  • We navigate the J-1 waiver, I-601/I-601A waiver, I-212 waiver, fraud/misrepresentation waivers, and other defenses/solutions

  • We help international student athletes change from F-1 to P-1A status so they can earn from their Name, Image, Likeness (NIL)

  • We sue the government in federal court - mandamus and administrative law cases for unreasonable delay or denial

  • We listen with a sympathetic ear but always tell the truth, even if it’s hard to hear. We never offer people false hope or false fear

  • We have helped doctors, lawyers, scientists, store owners, EB-5 investors, coaches, athletes, religious workers, chefs, pilots, and people from all walks of life and all around the world as they pursue their American dreams.

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