Success Stories

We are proud to announce another successful asylum approval by our firm, this time for a young political activist from Kyrgyzstan who faced targeted persecution due to his active role in exposing election fraud and challenging government corruption. The case was heard in Immigration Court in Annandale, Virginia.

Please meet our Pro Bono Client. Debora is from Brazil and came to the United States in 2016. Shortly after she became a permanent resident, Debora joined the US Army in 2021.

Within a short span of time, I.S. Law Firm secured approvals of O-1 visa for 5 professional fencing coaches, including a professional fencing coaches (maestro) from Italy, Ukraine, UK, China, and Republic of Georgia. Our clients, local US fencing clubs, invited these professional fencing coaches from around the world to train the young US fencers for participation in national and international competitions. We are delighted to secure approval of O-1 petitioner for every fencing coach whose case we handled.

One of recent cases which I.S. Law Firm successfully secured a grant of asylum for our client was the case of a Syrian family. The applicant belonged to the family of a political activist, who was against the Assad regime for decades. Their entire family was persecuted in Syria for years

Our firm secured a non-immigrant waiver of alleged misrepresentation-based inadmissibility, for a B1/B2 visa applicant. The applicant’s visitor’s visa was initially granted, but later revoked under INA under 212(a)(6)(c)(1) due to misrepresentation.

I.S. Law Firm secured a grant of asylum for a Nepalese political activist through the immigration court proceedings. Since 1990s, Nepal had been undergoing radical political transformation. Our client was a political activist since 2006, when people opposing Nepal’s Communist Party (Maoist) insurgency were under risk due to excessive violence against them by Maoists throughout the country.

I.S. Law Firm obtained permanent residence (“green-card”) through a process called National Interest Waiver for our client, a financial analyst from Cyprus working in non-profit finance in the United States.

I.S. Law Firm secured a grant of asylum for our client, a political activist from Azerbaijan who had been persecuted in her native country because of her political opinion and her political opposition to Azerbaijan’s current regime.

I.S. Law Firm secured approval of a previously denied application for naturalization (Form N-400) for our client through an N-336 hearing on a decision in naturalization proceedings (under Section 336 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).

I.S. Law Firm is proud to announce an important victory in securing an approval of EB-1 (Extraordinary Ability) petition for a prominent political psychologist from Russia.

On May 16, 2013, J. Andrew Baxter, Senior Associate at I.S. Law Firm, represented a family swindled by an allegedly fraudulent real estate investment scheme in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Alexandria. At the close of the trial, Judge Kenney sided with the family, and denied discharge to the bankrupt party.

I.S. Law Firm has secured asylum for a young woman from Russia who had been subject to persecution in Russia based on her ethnicity and was in removal proceedings in an immigration court in the United States.

I.S. Law Firm, PLLC obtained the full insurance policy limit of $250,000, through litigation, for its client in Virginia, who suffered bodily injuries in a car accident caused by a drunk driver. The insurance company initially denied the liability. In response, we filed a lawsuit on behalf of our client, demanding compensatory damages for past and future medical bills, lost wages, past and future pain and suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, as well as punitive damages.