Our Services
We support you at every stage of your immigration journey
We provide clients unmatched professional, bespoke legal service with one ultimate goal: securing peace of mind and stability for families and professionals.
Gray Whale Law helps
- Artists, entertainers, executive professionals and investors streamline business immigration needs.
- Families reunite and stay together by securing family-based permanent residency
- Individuals and families experiencing hardship ensure legal protection through humanitarian forms of immigration relief
- Individuals complete the immigration journey through naturalization.
- Foreign national clients without a direct US pathway develop long-term global mobility plans and secure options beyond the US through in-house counsel or by referral through our extensive network.
Practice Areas
Family-based Immigration
One of the core avenues for immigration to the US is through family ties. Depending on the relation to a US sponsor, an individual may have different options for filing and will face various wait times. We work with spouses, parents, unmarried minor children, and siblings of US Citizens and in some instances LPRs.
Gray Whale Law assists with:
Immediate Relative petitions (I-130), Fiances (I-129f), Removal of Condition (I-751), Adjustment of Status (I-485)
Touring artists, entertainers, creative professionals
The US is a large market for artists and entertainers and can provide great exposure and opportunity to generate revenue. In order to make that happen, a foreign national will have to have the right visa to legally enter the US and pursue their dreams of success.
Gray Whale Law assists with:
O-1A, O-1B, O-2, P-1, P-3 visas (Individuals with extraordinary ability or achievement)
Investors and other Business-based Immigrants
Investing in existing or new businesses in the US can enable access to US immigration status in non-immigrant and immigrant classifications. Priority workers and others with extraordinary abilities may be eligible to secure EB-1 or EB-2 visas which are directly linked to long-term, permanent residency.
Gray Whale Law assists with:
E1, E2, EB-5, EB-1, EB-2
Asylum, Follow-to-join applications
If you face persecution in your home country you may be eligible for relief or legal status. This affirmative or defensive application varies and is highly technical. In addition to primary beneficiaries, there are possible avenues to petition for immediate family members. Gray Whale Law can assist in most of these situations.
Gray Whale Law assists with:
I-589 (affirmative, defensive), I-730, I-751 (removal of condition)
Naturalization
Non-citizens enjoy a number of rights and entitlements under US law. However, no protection is as comprehensive as citizenship. Gray Whale Law can assist individuals determine eligibility and assist with applications for citizenship, the final step in the immigration journey for many.
Gray Whale Law assists with:
N-400
Student Visas
While admission to a US university or educational institution is an exciting opportunity, the rules associated with studying in the US can be complex. Whether related to employment during the course of a program or in the period immediately after, or adjusting status because of changed circumstances, Gray Whale Law can advise and assist.
Gray Whale Law assists with:
F, J, M visas, I-765 EADs and OPT-related issues