YKA is a law firm that specializes in the practice of immigration and nationality law. Our immigration attorneys and staff provide comprehensive legal services in all areas of immigration and nationality law relating to individuals and families. They are fluent in various languages including Spanish, Arabic, Hindi and Farsi. With 6 immigration attorneys and over 60 combined years of experience, the firm’s immigration department has achieved great success by concentrating its experience and energy in all areas of immigration law, including:

• Adjustment of status and consular processing
• Appeals to the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO)
• Appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)
• Appeals to the Circuit Courts of Appeals
• Asylum
• Deportation/removal defense
• Family-based and employment-based petitions
• Federal court litigation in government delay and unlawful detention cases (including writs of mandamus and habeas corpus)
• Naturalization and citizenship
• Post-conviction relief for immigrants who have been convicted of criminal offenses
• Temporary Protected Status
• Waivers of inadmissibility and deportability
• Withholding of removal and CAT relief

For individuals, our immigration attorneys provide guidance and advocacy in obtaining temporary work visas, consular processing and waivers, U.S. citizenship, deferred action, visa extensions, and permanent resident (“green card”) status for foreign nationals. We assist clients in becoming naturalized United States citizens, and solving problems with the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the Department of State. We also work in removal and deportation defense, as well as asylum, withholding, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT), and have successfully argued cases before the Ninth Circuit of Appeals and various U.S. District Courts. If you are in removal (deportation) proceeding, we can assist you in obtaining any possible relief or stop the deportation.
For families, our immigration attorneys assist clients with all aspects of family-based immigration, including I-130 visa petitions, fiancé visas, naturalization, derivative citizenship, green card renewals and consular processing and waivers. We are strong advocates for family reunification and marriage-based immigration.

We are a customer service-oriented firm committed to providing our clients with the latest and most appropriate immigration strategies, and to executing and implementing our tasks in a quick and effective manner. When we take you on as a client you can expect excellent service. We pride ourselves on providing competent, professional service, but with the personal touch.
For more information, please call us in Fresno (559) 441-4533 or Bakersfield (661) 477-5255 or Toll Free (888) 979-3454 or click here to email us: info@yka-law.com