NYC Immigration Attorney - Goodwin Immigration Law

Call 212-233-1233 and speak directly with the attorney. We are an immigration law firm serving New York City and the surrounding counties. When you call us at 212-233-1233 during business hours, you are connected directly to attorney Albert Goodwin. Never to a call center or an assistant. When you hire our firm, Albert Goodwin handles your matter directly, with staff in supporting roles.

Immigration decisions shape the rest of a person's life. A denied petition, a missed deadline, an inadmissibility problem that was never addressed, a removal order entered in absentia; each of these can separate families and undo years of work in the United States. Our firm prepares family and employment petitions, files green card and naturalization applications, represents clients in asylum and humanitarian cases, and defends people in immigration court. We work in English, Spanish, and Russian.

Our Immigration Practice Areas

Family-Based Immigration

U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents can petition for certain relatives to immigrate. Our family-based immigration practice covers immediate-relative petitions, the family preference categories, the priority-date and visa-bulletin waiting periods, and the affidavit of support that every family case requires.
Marriage Green Cards

Marriage to a U.S. citizen or permanent resident is one of the most common paths to a green card, and one of the most heavily scrutinized. We prepare the marriage-based green card petition, assemble the evidence of a bona fide marriage, prepare you for the interview, and handle removal of conditions on a two-year card.
K-1 Fiancé Visa

The K-1 fiancé visa lets the fiancé of a U.S. citizen enter the United States to marry within 90 days and then adjust status. We handle the petition, the consular stage, and the adjustment that follows the wedding.
Employment-Based Immigration

Employers and skilled foreign nationals use the employment categories to obtain temporary work visas and permanent residence. Our employment-based practice covers H-1B specialty-occupation visas, PERM labor certification, the EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3 green card categories, and the EB-5 investor green card.
Green Cards and Permanent Residency

Whether you are inside the United States and eligible for adjustment of status or abroad and proceeding through consular processing, a green card grants permanent residence and the right to live and work in the United States. We evaluate eligibility, address inadmissibility issues and waivers, and prepare the application.
Citizenship and Naturalization

After the required years as a permanent resident, most green card holders can apply to become U.S. citizens. We handle naturalization applications, including cases involving long absences, tax issues, prior arrests, and the good-moral-character requirement.
Asylum and Humanitarian Relief

People who fear persecution in their home country may qualify for asylum or, from abroad, the refugee program. These cases turn on detailed, well-documented declarations and a credible account of past harm or future risk. We prepare affirmative asylum applications and represent applicants in interviews and immigration court.
Deportation and Removal Defense

If you have received a Notice to Appear or are detained, you are in removal proceedings and the stakes could not be higher. We defend clients in immigration court through cancellation of removal, adjustment, asylum, waivers, bond hearings, and appeals.

Why Work With Our Firm

Direct Attorney Representation

When you hire our firm, attorney Albert Goodwin personally handles your matter. You will not be passed to an unfamiliar paralegal or a notario. Immigration cases run on deadlines (filing windows, response deadlines, court dates, visa-bulletin movement) and you need someone who knows your file and answers when something has to happen now.
Petitions and Court Experience

Many practitioners only fill out forms. We prepare petitions and applications and represent clients in immigration court, which means our applications anticipate the problems that surface later and our court strategy is built on a thorough command of the underlying eligibility.
Honest Case Assessment

Immigration law is unforgiving of unaddressed problems, a prior order, an unlawful-presence bar, a criminal issue, a misrepresentation. We tell you what we see, what relief is realistic, and what the risks are, before you spend money and time on a path that may not work.
Languages and Discretion

We assist clients in English, Spanish, and Russian, and we handle every matter with the discretion that immigration and family circumstances require. Se habla español (vea nuestra página para abogado de inmigración en Nueva York. Мы говорим по-русски) см. наши страницы на русском языке.

We invite you to schedule a confidential consultation. We serve Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, Staten Island, Nassau County, Suffolk County, and Westchester County, and we represent clients with matters before USCIS, the immigration courts, and U.S. consulates nationwide. You can contact us by phone at 212-233-1233 or by email at [email protected] to discuss your immigration matter in confidence.

How We Build a Case

Petitions are decided on the record you hand in. Most of the work happens before anything is filed.

Screening. We take your full history first, including the parts you are worried about. Those are usually the parts that decide the strategy.
Choosing the route. More than one category is often available. We explain the trade-offs rather than filing whichever is quickest to prepare.
Evidence. We assemble the record an officer will actually look for, and address the weak points in it rather than hoping they go unnoticed.
Filing. The petition goes in complete, with its supporting evidence, instead of arriving in pieces.
Interview or hearing. We prepare you for the questions that will actually be asked, and we appear with you.
After the decision. Approvals, requests for further evidence, appeals, and whatever status comes next in the sequence.