E-2 investor visas
Treaty-nationality, investment, source-of-funds, business, and operational-control strategy.
View service
RELAWCATIONU.S. IMMIGRATION LAWU.S. immigration services
Start with the legal route—not a form.
Relawcation represents individuals, families, businesses, employers, and professionals in U.S. immigration matters.
L-1 intracompany transfers
Executive, managerial, and specialized-knowledge transfers into qualifying U.S. operations.
View serviceO-1 extraordinary ability
Evidence-led petitions for people with sustained distinction in their field.
View serviceMarriage green cards
Spouse petitions, adjustment of status, consular processing, and conditional residence.
View service
Complete service directory
Find the route by immigration objective.
Every page below addresses a distinct legal question or stage of the case.
01
E-2 investment
Investor, employee, family, transaction, evidence, and notice-response routes.
E-2 visa requirements
Eligibility analysis covering treaty nationality, qualifying ownership and control, substantial investment, a real operating enterprise, marginality, and the investor’s role.
View serviceE-2 employee visas
Treaty-national executive, supervisory, and essential-skills employees joining a qualifying E-2 enterprise in the United States.
View serviceE-2 visas for spouses and children
Dependent-status planning for E-2 families, including spouse employment authorization, children, study, travel, and age-out risk.
View serviceE-2 investment amount
Substantiality analysis based on the actual cost of the enterprise, the proportion of committed capital, commercial risk, and operational readiness.
View serviceE-2 source and path of funds
Evidence strategy tracing lawful capital from its origin through transfers and into qualifying business expenditures.
View serviceE-2 renewal and extension
Continued-eligibility analysis for treaty investors and employees, including USCIS extensions and consular visa renewals.
View serviceE-2 RFE responses
USCIS notice responses addressing treaty nationality, investment, source and path of funds, substantiality, marginality, control, or an active enterprise.
View serviceE-2 visa business plan
Immigration-focused review of operations, market assumptions, investment use, staffing, and financial projections against the actual enterprise.
View serviceE-2 change of status or consular visa
Route-selection analysis for treaty investors comparing a USCIS change of status inside the United States with an E-2 visa application abroad.
View serviceBuying a business for an E-2 visa
Immigration analysis of ownership, purchase price, escrow, operating history, control, and post-closing E-2 eligibility.
View serviceE-2 franchise visas
Treaty-investor analysis of a franchise purchase, including ownership, control, total cost, committed capital, franchise obligations, operations, and marginality.
View service02
L-1 company transfers
Established operations, new offices, extensions, families, evidence, and permanent-residence planning.
L-1 extensions
Continued-eligibility strategy for L-1A and L-1B transferees, including new-office growth and current-role evidence.
View serviceL-1A new office
Launch strategy for qualifying foreign businesses establishing a U.S. operation and transferring an executive or manager for the initial year.
View serviceL-1 RFE responses
Notice-specific responses addressing the qualifying relationship, doing business, qualifying employment abroad, U.S. role, staffing, or specialized knowledge.
View serviceL-1A manager or executive
Role analysis for personnel managers, function managers, and executives based on actual authority, duties, staffing, and organizational structure.
View serviceL-1A new office business plan
Evidence planning for the U.S. operation’s premises, capitalization, services, organization, staffing path, financial goals, and capacity to support a qualifying role.
View serviceL-1A to EB-1C green card
Permanent-residence planning for multinational managers and executives, including corporate relationship, qualifying employment abroad, U.S. operations, and the proposed permanent role.
View serviceL-2 visas for spouses and children
Dependent-status planning for L-1 families, including spouse employment authorization, children, study, travel, I-94 records, and age-out risk.
View service03
Family, status & citizenship
Family petitions, marriage cases, adjustment, consular processing, status, and naturalization.
Citizenship and naturalization
Eligibility analysis, applications, interviews, and citizenship evidence.
View serviceN-400 denials and N-336 hearings
Deadline-focused review of naturalization denials, hearing strategy, new evidence, legal issues, and whether refiling may be more effective.
View serviceU.S. citizenship through parents
Acquisition-at-birth and automatic-citizenship analysis, including historical law, physical presence, custody, N-600, and N-600K.
View serviceFamily immigration
Petitions for spouses, parents, children, and other qualifying relatives; adjustment and consular strategy.
View serviceGreen cards for parents of U.S. citizens
Petition and processing strategy for U.S. citizens age twenty-one or older sponsoring a parent through adjustment of status or consular processing.
View serviceGreen cards for children and adult sons or daughters
Category, priority-date, age-out, CSPA, adjustment, and consular planning for petitions by U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
View serviceGreen cards for brothers and sisters
F4 petition strategy for U.S. citizens age twenty-one or older, including relationship evidence, priority dates, derivatives, and final processing.
View serviceMarriage green card: adjustment or consular processing
Route-selection analysis for couples deciding between a U.S. adjustment filing and immigrant-visa processing abroad.
View serviceK-1 fiancé visas
Petition and visa strategy for U.S. citizens bringing a fiancé(e) to the United States to marry.
View serviceI-751 removal of conditions
Joint petitions and waiver-based filings to remove conditions from marriage-based permanent residence.
View serviceAdjustment of status
Green card strategy for eligible applicants completing the process inside the United States.
View serviceConsular processing
Immigrant visa coordination through USCIS, the National Visa Center, and a U.S. embassy or consulate.
View serviceStatus and travel
Changes and extensions of status, I-94 timing, travel consequences, and consular alternatives.
View serviceBona fide marriage evidence
Evidence strategy for proving a genuine marital relationship through the couple’s actual shared history and circumstances.
View serviceMarriage green card interviews
Preparation for USCIS marriage-based adjustment interviews, including document updates, consistency review, and case-specific risk analysis.
View serviceI-864 and joint sponsors
Financial-sponsorship planning for marriage green cards, including household size, qualifying income, assets, household-member contracts, and joint sponsors.
View serviceMarriage RFE and NOID responses
Focused responses to USCIS concerns about a bona fide marriage, legal validity, eligibility, inconsistencies, and potentially adverse information.
View serviceI-130 denials and appeals
Deadline-focused review of family-petition denials, Form EOIR-29 appeals, motions, new evidence, and refiling strategy.
View serviceI-485 denials: motion or refiling
Adjustment-denial review covering Form I-290B motions, corrected refiling, status consequences, and possible removal-court jurisdiction.
View serviceWaivers and admissibility
Case-specific analysis of inadmissibility and available waiver routes.
View serviceI-601A provisional unlawful-presence waivers
Pre-departure waiver strategy covering eligibility, qualifying relatives, extreme hardship, consular processing, and other inadmissibility risks.
View serviceI-601 waivers of inadmissibility
Ground-specific waiver analysis covering statutory eligibility, qualifying relatives, extreme hardship or other required standards, and favorable discretion.
View serviceI-212 permission to reapply after removal
Consent-to-reapply strategy covering removal history, statutory timing, jurisdiction, discretionary evidence, and coordination with I-601 or I-601A.
View service04
Employment, talent & green cards
Employer petitions, professional visas, extraordinary ability, labor certification, and self-petition routes.
Employer immigration
Petition strategy and immigration support for employers and institutions.
View serviceH-1B specialty-occupation visas
Employer petition strategy for professional positions, specialty-occupation evidence, worker qualifications, Labor Condition Applications, cap timing, and extensions.
View serviceH-1B transfers and employer changes
Portability and transition planning for professionals moving to a new H-1B employer, including filing timing, status, LCAs, work start, travel, and employment gaps.
View serviceH-4 visas for spouses and children
Dependent-status planning for H-1B families, including status timing, study, travel, eligible spouse EAD applications, renewals, and children’s age-out risk.
View servicePERM labor certification
Employer-sponsored permanent residence planning, prevailing wage, recruitment, and DOL filing strategy.
View serviceEB-2 national interest waiver
Permanent-residence strategy for qualifying advanced-degree professionals and people of exceptional ability whose proposed endeavor serves the national interest.
View serviceEB-2 NIW RFE responses
Notice-specific analysis of underlying EB-2 eligibility, the proposed endeavor, national importance, the petitioner’s positioning, and the waiver balance.
View serviceEB-1A extraordinary ability
Self-petition strategy for people who can establish sustained acclaim and continued work in their area of expertise.
View serviceEB-1A RFE and NOID responses
Focused responses addressing evidentiary criteria, sustained acclaim, top-of-field standing, continued work, and the petition as a whole.
View serviceO-1 to EB-1A strategy
Independent EB-1A analysis for O-1 professionals, including evidence gaps, final merits, filing sequence, and permanent-residence processing.
View serviceO-1A evidence and criteria
Criterion-by-criterion and final-merits analysis for extraordinary ability in science, education, business, or athletics.
View serviceO-1B artists, film, and television
Petition strategy for artists and entertainment professionals under the distinct O-1B arts or motion-picture and television standards.
View serviceO-1 agent petitions
Petition structure for beneficiaries working through a U.S. agent, multiple engagements, or more than one ultimate employer.
View serviceO-1 advisory opinions
Consultation strategy for identifying the appropriate peer group, labor organization, or expert and presenting the proposed work accurately.
View serviceO-1 RFE responses
Notice-specific analysis of O-1 eligibility, evidentiary gaps, proposed work, petitioner structure, and the petition as a whole.
View service05
Court, appeals & protection
Agency responses, waivers, asylum, humanitarian relief, removal defense, court proceedings, and appeals.
Agency responses
RFEs, NOIDs, revocation issues, and responses to agency concerns.
View serviceAsylum protection
Affirmative USCIS applications and defensive asylum in immigration court, including deadlines, evidence, testimony, and related protection.
View serviceWithholding of removal and CAT protection
Immigration-court protection based on protected-ground persecution or a probability of torture, with separate standards, bars, evidence, and consequences.
View serviceHumanitarian immigration
Protection-based options and humanitarian filings based on the facts and available relief.
View serviceVAWA self-petitions
Confidential Form I‑360 self-petitions for qualifying abused spouses, children, and parents, including evidence, safety, and permanent-residence planning.
View serviceU visas for victims of qualifying crimes
Form I‑918 cases involving qualifying criminal activity, substantial abuse, helpfulness, Supplement B certification, admissibility, and protected filing strategy.
View serviceT visas for human-trafficking victims
Form I‑914 cases involving severe trafficking, presence on account of trafficking, cooperation rules, unusual-and-severe removal hardship, waivers, and family protection.
View serviceSpecial Immigrant Juvenile Status
State juvenile-court findings and Form I‑360 strategy involving custody or dependency relief, parental maltreatment, best interests, USCIS consent, and adjustment.
View serviceDeportation and removal defense
Defense of removal charges, relief strategy, evidence, hearings, motions, and preservation of appellate issues.
View serviceCancellation of removal
EOIR‑42A and EOIR‑42B court applications involving residence, stop-time rules, criminal-history analysis, qualifying-relative hardship, and favorable discretion.
View serviceImmigration bond hearings
Custody-redetermination representation addressing Immigration Judge jurisdiction, release eligibility, danger, flight risk, sponsors, conditions, and bond appeals.
View serviceImmigration court representation
Court proceedings, hearings, motions, evidence, and available relief.
View serviceImmigration appeals
BIA appeals, motions, and administrative review based on the decision and procedural record.
View serviceBIA appeals from Immigration Judge decisions
Deadline-focused Form EOIR‑26 filing, administrative-record review, standards of review, appellate briefing, and preservation of later remedies.
View serviceMotions to reopen removal orders
Deadline-focused motions before Immigration Courts or the BIA based on new evidence, in absentia grounds, changed country conditions, and other recognized reopening rules.
View serviceMotions to reconsider immigration orders
Existing-record challenges identifying specific errors of law or fact in Immigration Judge or BIA decisions under strict jurisdiction and deadline rules.
View serviceVirginia immigration counsel
Richmond-based representation for U.S. immigration matters.
View serviceCase assessment
Identify the objective, constraints, and evidence.
Initial contact does not create an attorney-client relationship. Case acceptance follows conflict and scope review.
Contact James Cohen