With over 20 years of experience in the field of immigration law, Teplen & Associates has successfully represented over 30,000 clients. For individuals or businesses seeking assistance to live or work in the United States, Teplen & Associates, a firm based in Manhattan’s Empire State Building, works with foreign nationals and corporations in all areas of immigration law. Firm attorneys and paralegals are fluent in Spanish and Chinese.
Among the immigration issues that Teplen & Associates handles are green cards, temporary visas, employment authorization, applications for labor certification, family- and employment-based permanent resident petitions, consular processing, citizenship applications, removal and deportation defense, and both refugee status and political asylum applications. A unique specialty of the firm is representing foreign medical graduates and researchers here in J-1 visa status, including their applications for J-1 waivers from return to their home country due to family hardships or the existence of widespread civil strife. In certain cases, waivers are granted for work in a health professional shortage area.
Regarding political asylum, Teplen & Associates helps clients to understand that they must file applications within one year of arriving in the United States to qualify. Eligibility for asylum does not always require a person to have been politically active in their home country. Typical examples are women fleeing domestic violence where the government either cannot or will not offer protection, or situations where the persecution of a person or group is based on ethnic or religious grounds. Teplen & Associates attorneys work with asylum clients to prepare and support their applications and attend all interviews or hearings with them.
Teplen & Associates has earned and maintains a reputation for going the extra step to meet all of its clients’ needs by extending the scope of the practice beyond immigration. The firm also helps clients with their resettlement in the United States by handling real estate issues, estate planning and matrimonial affairs. Members of the firm conduct employer audits to ensure that businesses are in compliance with current immigration law and fully understand the categories of employment eligibility for immigrants and nonimmigrants.
For further information please call 212-401-4040 or visit www.teplenlaw.com. Make an appointment to meet with an attorney or counselor at Teplen & Associates’ midtown Manhattan offices located at 350 Fifth Ave. on the 57th floor of the Empire State Building.
