Socheat Chea, P.C.

01/27/2025

To Our Clients / A nuestros clientes:

🇺🇸 President Trump has announced, but not fully explained, new widespread enforcement actions. We are starting to hear about more arrests of non-citizens around the country.

Attached to this post is some good advice written by the Immigrant Defense Project. We recommend you read it carefully. In addition you could consider printing one of these printable cards (available here https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards-tarjetas-rojas) and carrying it with you

Bottom line:
• ICE and other agencies will be making more arrests now than they did under President Biden.
• You should make a plan with your loved ones in case you are arrested for immigration.
• You should avoid contact with Immigration – talk to your lawyer before applying for anything with immigration or traveling -- but you must continue to attend all scheduled Court and ICE and ISAP appointments.
• You should continue to avoid breaking any law (including avoiding driving without a license).
• If you or a family member are contacted by ICE or arrested, you should contact us right away. Call our main number at 770-623-8880.

🇪🇸 El Presidente Trump ha anunciado, pero no explicado completamente, nuevas acciones de enforzamiento extendido. Hemos empezado a escuchar acerca de nuevos arrestos de no-ciudadanos alrededor del país.

Adjunto a este post están algunos buenos consejos escritos por el Immigrant Defence Project (Proyecto de Defensa de Inmigrantes). Nosotros les recomendamos que los lean cuidadosamente. En adicional usted puede considerar imprimir una de estas tarjetas imprimibles (disponibles en esta página web: https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards-tarjetas-rojas) y cargarlas con usted.

En conclusion:
ICE y otras agencias van a estar realizando más arrestos ahora que durante la administración del Presidente Biden.
Usted debe de tener un plan con sus seres queridos en caso de que usted sea arrestado por inmigracion.
Usted debe de evitar contacto con inmigracion - hable con su abogado antes de someter cualquier aplicación con inmigracion o viajar -pero usted debe de continuar atendiendo sus citas programadas con la Corte, ICE e ISAP.
Usted debe de continuar evitando quebrar la ley (incluyendo evitar manejar sin licencia).
Si usted o algún familiar son contactados por ICE o detenido, por favor contáctenos inmediatamente. Llame a nuestro número de teléfono principal (770) 623-8880.

09/13/2024

Today we would like to introduce everyone to Attorney Shelby Burnam. If you see her in the office, don't be afraid to say hi. Shelby Burnam earned a bachelors degree in anthropology and religion from the University of Georgia in 2014. She spent time volunteering with immigration advocacy programs in Athens, Clarkston, and Atlanta, Georgia before beginning law school. In 2023, Shelby received her Juris Doctor degree from Georgia State University College of Law.

While in law school, she served on the executive board for the GSU Immigration Law Society and was a Justice Initiative fellow. She also interned with Asian Americans Advancing Justice’s impact litigation team and the GSU Immigration Clinic. Through these roles, Shelby was able to effectively advocate for the immigrant community.

Shelby has experience in the following immigration areas: family based petitions, removal defense, humanitarian relief such as U-Visas, Asylum, and VAWA petitions, and has attended USCIS interviews in multiple states. Shelby has been admitted to practice law before the Supreme Court of Georgia and is an active member of the State Bar of Georgia and of the Georgia/Alabama chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association as well as the National Lawyers Guild.

02/14/2024

📌 Important Announcement regarding new USCIS filing fee increase ⏰

📌Anuncio importante en relacion al incremento de tarifas de USCIS ⏰

08/16/2023

Congratulations to our founder and expert advocate Socheat Chea for 30 years of service to the immigrant community! You have helped countless families throughout the years and we are honored to learn from you every day. Looking forward to many more years.

02/09/2023

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03/11/2021

The entire team of Socheat Chea, P.C. is thrilled to welcome Mrs. Leslie Diaz as part of our growing team. The whole company welcomes you and we look forward to a successful journey with you!

Leslie Diaz earned a Bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Florida, and a Juris Doctor from Emory University School of Law in 2000.

Leslie served as a Staff Attorney for the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, where she learned firsthand how the federal courts analyze and decide immigration issues. She has been practicing immigration law since 2005.

Leslie practices immigration law exclusively, specializing in removal defense, family-based immigration, and federal and appellate court litigation. She also has expertise with complex employment-based applications, including National Interest Waivers, EB-1 petitions, and O visas. She has represented clients in Immigration Courts throughout the country to obtain relief from removal. She represents detained clients in bond proceedings. Additionally, she has extensive experience filing appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals and federal Courts of Appeals. Leslie frequently files lawsuits in federal courts to obtain immigration benefits for her clients. She regularly appears before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and works on consular proceedings abroad, on behalf of foreign nationals seeking family- and business-based immigration benefits.

Leslie is admitted to practice law in the state of Georgia. She has been admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Fourth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, where she is a mentor to local chapter members and has served on various committees as liaison with the different immigration agencies. She regularly speaks on immigration topics publicly and at continuing legal education seminars.

01/19/2021

We will like to officially welcome back to our office Ms. Zainab Alwan, she has been back with us since the summer. She's a very passionate advocate for immigrant rights and a terrific lawyer in general.

Zainab A. Alwan earned a Bachelor's degree in Religion, with a minor in Biology, from the University of Rochester in 2008. She received her Juris Doctor degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 2011.

After graduating law school, Zainab joined Socheat Chea, P.C. and worked with our firm as an Associate Attorney. She then became the Lead Asylum Attorney for the Georgia Asylum & Immigration Network (GAIN), a nonprofit located in Atlanta, GA. Zainab also worked as an Associate Attorney with the Solano Law Firm in Birmingham, Alabama.

Zainab then re-joined Socheat Chea, P.C. in 2020 and handles cases in all areas of immigration law including family based petitions, waivers, filings of T, U, and VAWA petitions, removal/deportation defense, and asylum. She has served as the GA/AL AILA liaison to the American Immgration Council and chaired the GA/AL AILA-USCIS Montgomery Field Office committee.

Zainab is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Georgia and is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

When she is not advocating for immigrant rights, Zainab enjoys exploring the outdoors with her family and working with the interfaith community in the Atlanta area.

08/06/2020

USCIS has announced a final rule adjusting certain immigration and naturalization benefit request fees. This means that certain applications will have an increased cost starting in October 2020.

USCIS ha anunciado una regla final en el ajuste de ciertos beneficios de inmigracion y naturalizacion. Esto significa que ciertas aplicaciones van a tener un incremento de costo empezando en Octubre 2020.

Today, we announced a final rule adjusting certain immigration and naturalization benefit request fees, ensuring that we recover the full costs of services. Reviewed every other year by law, our fees reflect the cost of administering the nation’s lawful immigration system. We’ve also adjusted the fee waiver eligibility, filing requirements for nonimmigrant workers, and our premium processing service. For online filing, the filing fee is reduced by $10 for forms that are electronically available.

“USCIS is required to examine incoming and outgoing expenditures and make adjustments based on that analysis,” said Joseph Edlow, USCIS deputy director for policy. “These overdue adjustments in fees are necessary to efficiently and fairly administer our nation’s lawful immigration system, secure the homeland and protect Americans.”

For more information: https://www.uscis.gov/news/news-releases/uscis-adjusts-fees-to-help-meet-operational-needs

07/30/2020

District Court has ordered an nationwide injunction regarding Public Charge Regulations. The government is enjoined from enforcing, applying, implementing, or treating for any period during which there is declared nationwide emergency in response to COVID-19.

La Corte del Distrito ha dado un mandato nacional en relación al Cargo Público. El gobierno está siendo ordenado de no enforzar, aplicar, implementar, o tratar por cualquier periodo durante el cual se haya declarado una emergencia nacional por el COVID-19.

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from implementing its controversial "public charge" rule during the coronavirus pandemic

06/18/2020

DACA Stays!!! "The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Trump administration cannot carry out its plan to shut down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which has allowed nearly 800,000 young people, known as "Dreamers," to avoid deportation and remain in the U.S."
DACA se queda!! "La Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos decidio que la administracion de Trump no puede llevar a cabo su plan de terminar el programa de DACA, la cual a permitido a cerca de 800,000 jovenes conocidos como "Dreamers," evitar deportacion en los Estados Unidos"

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Trump administration cannot carry out its plan to shut down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which has allowed nearly 800,000 young people, known as "Dreamers," to avoid deportation and remain in the U.S.

05/28/2020

Please help us welcome Sunny Shah, our newest Associate Attorney to Socheat Chea P.C. Sunny brings experience with U-Visas, Family Petitons, VAWA, Removal Cases and so much more, as well as being fluent in Gujarati. Welcome to our team Sunny!!

05/06/2020

Nuestra oficina re-abrirá este próximo Mayo 18, 2020. Vamos a seguir guías de salud estrictas.