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Attorney & Counselor

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CRIMINAL LAW

IMMIGRATION

PUBLIC/PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW

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To schedule a free consultation, call

Tel: 419-712-8036 

 

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NATIONWIDE IMMIGRATION PRACTICE

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My firm can be retained for representation for any of the following areas of immigration law:

Family-Based Immigration

  • Preparation and filing of a relative visa petition (Form I-130)

  • Preparation and filing of adjustment of status application (Form I-485)

  • Preparation and filing of affidavit of support (Form I-864)

  • Adjustment of Status (green card) or marriage fraud interviews

  • Preparation and filing of application to remove condition on residency (I-751)

  • Preparation and filing of fiancé/fiancée petitions for K-1 visa or spouse petitions for K-3 visa (I-129F)

  • Motions to reconsider and/or motions to reopen denial of adjustment of status

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Naturalization and Citizenship

  • Preparation and filing an application for naturalization

  • Naturalization interviews

  • Naturalization appeals

  • Issues related to derivation and acquisition of citizenship

  • Petitions for review from denial of naturalization

Employment Based Immigration

  • Labor Certification / 1-140

  • Business, professional, and religious workers (B, H, L, TN, O, P, and R Visas)

  • Student and Exchange Program visa (F & J Visas)

  • J-1 Waivers

  • Physician Immigration & Contract Review

Motion Practice

  • Preparation and filing of motions to reopen before the Immigration Courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals.

  • Preparation and filing of motions to reconsider before the Immigration Courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals.

  • Preparation and filing of motions to reopen and motions to reconsider before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

  • Proposed Joint motions to reopen (if you are subject to a final deportation or removal order, you must seek the consent of the government to reopen your case)

  • Bond motions with the Immigration Courts to request the release of a detained foreign national on a reasonable bond.

  • Motions in federal Court of Appeals for a stay of deportation or removal or a stay of voluntary departure

Deportation Defense

  • Bond and detention hearings

  • Cancellation of removal (relief before the Immigration Judge)

  • Special Rule Cancellation for battered spouse and/or child

  • Suspension of Deportation

  • Waivers under INA § 212(c), INA § 212(h), INA § 212(i)

Asylum

  • Preparation and filing of affirmative (with the USCIS) or defensive (in immigration court) asylum, withholding of removal, and Convention Against Torture application

  • Asylum interviews​

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Chima Ralph Ekeh

Attorney Ekeh is licensed to practice law in the State of Ohio and Connecticut (Retired), United States.  

Attorney Ekeh received his Juris Doctor degree from Western New England University School of Law in Springfield, Massachusetts in 2016. Since passing the Connecticut  and Ohio State Bar, Atty. Ekeh has practiced exclusively in International Public Law, Immigration, Criminal & Family Law.

Prior to opening his law firm, Atty. Ekeh worked as a legislative intern for American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut (ACLU). He also worked as a clinician at the International Human Rights Clinic, Western New England School of Law.

 

Prior to law school, Atty. Ekeh worked as an IT consultant for Cigna, Accenture, Shell Petroleum, Dynergy Inc. & LGR Telecoms/Cingular Wireless. In the International public sector, he worked as an international human rights, international development, conflict management consultant for United States Agency for International Development (USAID), British Council/High Commission, Overseas Development Association of the British Council, Department for International Development (DFID), United States Institute for Peace (USIP), European Platform for Conflict Prevention and Westminster Foundation for Democracy UK.

As an immigrant who has lived and worked in different capacities in Africa, Europe & North America, Attorney Ekeh has the cultural competence needed to communicate and successfully work with people across cultures.

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Chase Towers, 121 W High Street, 8th Floor, Suite 807

Lima, OH 45801

Email: c.ekeh@ecrlaw.com
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