The Lopez Law Firm, PLLC

07/28/2020

Power outage in our building for today July 28, 2020. We have closed the office for the day but will have staff working from home remotely today.

03/30/2020

Due to this pandemic, we have changed the way we conduct business for the safety of our employees, as well as the safety of all of our clients.

For clients and for prospective clients who would like consultations, we will be conducting meetings over the internet through zoom technology. We will work with you so we can see each other and speak to each other through video.

We also ask that clients work with us in sending documentation by mail and email.

We understand that there are clients who would like to bring original documents and payments during business hours; we will be installing a dropbox outside our office. We ask that you contact us before you do so, so we can give you instructions.

Thank you for working with us during these difficult times.

02/01/2020

The new public charge rule will go into effect on February 24, 2020 for individuals seeking permanent resident status (greencard). Please see the flyer published by the NC Justice Center for information regarding how it may affect you. In many instances, it does not.

La nueva regla de cargo público estará implementado el 24 de febrero para conseguir la residencia permanente (el “greencard”). Vea la publicación adjunto en español para averiguar cómo elle afecta. En muchas instancias, no le afecta.

01/27/2020

Bad news but not surprising - the public charge rule will be implemented and will result in much more bureaucratic obstacles to obtain status in the United States.

In 5-4 ruling, the high court allowed U.S. officials to implement a sweeping rule that critics warn will shut America's doors to low-income immigrants and people of color.

01/16/2020

We have known the brother, sister and mother for 4-5 years. One won her asylum a few years ago and is now a permanent resident. The other one won his permanent resident status in Immigration Court today! Congratulations to this family!! We could not be happier today!

01/08/2020

Literally these are the first clients that ever wanted a selfie with an attorney at this firm. We were thrilled that the gentleman received his greencard and appreciated representing this couple together. We wish them the very best.

12/24/2019

Reminder that we are closed throughout the holidays, except for December 30 and the morning of December 31. We resume regular business hours January 2. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Recordatorio que estamos cerrados estos días festivos, salvo el 30 de diciembre y la mañana del 31 de diciembre. Estaremos en nuestro horario normal el 2 de enero. Feliz Navidad y Feliz Año Nuevo!

11/03/2019

The health care proclamation was essentially a ban on legal immigration because logistically speaking, no insurance carrier will carry plans for legal immigrants until they are here and have a social security number, as well as be able to find employment that could afford it. Otherwise, there is often a legitimate reason why the US citizen or permanent resident family member (who may be disabled, be going through a financial period, etc) in the USA could not purchase insurance for their legal immigrant family member. This is good news against a lawless President usurping Congress’s constitutional role to legislate.

A federal judge in Oregon on Saturday temporarily blocked a Trump administration...

11/02/2019

TPS extended automatically for Honduras, El Salvador, and other countries until January 2021.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced a Federal Register notice extending the validity of TPS-related documentation for beneficiaries under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) des

10/31/2019

Crossing our fingers this lawless proclamation with no basis in law gets enjoined. The stories listed in this article are indicative of how senseless and cruel the proclamation is.

A lawsuit Wednesday accused the Trump administration of preventing Americans from bringing their foreign spouses and parents to live with them in the United States by requiring those immigrants to...

10/28/2019

TPS for Salvadorans extended for a year. It would have expired in January 2020. No announcements yet if individuals have to apply for a renewal or if it will be automatically extended.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele says the United States government will extend Temporary Protected Status for more than 200,000 Salvadorans living in the U.S.