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How do I keep my family member in the United States?

June 4, 2021

What if, however, your relative or loved one is already in the United States but on a temporary visa, or what’s officially called a Non-Immigrant Visa? Depending upon their relationship to you, there may be a solution called as Adjustment of Status which allows some aliens in this situation to change — or adjust — their status from non-immigrant to immigrant and get a Permanent Resident Card, more colloquially known as a “green card”.

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Philadelphia Criminal Attorney Overturns Verdict for Client

Philadelphia Criminal Attorney Peter L. Johnston appealed a Philadelphia man’s conviction on drug-dealing charges to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. Mr. Johnston convinced the Superior Court panel that the trial judge’s denial of Johnston’s motion to suppress violated the Client’s constitutional due process protections.  As a result, the Superior Court ordered the verdict and sentence overturned and the case remanded to the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County.