Our Personalized Solutions
For some, home is a place and for others home is a person. There are three pathways to home or to reuniting with a loved one: entering, staying, or overcoming immigration obstacles. We are passionate about uniting families and loved ones and representing individuals in overcoming immigration obstacles through waivers.
Entering
- Looking to join your fiancé in the United States?
- Looking to join your spouse in the United States?
- Looking to live and work permanently in the United States?
- Looking to become a resident without conditions? Based on divorce, battery or extreme cruelty, or termination of status and removal would result in extreme hardship to foreign national.
- Petitioning for your relative Petitioning for your spouse, parent, child, and/or sibling to immigrate to the U.S.
- Consular processing Working with U.S. Embassies around the world, to name a few:
- Preparing the client’s interview packet
- Preparing the client for an interview by practicing a mock interview with Attorney Himani
Staying
- Looking to become a permanent U.S. citizen through naturalization?
- Looking to quickly become a U.S. citizen if married to a U.S. missionary or military official abroad?
- Advance Paroles
- Emergency Advance Paroles
- Employment Authorization Permits
- Re-Entry Permits
- Preserving Residency for Naturalization Purposes For expats living and working overseas.
Overcoming
- Looking to stay with your family in the United States after overstaying? Allows you to waive your unlawful presence in the United States by demonstrating that being separated from your U.S. citizen spouse or parent would cause extreme hardship to them.
- I-601 Waiver An umbrella waiver that allows you to waive the unlawful presence or misrepresentation grounds of inadmissibility. Used to obtain waivers for:
- Waiver due to communicable disease of public health significance
- Vaccination exemption
- Extreme hardship to a qualifying relative
- Physical or mental disorder and associated harmful behavior
- Criminal grounds of inadmissibility under section INA 212(a)(2)
- Fraud or misrepresentation
- Membership in a totalitarian party
- Immigration fraud or misrepresentation
- Waiver of the 3 or 10 year unlawful presence bar
- J-1 No Objection Waivers for Exchange Program Visitors
- Violence Against Women Act Self-Petitioner (I-360 VAWA Self-Petitioner)
- J-1 Advisory Opinion
We work with U.S. Embassies around the world
Other lawyers told me to look elsewhere as they were afraid to handle my case and wished me “good luck”.
Himani has been FANTASTIC solving my immigration case. I spoke with other lawyers before I was able to find Himani but none of them made me feel more welcomed and more hopeful than Himani. Other lawyers told me to look elsewhere as they were afraid to handle my case and wished me “good luck”. Himani, on the other side, took time to hear more about me and helped me get my green card! She is very knowledgeable and very helpful. I will definitely recommend hiring Himani as a lawyer. She also has a wonderful Paralegal who answers all your question even if you send them late at night. I always got a response in less than 2 hours. I can’t thank them enough for what they have done for me. They are wonderful people to work with. I HIGHLY recommend Himani!
Jonathan Delgado on Avvo.comWhy Choose Us?
Other Immigration Services Not Listed Here?
If you have searched “immigration lawyer near me in Iowa,” you might have come across our HBM Law Offices based in West Des Moines (IA) known for being the immigrant’s immigration lawyer in the community of Iowa. With regional touch points in Iowa, Singapore, and India, we have been representing clients nationwide and across the world since 2012.
12+ years experience in family law and immigration law.
HBM Law is one of Iowa’s few immigration law firms who are predominantly immigrants with a laser focus on family immigration. We stay ahead of all things on immigration practices in U.S. immigration law. Our immigration firm offers specialized care and attention for immigration matters that are difficult to find elsewhere in Iowa.
5-Star immigration lawyer for your immigration case success.
We guide you every step of the way with tailored legal advice and support including green card, citizenship, fiancé(e) and spouse visa applications, waiver for unlawful presence (I-601A provisional waiver), fraud, misrepresentation, VAWA, removal of conditions (I-751 waiver), vaccination waivers, naturalization medical exemptions, and more. Our consistent 5-Star track record demonstrates our commitment to achieving successful outcomes for families.
Team of immigration lawyers who are all about families.
Principal immigration attorney, Himani Bhardwaj, is an Indian national who became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2010. The HBM law firm’s team understands the unique cultural and linguistic needs of immigrants and their families navigating the United States legal system. We are by your side to advocate for your rights ensuring your applications are handled with respect and compassion.
Although the services listed above are the common ones, we do represent clients on a case-by-case basis. Each situation is special and deserves personalized attention. We’re here to listen and to understand your story on an individual basis. We encourage you to reach out and share more about your story with us. Your story matters, and we’re eager to hear it and help in any way we can.
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